Author: Renée Ahdieh
Pages: 388
Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads Synopsis:
In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a
new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster.
Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her
throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls
victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride.
Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of
terror once and for all.
Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant,
ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But
something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what
she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart.
Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's
an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as
it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever
secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as
retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world
of stories and secrets?
Inspired by A Thousand and One Nights, The Wrath and the Dawn is a
sumptuous and enthralling read from beginning to end.
thoughts:
First, I must
admit that once you start reading what this book is all about it just gets you
hooked. I got obsessed with it and wanted to read it so badly I had to push
myself to finish another book I was reading.
This book is truly
amazing! the moment I picked it up was just entered a story where more was
possible than I thought it would. But now my heart is broken, and I feel empty
for finishing this book. it feels like there is a whole in my heart that can't
be fixed. such a big impact for such a small yet so beautiful written book.
Shahrzad character
really got to me. it pained me to think about losing my best friend. I think I
would end up the same as her en desire for revenge would be part of my
character. her story was written very beautiful and delicate. I loved her so
much, she made you realize that there is a Shahrzad in every girl even if we
want to admit it or not. I always had a thing for strong character and that
another reason why I love Shahrzad so much. even though I hear a lot the
Shahrzad was '' supposed '' to be bad ass and ended up flat I don't agree with
that. My opinion is that she was a bad ass and yet so sweet as honey. that why
I liked her so much.
Khalid is a man (like
obviously) who gets called boy-king because he is still young. maybe too young
to be king. his story is quite tragic and if you think about the way he reacts
on Shahrzad, his people and family it makes you feel angry at him but at the
same time you start to pity him. I actually fell in love with him the moment he
appeared in the book. even though you may think he is a awful person he can
make you doubt it after every small thing he does wrong.
the few things
that bothered my while reading was that I didn't understand the some of the
words and then when I finished the book, I realized it had a dictionary in the
back. And how on earth am I going to survive the waiting of book 2?
in short. this
book is/was one of the most heartbreaking and beautiful books I've ever read.
the fact that a
book can make you feel so empty yet so full is surprising.
The Rose and The
Dagger will appear in 2016 ( you can find out more about the second book here)
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