![]() The School Library Journal found it "A quick moving plot and sassy, believable dialogue. The Horn Book Magazine, in a guide review of The Wrath & the Dawn, wrote "Questions about the value of life drive both romance and political intrigue Shahrzad is an intriguing character: a determined survivor who inspires loyalty and love while standing down any opposition that comes her way." ![]() ![]() In November 2019, a web novel adaptation of The Wrath & the Dawn began publishing as a Webtoon Originals comic, with Ahdieh collaborating with artist SilvesterVitale and writer/producer Stephen Lamm. It is a reimagining of the Arabian Nights and is about a teenage girl, Shahrzad, who, as an act of revenge, volunteers to marry a caliph, Khalid, even though she is aware that he takes a new bride each night and has them executed at sunrise, but then finds herself falling in love with him. The Wrath & the Dawn is a 2015 young adult novel by Renée Ahdieh. ![]()
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