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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)

Renée Ahdieh

Start date: July 1, 2016

Finish date: July 31, 2016

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Oct 15, 2015 Dorreh rated it it was amazing

Okay to begin by saying this book was glorious is pure injustice. But I will say that this story was a waft of fresh air in the young adult trivia. The story takes place in the ancient city of khorasan, in a time of magic and mystical existence. Maybe one of the main reasons I loved this book so much was the use of Persian origin words. My mother tongue being Farsi, this book felt like home. Like I was reading a story about my people and my history, even though it leaned more towards the influen Okay to begin by saying this book was glorious is pure injustice. But I will say that this story was a waft of fresh air in the young adult trivia. The story takes place in the ancient city of khorasan, in a time of magic and mystical existence. Maybe one of the main reasons I loved this book so much was the use of Persian origin words. My mother tongue being Farsi, this book felt like home. Like I was reading a story about my people and my history, even though it leaned more towards the influences of Pakistani culture. The scenes, the food, especially the LAVASH bread, the use of words like "Joonam" and "delam" made me even more connected to the characters and everything in the book itself.

Renee ahdieh is a magnificent storyteller, she used the idea of a classical Arabian tale and transformed it into a story of love and betrayal. Her main character shahrzad(also a common Persian name) is everything I look for in a strong willed and blazing female character, and as for Khalid......well.....who doesn't love a tragically broken boy with the weight of the world on his shoulders? *mentally screeches over the love scenes*. The story not only presents characters and their internal and external struggles, but I personally feel that all the side characters of this story had a constructive role to maintain.

One of my absolute favorites is jalal and despina. For every single time jalal did something to support the forsaken love between the monster and the silver tongue, I had a small melt down (the good kind).
I think on the list of things that I loved in this story, and that is a very long list indeed, the topper would be the element of physical strength that came alongside the strength of will. When shahrzad picked up the bow and arrow and just flew through 500 stages of awesome, I was fully entrapped in my growing love for her character. This love flourished when she picked up a sword she has never wielded, to get the answers she wanted. I just likem bold as they come.
I flew through the pages of this book, I honestly was reeking of curiosity to simply know what happens next. Many authors are gifted enough to create a story that you want to finish because you just need to know what happens next, but not all of them can so intricately create a world that absorbs you and absolves you so delicately.
I might just not make it in this unfathomable need to read the sequel, I highly recommend this book to anyone who simply can read............ ...more

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May 10, 2015 Mirou rated it really liked it

Shelves: badass-heroes, favourite-books, i-want-the-sequel, badboys, young-adult, books-which-are-good

Amazing. The sitting - Did I mention how UNIQUE it is ? Fantastic worlbuiling combined with entertaining characters. Highly recommended !

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Jan 10, 2016 Crystal rated it it was amazing

So im finally posting this review i put it off for so long because i was a heaping mess of sadness and tears..but im okay now..ive recovered from this book..i just wanna say i loved it sooooo much even though it left me in a crawled up ball questioning life..lol i was hesitant about this book because i never read anything quite like it and it was kinda confusing at first but then i got really into it and loved it so much my heart still aches for it..i really want the second book damnit i cant wa ...more

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Nov 10, 2015 Audrey See rated it it was amazing

I DIDNT KNOW THAT THERES A SECOND BOOK COMING!!! OMG I LOVE IT THO

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Feb 19, 2016 Bree marked it as to-read

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Feb 13, 2016 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, ya-romance

I didn't expect to like this as much as I did. but it's so, so beautiful. And the heroine is a wonderful, confident, feminist badass. so many perfect quotable passages. And the romance is lovely. I need the companion/sequel nowwww. ...more

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Jun 07, 2015 allie rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-fantasy, romance, enemies-to-lovers

I loved it!! I really did the only thing to annoy me was the 465 million points of view. I wanted Shazi POV and maybe Tariq and maybe another one but we had so many that it sometimes confused me. Not a huge draw back though. The character and plot were amazing and I read it in one night. Once I picked it up I couldn't stop. Will reread when I get through my Big Ben sized TBR pile.
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Her dad was so fucking creepy. I get losing your wife and then not being able to protect your daughters is ...more

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Dec 30, 2015 Jess Munnery rated it it was amazing

Shelves: signed-books, favourites

Tore through this, loved the plot, the tension, the characters! You feel a mixture of emotions as Shazi does and that ending has left me wanting so much more!

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