The Wrath And The Dawn Review

The Wrath And The Dawn 
Author: Renée Ahdieh

Pages :388
Date of publication : May 12th, 2015

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?

Review: I had high expectation about this book because everyone seemed to love it! They all said it was so well written and that the romance in this was a very good one. And I think they were all... right ! I think this is an awesome book. You know when you have high expectation for a book and then you read it and you feel a little bit dissapointed about certain.. well that did not happen at all. 

The romance was of course a big part of this story. It was very well made and didn't feel too fast. I'm an hoppeles romantic but I don't really enjoy instalove. I like to see the main characters fall slowly in love with each other and I love it even more when one character hate the other one at the beggening. Shahrzad (I'm not even sure how to say it!) has really good reasons to hate Khalid for what he did to her bestfriend and all the other girl before her. She is also so smart and that's why she can see that Khalid is not really the person she thought he would be. I loved her character very much. She's not afraid to stand up for herself.. she's even too stubborn sometime. Khalid, The caliph of Khorasan, was also a very enjoyable character. He was so mysterious and seemed so trouble for such a young king! He could be a monster but could be sweet and caring for those he cared about.

An other character that I liked was Despina! She was sassy and very funny. I loved the friendship between her and Shazi. Their conversation always made me smile because it felt real. Jalal was also very funny! The only character I dind't loved was Tariq. His intentions aren't bad but after seeing Shazi and Khalid love story I didn't want him to come and destroyed it.

This world was so well made. I liked the touch of magic and hope to see it more in the next one. Renée's writting was awesome. It wasn't ruch and she describe the story very well. I loved that she include a glossary at the end of the book! The only thing bad I have to say about that book was all the names.. My brain had so much trouble remembering them! I really recommend this book because just like everybody else I loved it.