The Wrath and the Dawn
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- Author：Renée Ahdieh
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Summary
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A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights
Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer。 Khalid， the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan， takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise。 So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid。 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。 Shazi's wit and will， indeed， get her through to the dawn that no others have seen， but with a catch 。 。 。 she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend。
She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls。 Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all。
A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights
Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer。 Khalid， the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan， takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise。 So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid。 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。 Shazi's wit and will， indeed， get her through to the dawn that no others have seen， but with a catch 。 。 。 she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend。
She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls。 Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all。
Reviews
Nashita （Hiatus）
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This is some next level cheesy shit I love how YA heroines at the start are likeRVENEGE MURDER KNIVESand then when they see a hot prince the basic human kindness they loose their brain cells and fall on love
TheArticulator
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i was wary in the first 100， then i fell in love。
Velizara Hristova
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absolutely beautiful。 broke my heart a little。 can't wait to read the sequel。 absolutely beautiful。 broke my heart a little。 can't wait to read the sequel。 。。。more
Oniyome
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There was an astonishing lack of wrath in a book about a girl marrying the murderer of her best friend to take revenge。 I could unfortunately not summon enough suspension of disbelief of really enjoy this read。
Escapism
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Look if you like the book and are like me， who likes reading all the low star’s comments on my favourite books to see the what I believe is unbelievable for a book I think is the greatest ever I get it。 I really wanted to like this book I thought the idea was great and I love a good retelling。 But it seem it wasn’t for me so if you’re going to keep reading， enjoy my mess of a review （it seem I only ever finish books in the early mornings and to write a review not right after finishing it seem wr Look if you like the book and are like me， who likes reading all the low star’s comments on my favourite books to see the what I believe is unbelievable for a book I think is the greatest ever I get it。 I really wanted to like this book I thought the idea was great and I love a good retelling。 But it seem it wasn’t for me so if you’re going to keep reading， enjoy my mess of a review （it seem I only ever finish books in the early mornings and to write a review not right after finishing it seem wrong😂 so forgive me）。 It’s was okay？ Great？ Bad？ I DONT KNOW。 There are only a handful of books that left me on the fence like this。 The very beginning had me but a few more chapters past that it’s seem I started to put down the book multiple times。 Then I made my way to the middle which seem to pick up and I thought maybe something fun and interesting was going to happen but nope。 Everything was expected in the love part。 The love triangle if you could even call it that was， well， I wasn’t a fan to say the least。 She had very little reason to love him that I can think of。 After so many nights and other girls you think he be harder to win over。 It seem I cared more for the side characters more then anything which is why I rated it three not two stars。 Overall， it’s seem I expected to much from the main character。 I did actually like her a lot but idk。 I was really hoping for her to at least go past the point of chapters of planning and dreaming。 Does she really do anything close to revenge？！？ I mean if her thoughts counted her poor friend was avenged 1001 times over but yeah that’s about it。 Skip over her whole point of actually being there and making her family being the ones who seem to actually do anything close of what she claimed to set out to do。 Cause that’s like 1/5。 And just the whole thing of her saying she wasn’t anyone’s possession was fine， I guess， to be fair I thought it was a nice change to the argument of “I cannot live with myself if my life chooses got you hurt” she said he doesn’t own her and he agrees and there’s no big annoying blow out and chapters of a mess that could have been settled if you just let the girl make her own choices （even though in some cases it’s stupid choice）。 But did think it was unfair for her to turn around to say she owns him。 Theres probably so much more I can say but this was the one staring me in the face the most。 Was the book the worse book ever ？ No。 Was it my favourite？ Not really。 But it did have parts where I got my sticky notes out because I absolutely loved the lines？ Yup， more then some of my favourite books。 I really did like the writing and that’s probably why I keep jumping back and forward between it’s bad cause of this but it makes up for it because of this。 So will I read the next one？ Maybe。 I just hope it gives me more then this “I love the monster even though I had no reason to and he killed my best friend but don’t worry cause he was a reason to and my best friend was very forgiving？ Like be honest man didn’t need a reason you already love him AND even though you already said you don’t know him at all！！！！ Whatever I can write pages of how I see no reason for these two to get together so I end it here。 Love to hear your （most likely better formed😂😅） opinions if you make it this far。 。。。more
Vanessa Dillon
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There are always 2 sides to every story。 ❤ This book is intoxicating and I loved every minute of it。
Kathryn Ford
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I really struggled to finish this book。 I nearly put it down quite a few times。 If I wasn't reading it for a bookclub I would have dnfed it。 The Middle Eastern setting was wonderful and the author captured the vibrant culture really well。 Shazi was likable enough because of her determination and willingness to put her wrath aside for love and understanding。 My biggest problem with this book was how the dialogue was written， it felt very official， stiff and unrelatable。 The book also seemed to dr I really struggled to finish this book。 I nearly put it down quite a few times。 If I wasn't reading it for a bookclub I would have dnfed it。 The Middle Eastern setting was wonderful and the author captured the vibrant culture really well。 Shazi was likable enough because of her determination and willingness to put her wrath aside for love and understanding。 My biggest problem with this book was how the dialogue was written， it felt very official， stiff and unrelatable。 The book also seemed to drag on certain places and I was pretty bored a lot of the time。 I know that most people who read this book really enjoyed it and rated it high， but I just didn't connect with it and I won't be finishing the series。 。。。more
Ash
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4。5 stars
throneofglassaddict
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I LOVED THIS BOOK
Taylor Kooken
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Couldn’t finish。 Main character is an absolute idiot。 The writing sounds really young。 I wanted to like it but I couldn’t find a reason to keep reading。
Sarah
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"This is the skin of a killer， Bella" -Khalid， pretty much all the timeI can't be too critical of this book， because I stayed up late reading it multiple nights in a row。 Maybe because I was interested in the romance against my better judgement， or maybe just because I was curious to see if it would get any better。 （It kind of does。） This book was objectively not great。 It had two big plot things going for it--Shazi's plan to assassinate Khalid and the mystery of why he's been killing all of his "This is the skin of a killer， Bella" -Khalid， pretty much all the timeI can't be too critical of this book， because I stayed up late reading it multiple nights in a row。 Maybe because I was interested in the romance against my better judgement， or maybe just because I was curious to see if it would get any better。 （It kind of does。） This book was objectively not great。 It had two big plot things going for it--Shazi's plan to assassinate Khalid and the mystery of why he's been killing all of his wives--but they're kind of abandoned for some boring political intrigue and an unconvincing love triangle。 And then when the initial premise is finally resolved it's so anti-climatic。 I think Renee Ahdieh had ACOTAR aspirations， but the source material probably would have done better as a more intimate and mysterious stand-alone story。 。。。more
Beth M
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3。5*
Crow
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This book felt。。 lacking。 The world building was quite poor， especially when it comes to the magic aspect， and the writing in general seemed to focus strangely on irrelevant description rather than things important to the plot。 The romance was a little weird and feels like it came out of nowhere。 The main characters whole inner struggle surrounding it was almost annoying。 She also felt quite shallow， I would have loved to see more of her personality。 I did however like some of the supporting cha This book felt。。 lacking。 The world building was quite poor， especially when it comes to the magic aspect， and the writing in general seemed to focus strangely on irrelevant description rather than things important to the plot。 The romance was a little weird and feels like it came out of nowhere。 The main characters whole inner struggle surrounding it was almost annoying。 She also felt quite shallow， I would have loved to see more of her personality。 I did however like some of the supporting characters， and the general prospect of the book was good。 A few of the romance scenes were good too， especially those where you could see the characters starting to trust each other。 。。。more
Adrianna
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This was a bit slow in the beginning but definitely picked up in the second half。 The book ends with a perfect mix of tying up loose ends and more questions to lead into the next book。 I ended up enjoying this one in the end。
Angela
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okay so this book was good， but the delivery wasn’t the best。 let’s start off with shahrzad， she’s just not a likable character really。 she says that she is gonna avenge shiva， kill the king， blah blah blah， but has no real plan to do so？ she never even comes close to following through with it。 next， the love story between her and khalid。 it’s just kinda well… dull。 i just feel like it was all a little rushed and there wasn’t like any slow burn （which i NEED）。 i feel like their relationship shou okay so this book was good， but the delivery wasn’t the best。 let’s start off with shahrzad， she’s just not a likable character really。 she says that she is gonna avenge shiva， kill the king， blah blah blah， but has no real plan to do so？ she never even comes close to following through with it。 next， the love story between her and khalid。 it’s just kinda well… dull。 i just feel like it was all a little rushed and there wasn’t like any slow burn （which i NEED）。 i feel like their relationship should have been developed more。 literally the only thing i liked about this book was khalid。 even though his character wasn’t that deep， i still enjoyed him as a character and had this desire to fix him。 i think that this book would have been so better if the characters were more developed， but i didn’t completely hate it。 。。。more
Ysah
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I have no fancy words to describe how i have fallen for khalid ibn al-rashid in this duology。 He is beyond ✨Majestic✨ or simply a huge huge huge GREEN FLAG ！！！ okay， i must calm down now hihi :p
Rebecca
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A very interesting take on Shahrzad and the 1001 nights。 I think I'd cut a little of the romance or introspection for more storyline explanation， but it's good enough that I'm picking up book 2！ A very interesting take on Shahrzad and the 1001 nights。 I think I'd cut a little of the romance or introspection for more storyline explanation， but it's good enough that I'm picking up book 2！ 。。。more
Bruna Kleinman
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Very easy and fun summer read， only took me about 3 days and it truly was one of those books that you don’t want To put down。 It had a solid storyline， strong characters and good flow。 Not too heavy on details。It was one of the first Arabic culture books I’ve ever read and I enjoyed very much so。 I would love to read more like this。
zuzia2224
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Wow， po prostu wow jestem zauroczona bohaterami， cała historią i światem wykreowanym przez autorkę。 Wątek romantyczny rozkochał mnie w sobie。 Jedyne co mi nie pasowało to zbyt szybkie rozwiniecie się jednego wątku na początku historii。
Mia
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yes， just yes。 fell in love with the protagonist and her world of magic， secrets and beauty。 romance was beautiful。 this book is incredible。
Alina Galavan
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O poveste ideala daca vrei un triunghi amoros combinat cu "enemies to lovers"。 Un personaj principal plin de carisma si replici inteligente。 Desi pe mine， cartea m-a "prins" abia pe la jumatate。。。 am terminat-o de citit in 2 zile， si abia astept sa incep urmatorul volum。 O poveste ideala daca vrei un triunghi amoros combinat cu "enemies to lovers"。 Un personaj principal plin de carisma si replici inteligente。 Desi pe mine， cartea m-a "prins" abia pe la jumatate。。。 am terminat-o de citit in 2 zile， si abia astept sa incep urmatorul volum。 。。。more
GG_Reads
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Before I review this book， lemme give you some backstory。 There are a ton of covers for this book， and in my country， the cover available just isn’t it。 And so I waited。 I waited through the entire friggin pandemic to go and visit my family to get the version of this book with the pretty cover。 And I get there。 I’m in Barnes and Noble for the first time in MY LIFE！…and they don’t have the right cover。 TWO FRIGGIN YEARS AND FOR WHAT。 But you know what？ I’m not gonna be disappointed in that trip。 Before I review this book， lemme give you some backstory。 There are a ton of covers for this book， and in my country， the cover available just isn’t it。 And so I waited。 I waited through the entire friggin pandemic to go and visit my family to get the version of this book with the pretty cover。 And I get there。 I’m in Barnes and Noble for the first time in MY LIFE！…and they don’t have the right cover。 TWO FRIGGIN YEARS AND FOR WHAT。 But you know what？ I’m not gonna be disappointed in that trip。 I got over 200$ worth of books！ Possibly the best day of my life。 No exaggeration。 Now onto the book。 You don’t read this book for the plot。 You don’t read this book for the romance。 You don’t read this book for the characters。 You don’t really know why you read this book， and if asked you couldn’t name a single big event。 But still， you ENJOY this book。 It was a perfect holiday read for sure。 Still fantasy， but with none of the high stakes to put you on edge。 Gosh I am making it sound like I hated this book。 I didn’t！ 4 stars people！！ It was just…tame？ Still I am really excited to see where the sequel takes this series。 Yes， I’m pretty sure how I know this series will end。 But HEY， I’m still here for it。And a lil’ credit where it’s due: Khalid was a hard character to write for sure。 We know going in he will be a minster with a ‘reason’， that is a given for any enemies to lovers set up this way。 But here Shazi didn’t just accept it？ Didn’t just shrug it off and forgive him？ She actually acknowledges it was a selfish decision and has to reflect on how she feels about this？！ Like woah。 A lot of reviews say Shazi was set up to be this strong character that fell flat， but y’all are wrong。 That girl was morally strong and that is something most MC’s don’t get to say。 。。。more
Celia
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book was like a kind of cliche but I really loved it， is like bad boy but in truth good boy with a dark past。One of my fav retellings of the year for sure
Mariam ♡
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This book is one of my favorites 😩😩
Elena
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It did not disappoint！ I loved this reimagining of A Thousand and One NightsThe world building is rich and intricate and the characters are brilliantly constructed。 Shahrzard is a fascinating character。 You don't what to expect of her， because she keeps on surprising the reader。Khalid is intriguing as well。 He keeps so many secrets it's hard to unravel him。 Nevertheless， I love how he trusts Shahrzard like no one else and the complicity they start to form。 Their relationship is the highlight of It did not disappoint！ I loved this reimagining of A Thousand and One NightsThe world building is rich and intricate and the characters are brilliantly constructed。 Shahrzard is a fascinating character。 You don't what to expect of her， because she keeps on surprising the reader。Khalid is intriguing as well。 He keeps so many secrets it's hard to unravel him。 Nevertheless， I love how he trusts Shahrzard like no one else and the complicity they start to form。 Their relationship is the highlight of this book。There is a story developing parallel to this one， which frankly， I didn't care much about， although it does help to understand some important things about Shahrzard and Khalid。Overall， the pacing was a bit slow for me， as it took some time to get immersed in the story， but it makes up for it with its beautiful prose and well crafted setting。 。。。more
Brynja
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Good book I read in a single morning and appreciated the apology on the princes side where he offered to let her kill him
Allie
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This is one of those books that I thought I really liked at first。 After I finished and thought about it， though， I realized I had some issues with it。 I wish the author would have made the h fight the H a bit longer…I felt like she just fell for him super fast considering his misdeeds。 Still kind of liked it， though。
Manu Turra
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I rate books based on delivery of what was promised。 I do not require High Literature from teen romances。 Therefore， I'd be perfectly happy if this had admitted to itself that it was arabic twilight。 Because it is。 And it didn't。If I hadn't bought the ebook I wouldn't have passed the 20% mark because it was so unbelievably nonsense！！ The girl keep repeating that she wants to kill the caliph but not for a second I believed she actually wanted to。 She didn't have a plan， she didn't hate him， and t I rate books based on delivery of what was promised。 I do not require High Literature from teen romances。 Therefore， I'd be perfectly happy if this had admitted to itself that it was arabic twilight。 Because it is。 And it didn't。If I hadn't bought the ebook I wouldn't have passed the 20% mark because it was so unbelievably nonsense！！ The girl keep repeating that she wants to kill the caliph but not for a second I believed she actually wanted to。 She didn't have a plan， she didn't hate him， and the narrative tries too hard to make it seem like she's this witty mastermind。It takes 60% of the book for the plot to start。 And once it does it's fun in a very twilight way: it's predictable and quite tacky， but the characters get charming enough that you roll with it。 BUT IT TAKES 250 PAGES TO GET THERE。 I'd rate the last 150 about 3，5-4 stars， because indeed delivered what I expected （and I know I would've enjoyed as a teen， which is the point）， but I cannot ignore that this book stalled itself for the most part。（I'll give to the author that the scents， colors and foods descriptions are very beautiful and lively， but pretty words a story does not make）（I'm not even going to comment on how the logic and the romance are toxic and possessive because 1- already stabilshed this is arabic twilight so duh 2- it'll never end， there's an entire book of ？？？ decisions and 3- I don't think future me will care and that's who I write reviews for） 。。。more
Niell Figuron
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The Wrath and the Dawn⭐⭐⭐✨ （3。5/5）"𝘼 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙢 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚-𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩-𝙪𝙥。 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚。"An entire day with no electricity， phone， and internet made me do one thing I have never done before — picking up a book I did not finish （DNF）。 Yup， this was the very first book I opened this year but it took me this long to finally see the end of it 😂---I no longer find young adult romance as appetizing as before。 Perhaps it's a big factor why I The Wrath and the Dawn⭐⭐⭐✨ （3。5/5）"𝘼 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙢 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚-𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩-𝙪𝙥。 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚。"An entire day with no electricity， phone， and internet made me do one thing I have never done before — picking up a book I did not finish （DNF）。 Yup， this was the very first book I opened this year but it took me this long to finally see the end of it 😂---I no longer find young adult romance as appetizing as before。 Perhaps it's a big factor why I struggled to finish this book。 Also， I think Ahdieh is a good writer but for me， her writing sounded too plain and simple。 Although there were unexpected turns of events and great moments， in general， the execution was good enough to keep you in the mood but not really THAT exciting to take you in a rollercoaster ride。I just couldn't help but feel irritated because of Sharzard's （protagonist） out of character moments。 There were times I liked her yet those few but unforgettable instances of her unbecoming were too difficult to overlook。 Nevertheless， I think most teenage readers would find her relatable and likable in certain levels。Khalid is definitely a dreamboat for fictional heroines and starry-eyed readers alike。 However， he's a cliche。 I find it difficult to set him apart from the many fictional male characters I've read about because they're almost the same。 The only distinguishing feature of him is his good writing — yes， [mini spoiler: he wrote painfully beautiful letters]。 But other than that， he's just one of the many cliche leads。So do I regret finishing this novel？ Well， surprisingly， I don't。 The last few pages were satisfying。 It's like a domino effect where those build-ups， revelations， and twists finally make sense and things fall in the right places。 Still， there are plenty of materials left for the second book and I think the end of this first novel was a great way to set them all up。I previously thought of not reading the sequel， but now， I think I should give it a try 😄#niellreviews 。。。more
Maggie
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Twas pretty good。 I definitely zoned out for a good chunk of this。 Lol。 But what I remember， it was good。
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