The Wrath & the Dawn
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4.6 • 659 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by A Thousand and One Nights, this lush novel follows a fierce young woman who takes a dangerous gamble . . . to become the bride of a boy-king notorious for executing his wives at dawn.
“Dreamily romantic, deliciously angst-y, addictively thrilling.”—Kirkus Reviews
“An intoxicating gem of a story.”—Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series
One Life to One Dawn.
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?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Murder and mind games might just lead to true love in this dark YA fantasy. For reasons no one knows, Khalid, the 18-year-old caliph of Khorasan, marries a new girl every night, only to murder her the next morning. His most recent doomed bride was the best friend of feisty 16-year-old Shahrzad, so she’s vowed to take her revenge. Instead, she discovers that far from being a cruel psychopath, Khalid is devastatingly handsome and charming. This swoony and intense reimagining of 1001 Arabian Nights gets dark, complicated, and mystical as we grew ever more desperate for these two star-crossed lovers to somehow find a happy ending. Part Game of Thrones, part Beauty and the Beast, the first book in Renée Ahdieh’s enchanting romantic fantasy series is as timeless and breathtaking as the tales that inspired it.
Customer Reviews
I loved it
Can’t wait to to read part 2
Beautifully tragic
Their love was fraught with so much hate, too many obstacles, but such a worthy and beautiful hope that was fragile yet deep.
This story, at times, wrenched at my heart because of the constant inner struggle that the two main characters has to battle with throughout the book. Such a fairytale that had vestiges of the Aladdin story, but very sad and raw.
Great book! Now I am going to jump to the second book.
Amazing
I love the story and plot. I got pulled into this story and finished it in 2 days!