Okay maybe 3 stars is a little harsh for this book. I love this book! I loved it a lot! But I couldn't give it a higher rating, not after what the book has done to me. =( A romance which I don't believe would have worked in real life haunts you in this book. 
 What is This Book Based on? 
 So this book is inspired by A Thousand and One Nights. A Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. So it is kind of like our Grimm Brothers fairytales. 
 The only tales I am familiar with in A Thousand and One Nights is Aladdin, The Forty Thieves, and Sinbad. And this is only because of television (more accurately Disney and DreamWorks). So other than the main character telling the story of Aladdin, I do not know what other characteristics this book has to A Thousand and One Nights. 
 Plot: 
 So we have this murderous boy-king (yes that is what they called him in the book) who takes a bride each night then kills her that very dawn. His name is Khalid. 
 After Shahrzad's best friend becomes Khalid's new bride and is killed at dawn, Shahrzad volunteers to become his next wife. Only she doesn't intend to die at dawn, she intends to kill Khalid. 
 To learn more about Khalid and to survive the dawn, Shahrzad tells him a story. 
 So this book should have a great revenge story..... But..... 
 It doesn't..... 
 Shahrzad falls in love with Khalid, and Khalid with Shahrzad. 
 Ahh, a beautiful love story.... 
 WAIT!!! HOLD IT!!!! 
 How many wives did Khalid have, killing each one at dawn??? 
 And what about Shahrzad's best friend??? 
 There is waaaayyyyy too much hate for her to fall in love with him in a short timeframe. Not to mention, this just doesn't fit her character. 
 And please tell me, what did Khalid do to cause her to fall in love with him? 
 Ummm, let's see.... He hardly said anything to her, oh! and he has a ton of secrets he won't tell her. 
 And there is a love triangle.... Okay I know I said I like those, but in this book, sorry, IT DOESN'T WORK!!!! 
 Now back about the romance between Shahrzad and Khalid. I would have been okay if it was just Khalid in love with Shahrzad. Bad guy turns good. I would've been okay with that, if it was in Khalid's point of view. 
 What I DID Like in the Story: 
 1. Showing that stories are powerful. =D 
 2. The writing style was beautiful. I really loved it. 
 Content in Book: 
 1. Some (but little) swearing. 
 2. A woman is pregnant out of wedlock. 
 3. Some detailed violence. 
 4. Some magic. 
 Who I Would Recommend the Book to: 
 Fairytale retelling lovers, romance lovers, revenge lovers??? (don't know, you might like it) Light fantasy lovers. 
 Will I continue with the other books? 
 Probably. Even though this book had some problems I still did really enjoyed it. 
 EDIT 5/4/2017 
 Okay so after I written this review I did some more research on A Thousand and One Nights. The Wrath and the Dawn does seem to retell A Thousand and One Nights pretty close. Still haven't read A Thousand and One Nights yet though.