John, Phillipa and Nimrod decide to go to Italy to find the tablet of command a piece of gold that can control the terra-cotta warriors. The now alive Fatima goes and takes the place of Mrs. But this is all apart of a plan.Įventually John, Phillipa and their uncle find the body of Fatima and by going into the spirit world, they also find Fatimas spirit and unite them. At the same time Fautima's brother, Dybbuck goes to a magic show and by showing off his "magic" starts a new T.V. But Fautima is dead, so they need to find her in the spirit world and locate her body and unite them. To solve this problem someone has to replace her, so they decide to trade her with Fautima one of their friend's sister. John and Philippa are djinn or genies and they don't want their mom to become the blue djinn because it hardens your heart so she wouldn't recognize them. Gaunt (John and Phillipa's mom) is going to become the blue djinn of Babylon. The antagonists are,Ifrit the head of the worst djinn tribe, his son and the warrior devils. Nimrod, their uncle and his butler, Groanin. The protagonists are John and Phillipa Guant, their parents Mrs. It is set in New York, Babylon and Las Vegas and also in China.
This book keeps you guessing and you keep wanting to turn the page through out the book until you finish it. At this point, I have no clue why this needs to be a 7 book series other than to compete with the far more entertaining Harry Potter books.Įlements and style: This is the fourth book in this series. I probably shouldn't have with these because the character arcs are stretched and you can tell the author is running out of material. Why? Because I have a habit of reading the first book in a series then just ordering the rest to have so I can kinda binge read them. "Djinn-soaked" would be a good way to describe the argot at times in this series.Īnd yet, I continue to read these books. I also have to say that throwing the word "djinn" in front of nearly everything djinn-related is just annoying at this point.
There are also about 50 of these characters throughout the series and the audience has to remember who is who and why they might need to remember them. The names of most of the side characters suffer from either being terrible puns or are completely unpronounceable. I get that he's made to sound ignorant so that the children (and by extension, the audience) can learn and become cultured, but it often makes me cringe with the kind of generalizations that are made by this character. Other than the convenient deus ex machina devices and back stories, the only thing that seems to connect these books is the sheer amount of really thoughtless comments made by Groanin about other cultures. Another mildly interesting installment in this once promising series.
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