Reynita ★ The Night Reader ★'s Reviews > The Wrath & the Dawn

3.8 STARS

"Don't sneer at me. I may be small, but, when pushed, I can
strike out with a surprising amount of force."

Before I begin reviewing the book, I want to say a massive thank you to My friend Brittany for telling me about the romance in this book because if you didn't tell me, then I wouldn't buy this book in the first place and also thank you for listening to my thoughts about this book through messages!



My Opinion Time!

The reasons that I read this because Brittany told me about the romance and I also felt the need to read all of Ahdieh's books or at least try reading them and it's all because of Flame in the Mist, I loved that book so much! So, This book is a retelling of One Thousand and One Nights and to be honest, I haven't read One Thousand and One Nights.

When I decided to read this book, I had these high expectations about the book and HOW COULD I NOT? when I loved the other book of the author so much but then surprisingly, I didn't enjoy reading it at first because I expected a lot of actions and there was too much talking and I ACTUALLY thought to dnf the book because AT FIRST I couldn't relate to Shahrzad and then Khalid was cold, too distant, bland and boring but then it all changed. It all changed when I was on page 103. My interest in reading it more began from this page and I had never been bored anymore since page 103. So it took me a quite long time to connect myself to the story of the book and relate to Shahrzad and the romance.



Another thing that fascinated me about Ahdieh's books is that I constantly need a dictionary with me while reading her books because every time I read her books, I often open a dictionary to know the meaning of some words and it happens so constantly to the point that I always put my phone beside me while reading her books and I'm actually happy because this way I can improve my english vocabulary. ( English is not my first language but I have been very interested to learn it and actively studying it since I was 8 years old ).

AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY TIMES I CRIED WHILE READING THIS BOOK. OH MY GOD. It's not only the plot that made me cry but it's also because of the writing style. I don't like flowery writing style or a very beautiful writing style and don't ask me why because I don't even know. lol. But I totally love Ahdieh's writing style because her writing style is beautiful but not overly for me and so many lines written by her make feel as if those lines stab me in the heart and make my eyes teary and cry.

"When I was a little girl in Thebes, I
remember asking my mother what heaven was. She replied,'A
heart where love dwells.' Of course, I then demanded to know
what constituted hell. She looked me straight in the eye and said,
'A heart absent love.'"
(page 209)

"Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And
we must let them go on to light another sky."
(page 296)

There are many more lines in the book that make me cry and please read the book yourself, you won't regret it or maybe even though you don't end up liking it in the end, at least you have tried reading it. I don't know how but Ahdieh's writing style always makes my eyes teary and makes me clutch my chest on one hand and stifle tears. This is why I love her writing style.



The Romance and The Characters

Actually, I wanted to read this book years ago but then I knew there was a love triangle in this book and that prevented me from reading it because I LOATH A LOVE TRIANGLE SO MUCH.But then Brittany told me and explained me about the romance and I was convinced to read it and after I read it, I can say that the love triangle in this book is the kind of love triangle that I can tolerate. I won't go into full detail about it but I'm just gonna explain it briefly. So the MC has a first love but we don't see many scenes between them and the MC barely thinks about him and the MC is not the kind of character that I absolutely hate in a love triangle situation. The kind of character that is torn between two people ( God. That is why I hate a love triangle. It's so annoying. ugh ) because in my opinion, this doesn't happen in the book. The MC even rarely think about her first love and then she falls for another man. So, if you are like me, you hate a love triangle, then don't worry. The love triangle in this book is not bad. For me, it's tolerable.

AND OH MY GOD. THE ROMANCE IN THIS BOOK. It's enemy to lover. MY FAVORITE TROPE. *squeals in delight* It's so good! and It literally made me sobbing and I don't sob often while reading books these days but THIS BOOK managed to make me sobbing. Oh my God. Every time I read this certain scene, I always find myself swiping my wet cheeks due to the tears. I could feel the romance and the spark of romance between them. I often found myself smiling because it's so sweet and romantic and there was no single scene that I found cheesy. Every romance scenes between the MC and her love interest were all hot, romantic and sweet. It's really good!




There is only one person that I hated hate so much. It's the other guy like wtf, just stay away and I hate this person so much and every time he spoke ill or even thought badly about MC's love interest, I felt as if there was a fire inside me and my blood was boiling and I wanted to punched this guy so badly. THE MC'S LOVE INTEREST IS BETTER THAN HIM. HE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO HIM AND I HATE HIM SO MUCH. Every time I read his POV, I rolled my eyes and then I also counted how many pages left I had to suffer by reading his POV. Yes, my friends, I hate him that much. I FUCKING hate him so much Oh and If I only I got the chance to speak to this guy, I would totally say this :



and the secondary characters in this book were all amazing! My favorites are Jalal and Despina. They made me laugh and smirk and giggle so many times. Just read the book and you'll know what I'm talking about. I love them!

Thank you so much for reading and liking this review! I appreciate it so much, guys. I hope you all have an amazing day! <3



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I'm reading this book because :

1. My friend Brittany told me about the romance of the book and I feel intrigued to know more.
2. I loved Flame in the Mist so much.
3. I need to read all Ahdieh's books or at least try reading them.

Have you guys read this book? And what do you think of it? ( no spoiler, please! )