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jesshm13's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
La ambientación es brutal y el romance me conquistó. Termina muy abierto, en lugar de bilogía debió ser un sólo libro seguro.
kyproff's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
yodamom's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars Oh my, my, my, I am breathless ! What a glorious twist of One Thousand and One Nights. The vivid detailing in this story was so richly done I think I gained 5 pounds on description of foods alone. The clothing, the town, the palace, the horses, the landscape, each given such beauty in this author's words. I found myself rereading sections aloud just to hear them spoken, I have to get this on audio. The story is a tangle of what is believed, what is assumed and the truth somewhere in the middle. Hate, fear, resentment, revenge, friendship, respect, love and sacrifice. I loved it all. Now I must go order book 2 beacuse of a cliffhanger ending, beware. :D
shes_book_obsessed's review against another edition
4.0
The Wrath and the Dawn
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Such cunning tales, I want more! The writing style made this book so much better than I expected, mysterious and fairytale-like. I was rather confused about what was happening at the beginning, but I slowly understood what the book entailed the more I read. The first 100 pages bored me to death, but the continuous banter between Shahzard and Khalid made my enemies-to-lovers obsession happy! Tariq made me so frustrated, although I could see where he was coming from at times...
The sequel better live up to my expectations!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Such cunning tales, I want more! The writing style made this book so much better than I expected, mysterious and fairytale-like. I was rather confused about what was happening at the beginning, but I slowly understood what the book entailed the more I read. The first 100 pages bored me to death, but the continuous banter between Shahzard and Khalid made my enemies-to-lovers obsession happy! Tariq made me so frustrated, although I could see where he was coming from at times...
The sequel better live up to my expectations!
ritasreadingcorner's review
5.0
Although it took me a long time to actually read this book, I loved it. I don't really remember the original story, but I really liked this one. It's an amazing retelling. I adore Shazi, Khalid, Jalal and Despina, they're such great and strong characters. On the other hand, I absolutely despise Tariq. Ugh, just go away. There are some things I don't really understand, such as wtf Shazi's father is doing, but I don't like him either. And this ending was so so so so sad. What the hell??
Anyways, I loved it. Such an amazing book!
Anyways, I loved it. Such an amazing book!
aafleeds's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? No
4.5
ella_booksmage's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
courtnoodles's review against another edition
4.0
I'm extremely torn with how to rate this book.
My hopes going into this book were through the roof. I'd been waiting since July to read this when I first put it on hold at my library, and I heard nothing but good things.
The start of this book, though, was ROUGH. Shazi was annoying and entitled. She had no interest in actually being queen, but used her queen status to essentially manipulate her staff into letting her do whatever she wanted. Her character was totally inconsistent, loving one moment and completely cold and calculating the next. I was never sure what was genuine. And nothing else in the story really made sense. The writing style was way too flowery for me to understand anything that was going on, motivations, emotions, anything. I thought it was gonna be a huge disappointment.
But about halfway through the book, something changed. I can't say specifically what. But some kind of switch went off and suddenly I was into it. Don't get me wrong, the writing is still too flowery for me to actually grasp the emotions and the feelings of the characters. I'm still not sure I can get behind Shazi and Khalid as individual people. But as a couple? One word. Hot.
They're really the only reason why I'm rating this so high. And it is primarily a romance, so it seems fair. But I absolutely devoured Khalid and Shazi's scenes, to the point where there was one line Khalid said that caused me to slam my face into the book and get my makeup on the pages.
My favorite kind of romances are, I don't know if I would say sexy ones, but I love it when the passion is more sensual and backed up with deep, deep adoration and love. That's Shazi and Khalid. So this review is all over the place, but I'm going with a comfortable 3.5 rounded up to 4 because I don't want to rate it any lower considering I paid for this with my own money, which I hardly ever do anymore, and I plan on reading the sequel ASAP.
My hopes going into this book were through the roof. I'd been waiting since July to read this when I first put it on hold at my library, and I heard nothing but good things.
The start of this book, though, was ROUGH. Shazi was annoying and entitled. She had no interest in actually being queen, but used her queen status to essentially manipulate her staff into letting her do whatever she wanted. Her character was totally inconsistent, loving one moment and completely cold and calculating the next. I was never sure what was genuine. And nothing else in the story really made sense. The writing style was way too flowery for me to understand anything that was going on, motivations, emotions, anything. I thought it was gonna be a huge disappointment.
But about halfway through the book, something changed. I can't say specifically what. But some kind of switch went off and suddenly I was into it. Don't get me wrong, the writing is still too flowery for me to actually grasp the emotions and the feelings of the characters. I'm still not sure I can get behind Shazi and Khalid as individual people. But as a couple? One word. Hot.
They're really the only reason why I'm rating this so high. And it is primarily a romance, so it seems fair. But I absolutely devoured Khalid and Shazi's scenes, to the point where there was one line Khalid said that caused me to slam my face into the book and get my makeup on the pages.
My favorite kind of romances are, I don't know if I would say sexy ones, but I love it when the passion is more sensual and backed up with deep, deep adoration and love. That's Shazi and Khalid. So this review is all over the place, but I'm going with a comfortable 3.5 rounded up to 4 because I don't want to rate it any lower considering I paid for this with my own money, which I hardly ever do anymore, and I plan on reading the sequel ASAP.