A review by alanbaxter
Earth Boy by Sami Shah

4.0

Why the hell this book and Fire Boy aren't a single volume mystifies me. I really enjoyed Fire Boy but it just ended after 300 pages with no resolution or cliffhanger. It just stopped. Then this book is only 250 pages and the last 10% or so of that is a Ln unnecessary memoir from the author after the story ended. Even the print wasn't that small. This could easily have been a 400-450 page single volume and far more satisfying for that. I just don't get it. But I'm not reviewing the publisher here, I'm reviewing the story. And the story is great. It's different urban fantasy, so deeply embedded in Pakistan and Islamic mythology. Often beautifully written, it's a clever and engaging novel. I recommend it. I also recommend the publisher seriously considers a single volume edition!