“While dabbling in writing across fictional genres, what connects all of Maha's works is her penchant for characters with heart and romances with a heaping of angst; her upper YA romantic fantasy novel, REIGN, is alive with both of these elements. Much like the rest of the stories she dreams up, REIGN takes on themes around trauma and healing in all its shades of grey, as well as exploring the highs and lows that come alongside the experience of living.As an advocate for diverse representation in stories, Maha's main goal in writing is always to show characters who look and feel the way she does, openly and unapologetically. Both her main characters in this novel are a testament to that objective.”