The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renee Ahdieh

  

Book Synopsis: 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 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 break the cycle once and for all.

My Review: I fell in love with this book. It has become one of my all time favorites. I originally heard of through my favorite BookTuber, The Bookbasement. After I finished and watched her review she basically voiced my thoughts on it. (The Bookbasement's review: https://youtu.be/iI9xiu8Hlwc) She even noticed me! 

 

Anyways so I really enjoyed the concept of the book. It had a lot of culture that you don't see often in books these days. I will admit I didn't like the alternating point of views. I only wanted to read about Shahrzad and Khalid. There were some bits of magic but I never felt it was relevant until maybe the end of the book. I really enjoyed Shahrzad's character, she is very strong, confident, and a bit revengeful. However, she did give in the her feelings for Khalid very easily but I did not want her to kill Khalid anyway. Khalid was is super serious. He keeps his feelings locked away and is really scared of his feelings toward her. But he was always so kind. Shahrzad's does have a boyfriend back at her home and though I hardly knew about him, from his point of view I started to hate him. He is so cocky and I couldn't stand that. I really enjoyed Jalah, Khalid's cousin. He brought a really funny and carefree atmosphere to the book. He is probably my favorite. This book had avery ancient world and culture feel to it and it really interesting. I couldn't put this book down. After I finished it, I still read it many times over again. I'm a huge romatic and this was a good romance book. I honestly give this book 4/5 stars, mostly because the points of views that weren't Shazi"s bored me. I recommend this book to those looking for a romance book with middle eastern culture.