Just Finished Reading...

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

I had a hard time getting through this one, especially since it was just a young adult book. It is about a  young apprentice magician named Nathaniel who hopes to get revenge on another Magician for humiliating him. In order to do this he summons a Djinni, who must do his bidding, albeit not very well. In the end his quest for revenge leads him deep into a plot against the government and in way over his head with only an unruly Djinni to help him. The book was ok, and I don't really feel that I need to read the rest of the trilogy.