The Wrath & the Dawn - Outside of a Dog

Hardcover, 404 pages

English language

Published Sept. 28, 2015 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group.

ISBN:: 9780399171611

(1 review)

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 …

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.

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Elska Bee reviewed The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

Review of 'The Wrath & the Dawn' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

3.5

I recommend this for anyone looking for:
- Enemies to lovers
- A good dose of angst
- Middle-Eastern fantasy
- A sassy protagonist done well

I wish I liked this a little more than I did. I grew to like the romance (me? like romance? who am i becoming??) and overall enjoyed my time. There was a lot of other stuff going on that I didn't really find engaging, but Shahrzad and Khalid's story was pretty compelling. My biggest gripe was with the writing style, but I think a large part of it is probably personal preference. I generally don't like too much description especially of the setting and the author has this weird fixation on describing eyes and their colour repeatedly throughout.

I think in general the book really picks up a bit over a third of the way through and it's pretty quick to get through. …

3.5

I recommend this for anyone looking for:
- Enemies to lovers
- A good dose of angst
- Middle-Eastern fantasy
- A sassy protagonist done well

I wish I liked this a little more than I did. I grew to like the romance (me? like romance? who am i becoming??) and overall enjoyed my time. There was a lot of other stuff going on that I didn't really find engaging, but Shahrzad and Khalid's story was pretty compelling. My biggest gripe was with the writing style, but I think a large part of it is probably personal preference. I generally don't like too much description especially of the setting and the author has this weird fixation on describing eyes and their colour repeatedly throughout.

I think in general the book really picks up a bit over a third of the way through and it's pretty quick to get through. Some of the aspects I was more hesitant about, I came around to by the end. I will say that the very end of the book was a little messy and maybe even a tad rushed, but oh well. Not a favourite, but I'm at least considering reading the sequel