The Blood of Flowers - Anita Amirrezvani

The Blood of Flowers - Anita Amirrezvani (2007)

For a first novel, I must applaud Anita Amirrezvani for creating a 'whole' novel. One that grasps you and holds onto you for the whole book, leaving no big gaps of blithering that just extend the pain of reading. Born in Tehran, but growing up in America, Anita spent nine years on this book and writes an intoxicating tale of seventeenth century Iran which is narrated by a young girl.

I felt it was similar in the story and in the quality of writing to A Thousand Splendid Suns, the second book by the author of the Kite Runner. This is a good thing, as that was definitely one of my favourite reads in the past twelve months.

I am going to give this lovely book a very solid 4/5. Enjoy.