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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 voluntee
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Hardcover, 388 pages
Published May 12th 2015 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
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Nidhi Bhatt Actually the holes are an important part of Arab and Moghul Architecture as the females are to be kept in veils. the windows from which female members…moreActually the holes are an important part of Arab and Moghul Architecture as the females are to be kept in veils. the windows from which female members of the royal families used to see outside the Royal Palaces used to have all these intricately carved designs through which they could view everything going on outside. They are called "Jarukha" in Hindi language. The people outside could not see inside the Palace or if there is anyone standing on the other side of the window. :)

The cover just depicts the Main Character behing such window. Such Jarukhas are really famous in Moghul Palaces in India.

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Emily May
Apr 05, 2015 Emily May rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, arc, 2015
“Make sure they never forget. You are the Calipha of Khorasan, and you have the ear of a king.” She bent forward and lowered her voice. “And, most important, you are a fearsome thing to behold in your own right.”

My original plan was to finish this book tonight and then write up a review tomorrow, but after that ending, I just can't stop thinking about it and I need to get my thoughts down right now. In short: I enjoyed this book very much. Way more than I expected to, to tell the truth. And I
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Sasha Alsberg
Oct 23, 2015 Sasha Alsberg rated it it was amazing
You can watch my review here: https://youtu.be/ngTWMqYuT6c !!
:)
Khanh (the Grinch)
May 13, 2015 Khanh (the Grinch) rated it it was ok
She wanted to kiss him.

No.

It was one thing to return his kiss; she’d been prepared for that. But it was another thing entirely to want his kiss . . . another thing entirely to desire his affections. To melt into the arms of Shiva’s killer at the first sign of adversity.

Weak.


Retellings should light my imagination on fire. They should take the original story, add a twist to it, make it so that we don't feel like we're reading the same old, same old. The only twist, the only imaginative reimagini
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Regan
Jun 15, 2015 Regan rated it it was amazing
Shelves: books-owned-read
SoooOOOoo GoooOOOOdd
Renee Ahdieh
Aug 27, 2014 Renee Ahdieh rated it it was amazing  ·  (Review from the author)
Obviously I'm biased . . . BUT THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE ;-)
Hailey (HaileyInBookland)
SPOILER FREE REVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA4zN...

Reread: April 2016
STILL AMAZING can't wait to read the next one!

First reading: June 2015
Holy crap. What a fantastically captivating tale.
Wendy Darling
Hm. People are loving this much-hyped book, but I have rather mixed feelings about this one.

Things I liked:
-- awesome premise, obviously
-- a world very different from what we're used to
-- a few intriguing conversations between women (Shazi and Despina, Shazi and Yasmine)
-- diversity, yay
-- a few nice action scenes towards the end
-- the romance, which eventually sparked and got me very invested in what's going to happen next!

Things I wanted more of:

-- Magic (perhaps this will come in the next bo
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Natalie Monroe
1.5 stars

"How can I desire him? After he killed Shiva. After he killed so many young girls, without explanation.

What's wrong with me?"


A three-sentence summary of The Wrath and the Dawn:

Shahrzad: I will kill Caliph Khalid to avenge my best friend!
Khalid: *eye smoulder*
Shahrzad: Lol, nah.



That is literally what happens. I'm not joking. The Wrath and the Dawn is a retelling of the classical One Thousand and One Nights tale. Every day, the Caliph of Khorasan marries a new bride and by dawn, he ha
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Maureen
Jun 08, 2015 Maureen rated it it was amazing
*dies*
I think this just replaced ACOTAR as my number one book of the year....YES YOU HEARD ME RIGHT.
There is so much right about this book. The world building is great, the smaller magical elements are phenomenal, and the characters are ON PAR. I loved it so much and I'm SO PUMPED THERE WILL BE MORE STORY.
Angela
Sep 23, 2016 Angela rated it it was amazing
The Wrath and the Dawn is every recently amazing YA book thrown into one read. Red Queen meets An Ember in the Ashes meets A Court of Thorns and Roses . The main difference it has between those books is the amount of action. The Wrath definitely set aside action packed scenes for a slower more lyrical literature depth.

Sharhrzad (Shazi) is out to seek revenge for the murder of her best friend and decides too volunteer to be the next wife of the Caliph of Khorasan. The Caliph is known for being
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April (Aprilius Maximus)
THIS HAS OVERTAKEN EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING AS MY NUMBER 1 SPOT OF MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEAR. I CAN'T EVEN. EFKHSBFKHSBDFKAHDBFKSDHABFKAHSDBFKASJBKAHBGKAFHBKV SO MANY ALADDIN FEELS
Natalie
Dec 28, 2016 Natalie rated it it was amazing
“I’ve been told a good storyteller can trap an audience with a single sentence.”

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This review contains *spoilers*.

I picked this book up completely on a whim, and I’m so glad that I did. I was completely entranced by The Wrath & the Dawn. The setting was just right, the writing was engaging, and I thought every character brought something important to the story. This book felt like it should go on forever, and I was really disappointed when it didn't.

The Wrath & the Dawn follows Shahrzad o
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Katerina
Dec 05, 2016 Katerina rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
I loved it beyond words.



I'm in awe. This beautiful journey, this journey of longing, magic and love sang to my soul, gave me wings, spilled vibrant colours in a bleak routine and made my heart burst.
Renee Ahdieh is a rare storyteller.
“One hundred lives for the one you took. One life to one dawn. Should you fail but a single morn, I shall take from you your dreams. I shall take from you your city.
And I shall take from you these lives, a thousandfold.”

The Caliph of Khorasan, the King of Kings
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Victoria Aveyard
May 13, 2015 Victoria Aveyard rated it it was amazing
sequel now pls
Jillian (bookishandnerdy)
May 21, 2015 Jillian (bookishandnerdy) rated it it was amazing
MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR. PERIOD. (and one of my favorite books EVER.)

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The Wrath & The Dawn is a lush retelling of 1001 Nights. It follows Shahrzad as she seeks revenge for the murder of her best friend by The Monster King of Khorasan, Khalid.


So I had just read ACOTAR, and I wasn't expecting another book to top for a long time this year. I was actually thinking that it would be my favorite of the year. WRONG. The Wrath & The Dawn hit it it out of the park for me! I was actually r
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Lola  Reviewer
Feb 12, 2016 Lola Reviewer rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy, retellings

I will live to see tomorrow’s sunset. Make no mistake. I swear I will live to see as many sunsets as it takes.
And I will kill you.
With my own hands.


Here’s what happened: I was halfway through this book when I realized that it was slightly late, that the next day I had to go to work early in the morning and that we humans need sleep in order to survive through the day. So, as a farewell to the book and because my curiosity took over, I decided to open the book to a random remaining page and re
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Cait (Paper Fury)
HELLO. I AM NOT OKAY. THIS BOOK IS A BILLION PERCENT INCREDIBLE AND AJKLFDSAQTQEQQQQQJKLQ. Words?! WHAT WORDS. I'm just absolutely dancing from the proverbial rooftops that I fell in love with this book. I've had such a slack year for reading. All my highly anticipated reads have splattered like mayonnaise on the wall. But this?! They hype is completely justified. It's beautiful and visual and delicious (seriously, so much delicious food) and the characters were absolute perfection. I cannot rig ...more
Riley
Actual rating: 1.5

Do you ever just hear about a book and know without a shadow of a doubt that you will love it? That’s how I always felt about this book. I had seen rave review after rave review. Everyone I know LOVES it. So I always just knew that I would love it too.

I was wrong.

This book was painful to get through. From the forced writing style to the lackluster plot and flat characters. To say I am disappointed with this book is an understantment.

I know a lot of people praise the writing
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Andreea Pop
“I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it.”

The Wrath and the Dawn is, simply put, amazing. Breathtaking. Stunning. My sappy, romantic heart was joyous with this love story, swooning and falling head over heels in love with the characters. Thrilling, seductive and incredibly enchanting, this book will have you devouring page after page filled with literary deliciousness.



One enigmatic boy-king, the caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride every day only to have her kil
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Mohammed Arabey
Dec 27, 2016 Mohammed Arabey rated it really liked it
للألف ليلة وليلة سحرا تخطي حواجز الزمان والمكان..ألهم الكثير من الروائيين العرب والأجانب بإعادة حكيه

وإذا كان طه حسين حكي "أحلام شهرزاد", نجيب محفوظ "ليالي الألف ليلة".. فإن رينيه أهديه هنا لم تعيد حكي ألف ليلة وليلة فحسب وإنما ربطتها برائعة الأول "دعاء الكروان"..بإطار رومانسي وطراز أنثوي جذاب

فهنا شهرزاد تطوعت للزواج من الخليفة المتوحش فقط لتنتقم منه لقتله اعز صديقاتها
وهناك سحر..وهناك لعنة..وهناك أطماع علي السلطة..وقليل من قصص شهرزاد ولكنها مرتبطة بشدة بالأحداث..والكثير والكثير من الرومانسية النس
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Steph Sinclair
Actual rating is somewhere around 3.5 stars.

The Wrath and the Dawn has all the elements of an amazing story. It has a strong heroine, intriguing plot, moral ambiguity, a complex cast of characters that inspire all sorts of internal emotional turmoil. Basically, set phasers to LET ME LOVE YOU. Even for those like me who haven't read A Thousand and One Nights, can appreciate the rich setting and visually stunning descriptions. And I can't tell you how happy I am to say that I really enjoyed The Wr
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Kainat Ijaz 《UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT》


Ohh, i am going to get so much hate for this!
I am perfectly aware that I am in the minority here. Most of my friends adore The Wrath and the Dawn, all of my teachers (yes, I share my books with my teacher. I'm that kid) even my grandma's sister has read it AND raves about it. I honestly do not understand why, i'm afraid to ask her so i'm asking you guys. Help me please, and try not to hate me. I'm don't even know how to rate this. I don't want to give it 2 stars, because 2 stars is Queen of Sha
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Shelby *trains flying monkeys*
I actually liked this book.


Khalid, the so called King of kings marries often. He seems to have a shortage in the bride department. Maybe because after their wedding nights the brides are put to their death.
Then enter Shahrzad, after her best friend loses her life because she was one of Khalid's brides Shahrzad volunteers to be his wife. She has plans on being his last because she is going to off his butt.


Once married she survives the marriage by telling him stories. She leaves him with a cliff
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Christine Delilah (Maramochabooks)
"He was stronger than she was. Of that, there was no doubt. She could not best him physically.
But I'm not here to fight. I'm here to win."

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This is going to be difficult to review...
You see, there wasn't anything wrong with this novel. It has an interesting plot, beautiful writing, and great characters.

The main problem was me. Maybe I've grown tired of plots going in the same direction: MC goes to kill the monster, only to discover things aren't as she thought they were.
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I don't think I can wr
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Clau R.
Dec 17, 2015 Clau R. rated it it was amazing
Really a 4.5 because I had some minor issues with it. But wow, I loved it!!!

I'm going to speak about the story with more depht in my wrap up, but for now I just want to speak of one character.

KHALID.

He is so precious, I just want him to be happy! Really, he is something special. It's been a while since the male protagonist of a book didn't made me roll my eyes with his cheesy lines, but Khalid managed to melt my heart with some quotes that normally would've made me cringe. I was smiling like an
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Chantal  (Every Word A Doorway)
Dear Ms. Ahdieh,

I’m unsure of how you did it. Whatever magic you used to pry open my brain and look inside, I'd like to have it as well. Because this book was written for me, it is, in many ways, my dream book and encompasses everything I want in a novel. So, I would really like to know how you did it.

You may have other people fooled but this is not a debut novel. This CAN’T be a debut novel because, well, THE WRITING IS PERFECT.

Again, I ask you to give me some of your witchcraft. I promise not
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Lauren DeStefano
Apr 19, 2015 Lauren DeStefano rated it it was amazing
So pretty much everyone in this book needs a Dr. Phil session, and I say this because he would literally quit his job forever after hearing the marital decisions that are made in this story. He would sit back in his chair and his wife would be in the audience and they would look at each other, and he would look at Shahrzad and say, "That's... that's messed up, girl. I can't help you. I... I need to go home. Goodbye, America." This book would stump Dr. Phil. That's what I'm saying. THESE CHARACTE ...more
Navessa

2 stars? 3.5 stars? 5 STARS?!?!

Fucked if I know. I'm...torn. So I guess I'll leave this at three stars for now.

This book made me feel a lot of feels. But they were conflicting feels. On the one hand, this is a beautifully written, atmospheric 1001 Nights retelling rich with imagery. On the other hand, a lot of that gorgeous prose is dedicated to showing the reader, over and over again, how indecisive the female lead is.

You see, she's chosen to marry the king out of vengeance. He married and ki
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Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘ (of badger and SNAKE)


BR with my broken boys' favorite specialist, Chelsea (click to read her review)



Useless horrible love-triangle : now, that's an addition to the original tale that doesn't appeal to me. Indeed it was unnecessary and resulted in predictability for the plot. Plus, Tariq is an asshole. A stupid one at it.

Fast forward in Shazi's feelings : what is it with the fluttering in the stomach after one night? So Khalid listened to her story, so what? At this point he never showed anything to prove that th
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Sue (Hollywood News Source)


Believe the hype because The Wrath and the Dawn are everything someone could ever ask for. The moment I finished and closed this book, my feelings are all over in America. I want to relive it over and over. It is almost a crime not to love it. FYI, that was my words, they are hyperbole and it is certainly not a universal law, but you could freely consider that if you gladly wish so.

The Wrath and the Dawn follow the story of Shahrzad who volunteers to be a bride to the boy-king Khalid, who takes
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THE WRATH AND THE DAWN, a reimagining of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, is available wherever books are sold. Its sequel THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER will be available on 4.26.16.

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“What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered.
“If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest.
“No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me.”
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