Uma recommends "Between Two Kingdoms"

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad is a profound chronicle of survivorship explored in a fierce, tender, and inspiring way of what it means to begin again. It is an awesome, graceful and tear-jerking book that delivers a clear view into the kingdom of illness.  We plan many things in life and sometimes it doesn't go as planned. In this book Jaoud portrays her personal story of life and death and how she handled the situation with courage.

I recommend this book as a good memoir of a life interrupted.

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Natalie recommends "The Daevabad Trilogy"

I am someone who will always look for a good fantasy book or series to try.  Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmirilion, Game of Thrones, and the Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs to name a few.  I picked up The City of Brass because it sounded like a good story.  

Nahri's life is thrown into a world of magic, conflict, and a world of myths after she unintentionally summons Dara, a Djinn (or Daeva as he prefers to be called).  From there, she is pulled from her life in Cairo and brought to Daevabad, a place plagued by division.  Along the way she finds out that she is a Nahid, a magical healer, and a Shafit, someone who is half human and half Djinn.  She finds herself making through her life in Daevabad after she is forced into an arranged marriage with the king's eldest.  All the while, Dara finds himself on the side of his people, who wish to overthrow the king and hopefully save Nahri.  And then there's Prince Ali, who finds himself in a new situation after he is exiled.

The Daevabad Trilogy mixes Middle Eastern Myth, action, love, and a pinch of historical fiction and is recommended for anyone looking for a good fantasy series.

Adult/Fantasy