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For She is Wrath

Emily Varga

3.77 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If you love The Count of Monte Cristo, this is an exciting new take with a Pakistani twist. Dania is full of rage and driven by revenge, but still holds onto her morality and is unwilling to harm the people of her city in her quest to make those who wronged her pay for their crimes.

There is so much flavor to the world, with Pakistani clothing, foods, and mythology. The plot has twists and turns that I didn't see coming, and the romance is handled in such an interesting way through flashbacks and present day interactions. 

I love Dania's character arc and how she realizes what is truly important in the end and finds closure for all she lost.
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

 
Maybe the revenge is the friends we made along the way...

This was a solid stand-alone! I am not really familiar with The Count of Monte Cristo but that didn't affect my experience. You can't help but to cheer Dani on after everything that has happened to her. She has every right to be angry and thirst for revenge. Noor is the softer side, the one that keeps Dani grounded and helps her to remember the line between revenge and justice. She stole my heart the moment she showed up! Also, the way these two met...that will probably always stand out to me!

I often struggle with feeling emotionally connected when it comes to stand-alones but I didn't have that issue with For She is Wrath. This was beautifully written and the setting and descriptions really shine here. I love this little found family and watching them come full circle after they lost so much. The romance is pretty light!

The audiobook narration was fantastic! You do spend a fair amount of time with Dani's inner monologue but the emotion and voice acting was so good!

I am so happy to have my beautiful copy of this from Fairyloot!

Big thanks to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the eARC! For She is Wrath is available!



2.5 stars