** spoiler alert ** 
 First things first... 
 This glorious book follows Shahrazad and her plot for revenge against a young monster of a king for the murder of her best friend. The rest? I'd say go in blind! Just know that this book gets so good and my hearts needs reassurance, ASAP. 
 So, the characters! 
 Shahrazad or Shazi to her friends (which by the end of the book, we are like Shiva who?!) is a badass girl! In YA I tend to worry that characters appear either way too young or mature for their ages at times e.g. TFIOS (Super mature existential teens but nonetheless loved the book). Although Shazi was finely tuned up it was also expected following previous events. Her struggles are developed really well although I did sometimes think before she found out about the whole curse like, ew he's a serial killer are you really wanting to make out with him? 
 Tariq and Rayham have been created amazingly by Renee. & Oh my favourite line of the book has to be. 
 I really felt for Tariq as well near the end as damnit he was truly screwing things up! Although I couldn't help but think "He loves her, he hasn't heard from her since moving in and marrying a monster and now currently thinks she has Stockholm syndrome or something similar...so duh he will screw things up! 
 Jalal, Despina, Vikram are hilarious, badass, honourable, and loved by me..lots. 
 & Khalid. Khalid is a character with a lot of mystery and secrets that can potentially (each time one gets out) switch the plot on the head. He changes in the reader's mind repeatedly and develops in to a character I NEED to read more of. 
 The writing of The Wrath and the Dawn grinded on me at the beginning. As someone who knows very little about speaking languages derived from the middle east, well I lived in that glossary!! It was really irritating actually and found my self sighing whenever something wasn't explained fully enough for me to just KNOW what it was, I had to look it up. After a while I learnt new words but crikey I wish there hadn't been a need for the glossary and it had been written descriptively enough, considering the environment was written so amazingly I felt I was there. 
 Otherwise, amazing writing and really made getting off at my train stop for work a real battle. 
 This awesome book leaves for some crazy shit to go down and I CANNOT WAIT TO GET IN ON THAT. This book has a beautiful environment, the truth I didn't expect fully and dem feels. 
 TL;DR: Loved it! I felt like I was there. I need immediate reassurance for my beloved characters, send help. #DatPrologueToBreakMyHeart 
 EDIT: I first read this when it first came out and reread ahead other The Rose and The Dagger and ohhh man I just love this story. I'm also still greatly in love with Khalid FYI...