I'm torn by this book, the main story itself was interesting and well told, however there were a couple of things that I was not a fan of:

1) Ayesha was not portraid in a sympathetic light, and this really distracted from the story - it may or may not be a true/correct portrait of her, I do not know.
2) The inclusion of the authors brother story did nothing to complement the main narrative.

This would have been a far better book if it had just concentrated on Ayesha's story.

While I'm very interested in reading this book, I haven't been able to really get into it so I will leave it for a little while and return shortly. More detailed review will follow.