"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am soo excited about this book, mostly because of, well, everything. I love A Thousands and One Nights story, so I'm really excited how this retelling goes.
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Expected publication: May 12th 2015 by Putnam Juvenile
A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights.
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.
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.
This one sounds really intruiging and rather dark - I like it ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and I hope you get to enjoy it
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Yeah it does sound a little bit dark, but I hope it will be good.
ReplyDeleteI keep seeing this one today and it sounds amazing! I don't know A Thousand and One Night but I really look forward to reading this one :) Great pick!
ReplyDeleteI guess everyone is excited about it! Thanks for stopping Eileen :)
ReplyDeleteThis does sound REALLY good, though I am not familiar with A Thousand and One Nights, it just sounds so incredibly messed up that I must read it. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteYou're right. It really sounds just so messed up that you just want to read it!
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