Sequel to the young adult series of Children of the Lamp written by P. B. Kerr about the adventures of two twelve years old djinns meeting with the power of the most powerful djinn existing.
The Blue Djinn of Babylon novel has certain similarities with the Story of Herakles, where John has to fight with impossible tasks and creatures to achieve great things. Saving Phillipa from the claws of the Blue Djinn, who kidnapped her to ensure the lineage continuity of the Blue Djinns, captured in a fortress somewhere deep down in a magical world of Babylon.
We continue with a novel for younger readers dedicated for a relaxing evening after a long day. In this book we are finally receiving some answers to the existence of djinns and functionality of their power. But as some questions and dilemmas are answered, another questions and secrets are rising up. I liked the short parts explaining the past of Nimrod and his sister Layla. I found it sad, that those siblings could not continue with their great relationship due to many problems. Nimrod received more screen time as in the previous book, which was quite refreshing and welcomed. He is an entertaining character with many stories and skills. I really hope this sibling duo will receive more screen time in the following books, they seem like a quite powerful duo.
John was favoured in this book over Phillipa in my opinion. He had to endure more tasks and adventures creating more experience and strength, whereas Phillipa was held in a mansion with no possible way out. She was losing her feelings and tried to mentally fight with the Blue Djinn. To no point in my opinion, but it was really clever from Phillipa to write down her days to stay connected to the world. John has just one minus point from my side and that is his preference of Indi 500 over Formula 1. Overall, I became a fan of his character. At the end of this novel, it was sad to see leave their guarding rottweilers. I hoped we would read about more stories and adventures with them. But they have now a new cat.
To sum it up, I donʼt have that much to say to this book, just to describe it as an enjoyable relaxing novel. The stories are easier to imagine and also the world set up is easier to understand than the stories from Fablahaven, to which I like to compare all of this genre. The plot is nicely developing and preparing us for another story with some heart-breaking moments.