Review: Hero at The Fall

Title: Hero at the Fall

Author: Alwyn Hamilton

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

Pages: 464

Synopsis: (from GoodReads)

When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never

imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty

Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot,

she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and her

untameable Demdji powers, Amani must rally her skeleton crew of rebels for

a rescue mission through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according

to maps, doesn't exist.

Spoilers Ahead Since End of Series

Rating: 5/5

I wanted to read this book so badly that I pre-ordered a copy from the UK

because it came out sooner than the US edition.

As soon as it came I put down what I was reading and picked it up. I finished

the action packed world of Demdji’s, Rebel Princes, Rebellions, and a blue eyed girl

with a revolver, in two short days. I loved every single page. Amani finally becomes

free of being unable to use her Demdji powers to their full spectrum, after almost

killing herself trying to use them, and making deals with the Djinn Zaahir. She and

Tamid are on friendlier terms, and Tamid is searching for the words to free the Djinn

that Amani had been forced to trap by the Sultan. Innocent girls were being murdered

by the Sultan in response to his daughter Leyla being kidnapped. He would continue

to murder them until Leyla was returned to him. However that was not going to

happen if Amani and Jin and the few rebels that were still with them could help it.

They enacted a plan to save the next girl who had been kidnapped, and then devised

a plan to escape the city they had become trapped in by a impenetrable wall of fire.

And destroying as many Abdals that Leyla had created for her father, to carry out

his orders.

Amani and her friends set out to Dustwalk to return Tamid home as he wished in

return for his help to free the Djinn. They are shocked to find in Dustwalk, as well as

that Noorsham is very much so NOT dead as had been originally thought.

In Hero at the Fall, Amani, with her stubborn personality and passionate heart finds

herself in shoe’s she never imagined she’d be in, and she wears them quite well.

I am very sad to see this trilogy come to an end as I enjoyed in so much, all I wish

to know is more about Ahmed’s life as Sultan, and Shazhad’s after taking over as

General for her father. However, Alwyn wrapped the story up without loose ends,

I just don’t want to say goodbye.

~Mackenzie