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Series Review - Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke

Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout, as well as returning patron Chris Alvarado. Full Audio Here   Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke TEETH: The First Bite Being dead just got complicated.   Spencer’s life began after his death. Being a vampire is better than any teen flick made it out to be. After all, what’s not to like? He’s stronger, faster, and deadlier than any predator. He has a job, a home, and he’ll be young and pretty forever. When Thomas wakes up in the throes of transitioning, Spencer is assigned to train the newly sired vampire. He thinks it’ll be fun, but it could turn the afterlife upside down for everyone, even the people Spencer didn’t know existed. Spencer is about to learn that the rules he ...
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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (The Dead Djinn Universe #1)

Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer.

So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Al-Jahiz transformed the world forty years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. This murderer claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. His dangerous magical abilities instigate unrest in the streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the global stage.

Alongside her Ministry colleagues and a familiar person from her past, Agent Fatma must unravel the mystery behind this imposter to restore peace to the city—or face the possibility he could be exactly who he seems…

TITLE: A Master of Djinn
AUTHOR: P. Djèlí Clark
PUBLISHER: Tordotcom
YEAR: 2021
LENGTH: 464 pages
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy, Historical, Mystery
RECOMMENDED: TBD

Partial Queer Rep Summary: Lesbian/Sapphic Main Character(s).

*I received a free review copy as part of voting for the 2022 Hugo Awards.. 

I haven’t read any of the other books in this world and that makes it very hard to get into. The pacing is uneven, and it wasn’t until I looked up other reviews that I found out this isn’t the introduction to Fatma (the main character), as that happened elsewhere in some other story. 

I’m not interested enough to go back and read the other stories before trying to finish this one, it’s just not working for me and I’m not intrigued enough to put in the extra effort.

Partial CW for sexual content (brief), sexism (brief), racism, violence, fire/fire injury, murder, death.

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