“A riveting Game of Thrones meets Arabian Nights love story.” - US
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Synopsis: 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.
Review: Let me first say that this book has stayed with me since I closed the cover of the book. Now a lot of books give me the feels, but this one deserves everything and more. The characters pulled me in. I felt Khalid’s pain and anguish. I felt Shahrzad’s vengeance, anger and the pain that ultimately melted with within her. It’s often lost in some books, but this particular book had me crying just from the words alone.
Review: Let me first say that this book has stayed with me since I closed the cover of the book. Now a lot of books give me the feels, but this one deserves everything and more. The characters pulled me in. I felt Khalid’s pain and anguish. I felt Shahrzad’s vengeance, anger and the pain that ultimately melted with within her. It’s often lost in some books, but this particular book had me crying just from the words alone.
I will also provide a slight disclaimer, there are lots of talks of death, but don’t be swayed by that. It is a subject not taken lightly and it is sad but not overwhelmingly so. It adds the depth to Khalid’s anguish. You feel his heaviness and take it with you. It spurs you to push forward and read even though your eyes strain for one more chapter.
I enjoyed the retelling of Arabian Nights and can honestly say it’s one of the best retellings I have read, and I learned a ton. I also love that it is introducing us to a different culture. I often looked up some of the words they said so I could imagine their clothes and styles. It brought me great joy to expand my horizons.
-GLADYS ATWELL (This review was originally published in NerdGirlOffical.com. It has been reprinted with author permission.)
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