And if you loathe a romance with all of your being then you know not to read it, so everybody wins. Much like Cora Carmack’s Roar, if you know that from the start and you understand what you’re getting yourself in for, it doesn’t bother you that much. Let’s start with the obvious, you can in no way deny from that description that these are heavily romance based. This has always been one of my favourite stories because, when you’re a booklover you can’t help but love a story that contains stories can you? So yes, in a sea of retellings Renée Ahdieh decided to write a retelling of the story of Shahrzad. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets? She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid’s life as retribution for the many lives he’s stolen. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone.

How is this possible? It’s an unforgivable betrayal. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she’d imagined him to be. Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph’s reign of terror once and for all.

When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad’s dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. But enough about my trousers, let’s talk about The Wrath and the Dawn. I’m fairly sure I had a part with lines, but all I can recall is sequins. Fun story, years and years ago I was in a school production of ‘Arabian Nights’ and all I can remember about it was sewing sequins onto a pair of Hareem pants.

Reign by cora carmack