Super Short Summary

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh reinterprets "Arabian Nights" in a mystical love story set in Khorasan. The plot follows 16-year-old Shahrzad who volunteers to marry 18-year-old King Khalid to avenge her friend’s death, but finds herself falling for him while discovering the deeper truths behind his ritual of marrying and killing new brides each dawn. Themes of revenge, moral complexity, and love are explored as Shahrzad seeks to break the cycle of deaths. The book contains themes of violence, including suicide and execution.