Honestly this book is refreshingly honest and cute and my Aladdin fantasy come true! Adelaide makes me feel like she is the hero we all need in 2018. She’s strong, resilient, a thief (love that modern twist) and she’s got to win the tournament to be the prince/future king’s Wife. But she falls in love with a nobody or so we think. She wants them to run away together but they can’t because she needs a magic lamp for a witch holding her friend hostages and he has got responsibilities....

I need book 2 so bad my fingers are itching for it! I read this whole book in 2 hours page by page! I am a big Lucy Tempest Fan and can’t wait for more books! She is definitely the next Melissa Marr or Sarah J Maas!
5/5 for sure! This book will leave you swooning for more!

I really liked this book, and look forward to the next. I hope we learn about her parents and Nariman, but I like that there is already set up for other stories in this world for Bonnie and Ella. It’s also refreshing to see characters not only be flawed, but understand they are and realize there are issues with their behavior.

While it was predictable, I thought it was well done and I loved the introduction of the other Disney characters. I thought Adelaide was a well-rounded character and I found her motives to be very believable: when you have nothing and then suddenly have friends that are practically family, you would do whatever you could to protect them. You wouldn’t let them be taken from you without a fight. I’ll be reading the rest of the series when they come out.

I enjoyed this thoroughly - it was quick and fun, and contained what I guess you’d call a “spark” one of those enticing feelings that grows with every word - pushing you, albeit forcing you to keep reading to find it what comes next! Highly recommend.

I have to say, I am a little bit shocked that this book has received such a high overall rating on Goodreads. I am a big fan of fairytale adaptations, so I am always excited when I see such a highly rated new series in this category. Unfortunately, this did not live up to my expectations. I personally felt that the characters were flat and the story predictable. I always felt that I was several steps ahead, predicting the events that happen chapters before they actually occur. This was partly because the "reveal" set-up was not subtle, and partly because I have read this story before. This book was marketed as "The Selection meets Aladdin", but I did not realize exactly how similar to The Selection this book would be. This book lost big time originality points with me for this reason, and I have no desire to read the next two books in the trilogy.

On a more positive note, the cover art for this book is gorgeous!

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review Thief of Cahraman. It reminded me of The Selection but it also reminded me a little of the Red Queen series and Throne of Glass.

First off, I would like to thank the publisher and author for providing me this ARC to review. Please note that the version I read was an advanced copy, and certain events/language may be changed in the published edition.

Stars (Out of 10): 5/10 Stars

I took a few days to think over this book, and what I thought of it, as different parts of this book spoke to me more than others. All in all, I’d say it had a pretty weak start, and didn’t play up the plot points I thought it would, but I still found myself sucked into the story by the end of it.

I’m just gonna start off by saying that the synopsis gives away the entire main twist of the book (I had guessed it before I had even started reading), and even when I started reading, the foreshadowing was a smidge too obvious. Since that twist ended up being the climax of the plot as well, it led to a subpar finale overall. It also made the book feel as if it didn’t truly have an ending, as both the knowledge of the twist and reveal of the twist made it feel like more was needed to tie everything together.

Additionally, the beginning was fairly weak too. We spend a few chapters learning a small bit of the world, and of the main characters in Adelaide’s life, as well as the mundane worries in her day to day life, including of wanting to be liked by a boy. It wasn’t an intriguing start at all, and the only thing that kept me reading was the whispers of something grander and more magical later on. Additionally, the beginning was so heavy with obvious fairy tale references that it became tacky, especially in regards to the Cinderella character. I assume this is to either introduce the author’s other future works in the world, but it felt out of place here, since she never came again, not even in the narrator’s thoughts.

While Adelaide was interesting in her unique motivations, wanting to settle rather than travel and explore, it didn’t make for as interesting a narrator. Adelaide wasn’t interested in learning about the rest of the world + her/her mother’s past, even as more and more clues were laid before her, which made the reader less interested in it all as well. Adelaide also has the tendency to steal, and is seen as a successful thief, due to her rough childhood after her mother’s death. However, I had two main issues with this. Firstly, she doesn’t seem to be all that successful at all. The book starts with her in the middle of a robbery, and she explains how long it took to plan, but she still makes a mistake (just to introduce the Cinderella character). Then, throughout the rest of the book, she almost never is able to be successful alone, in terms of stealing and sneaking, and always requires being led by other characters. Secondly, Adelaide seems to randomly steal things, even though she doesn’t need to in the competition, as she’s surrounded by gowns and jewelry that were given to her as well as entirely taken care of. Since her stealing habit was born out of need, it feels weird to see it continued as strongly throughout the book, though I get it is a habit. Additionally, it seems to be an active trait as well, in the sense that the author needs to continuously remind us that she does this, with the moments sometimes breaking the flow of the story.

In terms of plot, it felt like there was both too much in focus and not enough actually happening. We seem to have two main plots, the competition and the heist, but instead of blending together well, they fought with each other instead. And still, even with two main plots battling for the domination of a scene, there were many dull moments, of simply characters hanging around or just to show time is passing. Also, even though the pacing didn’t feel weird, in hindsight it all moved rather fast. There was more than a week between stages of the competition, but we almost never saw any of it, making it seem like people were getting eliminated every other chapter.

However, despite all the issues I had with it, I still ended up getting hooked into the story around 50% of the way in. Something about the writing kept interested in the story (once the competition started/Adelaide left Ericuria), and it all seemed to move by really fast, perhaps due to how the story was paced. Most of the individual parts were fairly well planned and written, I just wasn’t a fan of how it all came together to form the overall novel. I’m curious about where the story will continue to go, but I’m not sure if I’ll be picking the next books up yet.

This book is amazing, the world is well thought out, it’s characters are well developed and the storyline has me needing more! I haven’t been able to put this book down since I picked it up. Thank you for letting me have a chance to read this! I look forward to the next book!

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this for an honest review. The Selection meets Aladdin is definitely the best description of this book. Adelaide is a thief forced by a witch to compete in a selection of young women, who will try to become the bride of the prince of Cahraman. I found the book started off a bit slow, but it picked up. There were hints of other fairy tales here and there, and my one big peeve was the book ended abruptly.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The story is about Ada, who has been homeless and moving from place to place since her mother died. Once she's found a place she wants to stay, she's taken away by a witch who puts her in a contest against 49 other girls, and the winner gets to marry the prince of Cahraman.
This book was really entertaining. When Ada first goes to the competition, I didn't think I'd be able to remember one girl from another, but I was. Not every girl was focused on, which was good, because the four who were focused on each had their own personality.
The big I saw the twist coming, but the main character didn't so seeing her emotions when it happens was great. I'm honestly really excited to read the sequel.

I received a free copy for an honest review.

What I liked most about this book was the combination of The Selection with Aladdin. Being a fan of The Selection series, just having that alone would be enough for me to want to read this book, but to combine it with Aladdin?

I definitely view this book from several perspectives of fascination. The two ideas are so different, yeah Tempest was able to merge them in a story-line so well. Not only does this actually make a very interesting story, it actually works. It makes sense, it's not awkward, and it's good. I am so happy to say that.

I also really like the level of mystery and suspense the author had through the book. you can clearly see the hints she's setting up for the series in general, but she was able to organize and separate the book's individual arc with the series general arc very nicely, making a clean, comprehensible, yet still fun to read at the same time.

However, despite me liking the book and its idea, I just can't feel a huge missed opportunity with how this book did not involve a hate-love relationship or even a general slow-burn between Cyrus and Ada. They had really steady and slow encounters before their official "first meeting", and their entire scenario wouldn't have the potential to become an amazing shippable hate-love couple. Hopefully/maybe, the author could do that more in book two...but I doubt it *sigh*.

This book was definitely one of the most pleasant ARCs I’ve read recently! I appreciate how slowly (but stability) the author is building up the series arc, and I can’t wait to read book two to see how Cyrus and Ada’s relationship continues to prosper and grow.

Ok I almost quit this book! I’m a firm believer of the 3 chapter rule and I almost gave up, but something deep inside said keep on going so I pushed thru the first few chapters and was not disappointed! It is so good. It’s a twist on your favorite “Disney” princess/Prince and other fairytales. I feel in love with Ada and Bonnie and the world the author created. I’m looking forward to the next book and can’t wait to see what happens to Ada and Bonnie! This is a must read!

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

3/5 stars

Ok so I reduced my rating just a bit from when I first read it because I was more in love with the idea and not the execution.

Thief of Cahraman had so much potential to be amazing but it just didn't deliver for me. I didn't feel quite connected to any of the characters which sucked because character development is so important!

But I will say that I did enjoy some parts. This premise was very interesting and once the beginning was over the book was nicely paced. I also love that this is an Aladdin retelling! WE NEED MORE OF THOSE!

Overall this was a fun read but it could have been so much better!

I loved this book! This book started off with a girl living in a village scraping by and stealing to help herself survive. Then comes the twist, she is suddenly whisked off into another world and a beautiful romance happens! I’m wanting more! I became so engrossed in the story I stayed up late and finished the book in two days! I loved the puzzles, action, and the turmoil. All The characters are interesting, funny, and some are sad. The love story that is woven into the story kept me turning the pages to see what happened. It reminded me a little of the story “The Selection” but with a much better plot and interesting characters. It’s an awesome book and I want to read the sequel today lol

The Prince of Cahraman is geared as a gender flipped Aladdin retelling but it is so much more! It's full of intrigue, action, adventure and friendship.

Ada is a very likable character who gets mixed up in the finding of a mysterious lamp in the palace and I for one loved how this was set up, the competition was fun and even some of Ada's most strong competition build bonds with her.

It is not so focused on romance although there are hints of whats to come, the person I saw coming but honestly it was so fun that I didn't even mind! The adventure of the competition is exciting without being full of swords and has interesting ways of showing what is important in someones character.

I would definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a fun retelling that has strong female friendships and competition.

*Volunteered for an ARC in exchange for an honest review*

I really enjoyed this novel about Ada as she competed with highborn young ladies to win the hand of the prince while she tries to steal a gold lamp from the palace to free her friend and her friend’s father. There is intrigue and humor, as well as cat fights among mean girls as Ada and the others try to stay in the competition. What a fun read! Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to be an early reader in exchange for my fair and honest review. I can’t wait for book 2!

Omg. I... loved this book! And I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

The story was just so entertaining and the writing was absolutely great. You can easily picture everything that happens and the world it's set in.

I was a little afraid I wouldn't enjoy the competition since it's compared to The Selection (and I did not like that series mostly because of the characters if I can remember correctly since I read it years ago). I really didn't have any expectations for this book so it was a really nice surprise.

I loved the main characters (Adelaide and Cyrus) and also the side characters. I'm rooting for Aymen and I can't wait to learn more about him.

Besides the romance, I'm also curious to see if Adelaide manages to find what she's looking for in order to (view spoiler)

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for letting me read and review this book!

The subtitle The Selection meets Aladdin is definitely the best description of this book. Adelaide is forced to compete in a selection of young women, who will try to become the bride of the prince of Cahraman. However, Adelaide is no noble woman, she was a thief once. She was saved, but now (in order to save her rescuers) she must deceive everyone and win the contest.
Luckily for her, she meets the handsome Cyrus, who helps her on several occasions during the contest. Will Adelaide be able to win the contest? At the end of the book, the contest will be over, but not Adelaide's quest to save her rescuers. So find out for yourself in this retelling with a twist. Four out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.

The Selection meets Aladdin

ONE MONTH. FIFTY CONTESTANTS. ONE PRINCE. AN IMPOSSIBLE HEIST.



Thief of Cahraman was a delightful, genderbent retelling of Aladdin (with a few others in the mix - which I hope will be expanded on in future books!)


Ada is a headstrong, independent young woman who has learnt to navigate life wholly on her own. This has, however, led her to desperately desire a place to call home with people to call a family. She finds such a potential place with the Fairbons until she gets whisked away to a magical place in search for a golden lamp.


Her loyalties to the Fairbons gets used against her as a consequence for not stealing the golden lamp from the royal family of Cahraman. In order to gain access to find the lamp, she is entered into a contest to win the Prince of Cahraman.


The story tells the tale of friends made from unlikely lands, romance blooming in the secrets and that resilience and compassion is worth more than royal breeding.


I'm looking forward to the sequel Prince of Cahraman, which is due out in October 2018.
I would highly recommend this book to those who enjoy strong female characters, fairytales and developing romances.

So, I went into this with a little reluctance. I recently read another book loosely based on the Aladdin story and was highly disappointed.

I shouldn't have worried - this is a cute, bubblegum Aladdin/Bachelor mash up. And it's so much fun.

I loved our characters. Yes, I knew the identity of a certain someone immediately. Yes, I knew our final five immediately.

And I just didn't care.

I did care a bit that it's a cliffhanger. And, to be honest, the cliffhanger is kind of at a weird point in the book. I wasn't expecting it at all. But I'd read book two in heartbeat!

Simply a fun read.

*ARC Provided via Net Galley