Diary Entry #0032: Book Review—THE WRATH AND THE DAWN by Renée Ahdieh

Title: The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)

by Renée Adhieh

Date of Publication: May 12th 2015

Genre: Young Adult | Fantasy

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.

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“For love, people consider the unthinkable...and often achieve the impossible.”

Wow.

That was the only word I could think of when I reached the last page of this book—wow. Wow, the characters were awesome. Wow, the narration was one-of-a-kind. Wow, the world presented was very rich. Wow, the plot was flawless. Wow, it got me feeling like I just went on a roller coaster ride. 10 times. Wow, I’m left speechless aside from the tears and incomprehensible babble in my head. Holy Hera it was wow.

Diary Entry #0029: Book Review—A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas

Title: A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

Date of Publication: May 5th 2015

Genre: Young Adult | Fantasy

Blurb:

A thrilling, seductive new series from New York Timesbestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore. 

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. 

As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever. 

Perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore and George R. R. Martin, this first book in a sexy and action-packed new series is impossible to put down!

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Review:

“...in our world where we’d forgotten the names of our gods, a promise was law; a promise was currency; a promise was your bond.”

I thought I already knew how awesome a novelist Sarah J. Maas was, but she proved me wrong with my idea of her writing prowess when she blew me away, farther than before, with this book.