Jon Glatfelter
  • About
  • Top Books
  • Archives
  • Reading List
  • Contact

THE WRATH & THE DAWN

1/25/2018

Comments

 
Picture
"I once had a thousand desires, 
But in my one desire to know you
, 
all else melted away
." 

— Jalal al-Din Rumi
​
As a fan of Arabian Nights, Disney's Aladdin, and mythology in general, I was pretty stoked to discover this one on my Amazon recommendations. In The Wrath & the Dawn, Adhieh reworks several Middle Eastern folktales into a clever teen romance-fantasy-drama that had this twenty-eight-year-old guy very entertained. 

The story follows a young king named Khalid, who takes a new wife each day only to have her killed by dawn. Shahrzad, our protagonist, is the first volunteer to join his bed, having secretly sworn revenge for the murder of an earlier queen, her best friend. Shahrzad's plan to survive the first night and find an opportunity to kill the king, is to tell a story.

That is, a series of stories with enticing enough cliff hangers to save herself each night. But something else is threatening to unravel her secrets and stories—something she feels growing inside of her. 

​Shahrzad is falling in love with the king. 

​Much like the millennia-old texts that The Wrath & the Dawn draws from, this story is about stories—the role they play in shaping our character and actions—and ultimately their requirement for our survival. [JG]

Picture
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Renée Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and their tiny overlord of a dog. The Rose & the Dagger is the sequel to her sparkling debut novel, The Wrath & the Dawn.
​
​
Picture
"They were not gentle. And why should they be?
After all, they did not expect her to live
past the next morning
." 

— The Wrath & the Dawn, Renée Ahdieh
​
​
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
​

Picture
JURASSIC PARK
Michael Crichton
​

Picture
MYTHOLOGY
Edith Hamilton
​

Picture
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Ian Fleming

Picture
READY PLAYER ONE
Ernest Cline
​

Comments
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    SAVE OUR SOULS
    An Interview
    with artist Cyril Rolando
    ​

    Picture
    ANTHEM
    Ayn Rand

    Picture
    EXTREME OWNERSHIP
    Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
    ​

    Picture
    TOP BOOKS 2016
    My 10 favorite
    (re)reads of 2016
    ​

    Picture
    AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF BAD ARGUMENTS
    Ali Almossawi
    ​

    Picture
    BOOKS OF HUCKBERRY
    Summer 2016
    ​
    Picture
    Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures
    Johnston McCulley
    ​
    Picture
    MEDITATIONS
    Marcus Aurelius
    ​

    Picture
    DRAGON TEETH
    Michael Crichton
    ​

    Picture
    CHANTECLER
    Edmond Rostand
    Picture
Reading List
Top Books
Archives

I've been reading a book a week for 15+ years. On here, I share my favorites, fiction and nonfiction alike, as well as interviews with authors, artists, and entrepreneurs I admire. If you'd like to join a family of 5,000+ creatives, subscribe for the Reading List, a monthly email round-up for plenty of leads on your next read.