Haveli Book

I read the first novel in thie series when I was 13, and it always stuck with me. So discovering there was a follow up novel was a nice surprise. There was too much descriptive writing in this book, to a point I was so dazzled by all the names of flowers and shrubs and the different jewellery and elaborate interior decoration of the haveli, I started reading those parts diagonally. But Fisher Staples manages to keep Shabanu alive amidst all of that, which made me want to read on, and buy the third installment of the series too, just to find out what happens to this beloved character of mine! A nice little bit of nostalgia.