There were a lot of positives to this novel, which I chose to ease me back into fantasy (which I have not touched since May). Now, I was saving this book in a sense, as literally almost every single one of my blogger friends had something wonderful to say about it, so I was sure I was in for a treat. Armed with the paperback that I had preordered over a year ago and the First Draft podcast featuring the author, I embarked on a journey into Eastern fantasy and folklore and indulged in this A Thousand and One Nights retelling. I decided to start this initiative with a book that’s been on my radar for years, The Wrath and the Dawn. So I promised myself that this fall I would make more of an effort to read fantasy books, especially ones that I own. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all. She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend. Shazi's wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers on May 4th 2016Ī sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One NightsĮvery dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. And I will never apologize for it.The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) by Renee AhdiehĪlso by this author: The Beautiful (The Beautiful, #1) It was because I swore I would never say it, and a man is nothing if he can't keep his promises.

Our story may have come to a close, but your story is still yet to be told. When I was a boy, my mother would tell me that one of the best things in life is the knowledge that your story isn't over yet. And now, though you are gone, there is no pain or fear. When I think of you, I can't find the air to breathe. To convey to you the least of what I owe. And now I can't find the words to say what must be said. Then later, I thought if I had answers, it would be enough. In your honesty, I saw a reflection of myself. I should have sent you home to your family. The moment I took your hand and you looked at me, with the glory of hate in your eyes. But there was one moment I failed you beyond measure.

Renée ahdieh the wrath and the dawn