Toot's Book Reviews: Blog Hop Stop : A TALE OF TWO DJINNS by Mina Khan (PNR)

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Book Blurb

A TALE OF TWO DJINNS is a sexy paranormal Romeo & Juliet story with genies, feminists, kickass action & adult fun.

Akshay, warrior prince of the earth djinns, earns the title of Crown Prince at a high cost when he loses his best friend in a battle against ancient enemies, the water djinns. Heartsick, he escapes to Earth to mourn.

Nothing gets the biological clock ticking (and elders lecturing) like almost dying in battle, so Maya, princess of the water djinns, travels to Earth for some no-strings-attached sex to fulfill her duty and produce an heir. But the beautiful and tough warrior gets more than she bargained for when she meets Shay.

Their not-so-simple one-night stand is interrupted by assassins and the world, as they know it, is changed forever. As Maya and Shay pull together to survive, both are determined to have their happily-ever-after and bring peace to their worlds -- warring families, shadow assassins, and nosy busybodies be damned.

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Toot's Review

As the blurb stated above, this novella totally has hints of Romeo and Juliet. It's about two warring factions in the Djinn world. One being the Water Djinns and the other being the Earth Djinns. Like any good PNR, one fateful night, our two star crossed lovers meet in a bar, both fresh off the battlefield and licking their wounds. Both notice each other from afar and that's when fate steps in. They have one heck of a night together, thinking it's going to be a "one night stand" but boy were they wrong!

I really enjoyed the uniqueness of characters in this PNR. Our hero and heroine do fall hard and fast for each other but isn't that what we love about a good novella? I did find the story full of action, hot romance and a surprising twist at the end. All in all I'd recommend it.

As a side note : One thing I noticed at the end of the story, in the authors notes was that proceeds from the purchase of this novella are going to a great cause. It states "Dear Reader, Thank you for buying this book and helping me support a cause close to my heart - literacy. I have pledged to donate fifty percent of the proceeds from the sale of A Tale Of Two Djinns to UNICEF's new Schools for Asia initiative." There's more in the letter that tells why she choose that charity but I think you get the gist of it. It's definitely a worthy cause and as a reader, I'm 100% behind anything that promotes and leads people to a love of reading.

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Author Bio

Mina Khan is a Texas-based writer and food enthusiast. She daydreams of hunky paranormal heroes, magic, mayhem and mischief and writes them down as stories. Between stories, she teaches culinary classes and writes for her local newspaper. Other than that, she's raising a family of two children, two cats, two dogs and a husband.

She grew up in Bangladesh on stories of djinns, ghosts and monsters. These childhood fancies now color her fiction. Her debut novella, THE DJINN'S DILEMMA, was published November 2011.