The Rose and The Dagger (The Wrath and The Dawn Series 2)
By Renee Ahdieh
My tears!!!! Give me back MY TEARS!!!! HOW
CAN YOU STOLEN MY PRECIOUS TEARS AWAY??? Yes, it’s true that some books successfully
stolen my heart away, but my tears? Only few of them success. I love this
sequel, I love The Wrath and The Dawn, and now, I just completely, madly fallen
in love with The Rose and The Dagger!!!!!
I love EVERY
SINGLE MOMENT Shahrzad spent with Khalid. And my, my, my…the more I read, the
more I fall in love with Khalid. (Why is my fictional boyfriend list growing
larger and larger? That’s insane!!!!) But as long as you read the book, you’ll
understand WHY!!!! how can anyone not love him???
I still
remember when I first visit Barnes and Noble, The Rose and The Dagger just list
on the magnificently wonderful shelf…and I’ve always thought “Yes!!! I’m going
to buy it here!!! With hardcover!!!” And now? I finally read it!!! And tears
just stream down my cheeks.
In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is
forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once
thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for
immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found
instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse
threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever.
Now she’s reunited with her family, who have
found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a
force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood
sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi
can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes
out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for
all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive.
The sequel is as great as the first, or…should
I say, twice better? The plot twists just seize your heart, and just you think
you were realize by the power…it held you in its palm once more. The plot
twists…they give you so much feeling!!! Tears!!!! Laughter!!!! And tear and
laughter!!! You might even start wandering when did you become so sensitive. Because
that’s how I feel. Five stars rule? 1. Seize my iron heart. 2. Make my dry eyes
cries. And believe me, The Rose and The Dagger has done it, and I told you,
there might be only five books out there on my bookshelf has successfully
complete the unreachable goal. (Well…it might be reachable…just really hard to
complete both of the conditions at once.) Shall we talk more about the book? I’m
currently so exciting!!!!
From the stars, to the stars.
You know I have completely now resistance
toward stars!!!! (BTW, I’m now currently working on a book with lots of lots of
stars. )
It’s just…how can you not love those beautiful
things? Now? I had a “To the stars who listen” phone case on my phone, and a “From
the star, to the star” quote for my phone pages. Wonderfully beautiful, as
Khalid and Shazi’s love. As you know, all lovers in novels are mostly “star-crossed.”
So do they. Yet…my heart just aches so much when they’re not together!!!! Instead
of whining every day and every night, the couple struggled to make their way
together, to break the unbreakable curse, and to make amends. What’s great
about this book? Unlike The Wrath and The Dawn we mostly focus on Shahrzad,
this time we had more Khalid!!!! And merciful god…I just love that. He truly
grew. He was no longer the monstrous king and the boy hidden in the shadow, but
a grown man, wise and responsible. Yet…it makes me wander…how old was Khalid? And
how old was Shazi? Cause Shazi kept calling him “my beautiful boy-king,” as
well as others…but was he truly that young? Well…that doesn’t matter at all.
The Rose’s rarest essence lives in the
thorns.
Shazi was truly a silver-tongue. She was so
smart! My star…it’s just…I think only Khalid can compete with her…or perhaps
Despina as well. But she was so strong as well, during her time apart from Khalid,
she never flinched, never yielded, never gave up. She was the queen, the
Calipha of Khorasan. (She was a hundred times much more better than “the queen
of Ter—“) And the part that she shield herself of Khalid and Khalid tries to
turn her away…(Screaming!!!!!) I just totally scream out loud!!!!! (And my
classmates watched me as if I’m insane.)
You know what? For that part I’ve already
spoil myself before I started to read the book from the beginning, but still,
when I moved to “that” part…I can’t conceal my emotions!!!!!! SCREAMING IN
FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CLASS!!!! (Oh! Don’t worry, it’s break time, I didn’t read
in class.)
This, is how I
felt for Shazi and Khalid. Khalid truly thought Shazi as an equal, that’s even
better. Cause still in this world, men still wanted to overpower women.
Some secrets are safer behind lock and key.
What’s so interesting about this book? Other
characters. Although my beloved Khalid and Shazi might lose a bit chapters in
this book, but others characters just involved more in this book!!!! Although…Jalal
did had a lesser part in this book…since he spent most of his time blaming.
But, Despina, Jahandar, Irsa, Traiq and Rahim did have a lot more part. Even I’d
wanted to grab some of their throat at the sight of their appearance. But I can’t
deny that all great books come with villain…even the villain isn’t who you
expected. Traiq…yes, Shazi’s first love. Blind by his cousin’s death and the
truth that Shazi fell in love with Khalid that he did tons of terrible things,
some I can forgive, some I can’t. but…well, eventually I did. He was acting
like an idiot in this book, following his emotions, please, everyone knows that
a man’s emotions can’t be trusted. Yes, even Khalid. But he came a long way to improve
himself, so no matter. You know what? Traiq acted even more childish than
Khalid, it’s so true that Khalid was bestowed with the gift of wisdom, even he
did a great mistake before. However, I think in the end you’ll forgive Traiq.
Now, Jahandar…Shahrzad’s useless father. Utterly useless, only thirst for power
and a chance to prove himself. PLEASE!!! THERE ARE TONS OF WAYS TO PROVEN
YOURSELF WORTHY YET YOU CHOOSE THE STUPIDEST WAY!!!!
And not to mention he hurt his dearest people
around him, yet…he was just as idiot as Remz, both of them, only an unworthy
man with selfish dream. Another great things about this book is that when you
just forget some minor characters, they appeared!!!! And bring you unexpected,
terrible, wonderful plot twists. Such a genius, please, I need more book from
Renee Ahdieh. I JUST NEED THEM ALL. Oh! Almost forget, one of the reason why I mentioned
that “when you just forget some minor characters, they appeared” including
Despina!!! She truly scared us to death, with those clothes and jewels…not to
mention her reckless marriage. Oh! (Did I spoil something? Wait till you read
it!!!!)
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