This is post originally on Vivian's Book Pavilion 
 Rebel by chance. Traitor by choice. 
 Damn it!!!! This book is so good!!!! This is so perfect that is beyond my imagination!!!!!!! IaEUR(tm)ve seen bad reviews of this sequel to my beloved Rebel of the SandsaEUR|and nothing I feared happened!!!! Oh wellaEUR|it wasnaEUR(tm)t that horribleaEUR|it still got what it takes to be Rebel of the SandaEUR(tm)s sequel. So IaEUR(tm)m satisfied. But after reading itaEUR|no, no no no no!!!! How am I going to wait until next year??? I need the last book!!! Please? I need the ARC now. IaEUR(tm)m dyingaEUR|the cliffhanger. If anything happened to my belovedaEUR|IaEUR(tm)ll definitely battle with you. 
 I hated the quiet. I could hear my fears that much louder for it. 
 Everyone hates JinaEUR(tm)s leaving. I hate it, Amani hates it, Ahmed hates itaEUR|What on earth are you thinking???? But I forgive you. WellaEUR|eventually, I will. SoaEUR|the book started with Amani survived the terrible gun shot and wake up facing the fact that Jin had been sent away from the camp. UmmaEUR|wellaEUR|it appeared that Jin was lost almost the entire book. I hate it, you hate it, everyone hates itaEUR|since Jin is one of the very reason why I love this book so much. And I was originally so afraid that Amani will not be back with Jin and blablabla. So much worry. ButaEUR|the ship is still there. No body move. Anything happened to my beloved Jin and Amani and IaEUR(tm)ll kill. PleaseaEUR|I need them to survive the entire battle in the third bookaEUR|although I had a bad feeling that Ahmed might not be the final leader that sits on the throne. Shhhh!!!!! Just guessingaEUR|I fear that something happened in the Mockingjay, yes the Hunger Games series 3, will happened here. ButaEUR|as long as they all surviveaEUR|it wonaEUR(tm)t be a matteraEUR|right? Oh yes, Shazad should be the one sitting on the throne. 
 But there, standing at the entrance to the garden, wearing a khalat the colour of a breaking dawn and that faint smile that meant she knew she was outsmarting someone, was Shazad. 
 Shazad, Shazad, ShazadaEUR|IaEUR(tm)ve loved this woman more and more throughout this book. She is magnificent. She combined AhmedaEUR(tm)s kindness, SultanaEUR(tm)s cruelness, JinaEUR(tm)s sarcastic, AmaniaEUR(tm)s skillaEUR|even betteraEUR|and everything. She is the only person in this book being so perfect without being a demdji. Yes, we know demdji is going to rule the book with their magical fantastic poweraEUR|but Shazad needs none of it to stand herself out. At some pointaEUR|itaEUR(tm)s even more interesting seeing her over Amani. Sorry, Amani, I still love youaEUR|but Shazad is just incomparableaEUR|youaEUR(tm)ll understand, I know. Why did I say that? Oh my goshaEUR|Shazad and AmaniaEUR(tm)s friendship is fantastic. 
 I thought of Shazad. My sister in arms. We had recognised something in each other the first time we met and we were tied. By more than blood. 
 TheyaEUR(tm)re one and the sameaEUR|and now? As for Amani, our blue-eye bandit. I love the change in Amani in this bookaEUR|we seldom see her using guns this time. She still did, but lesseraEUR|she somehow learned to control her storm more and more and more and destroy everything. I love her fearsome when she gets hold of the gunsaEUR|but I love more when she controlled the sand. There wasnaEUR(tm)t just fearsome anymoreaEUR|but you can see she was no longer fighting for herself, but for those she love. And thataEUR(tm)s good, very very good. I love the change in heraEUR|although that kind of lead to the future disaster. UmmaEUR|you canaEUR(tm)t gain without loosing? The other interesting thing is that Amani became a spy in the palace. Not through her willing, but by force. But the twistaEUR|the twist!!!! ItaEUR(tm)s so good! I love how Amani became the spy; I love all the people that were brought into the story, even the bitches. Especially through the ending!!! The betrayal!!! Damn!!!! I hadnaEUR(tm)t seen that!!!! As usual, IaEUR(tm)ve spoiled myself some of the ending chapters, but I couldnaEUR(tm)t guess that!!!!! Well twist!!!! I love unexpected surprises!!!! Oh godaEUR|I can no longer containaEUR|here comes the spoiler. 
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 A new dawn. A new desert. 
 And tomorrow the sun would rise on the first day of a new desert. 
 You always want something. 
 Gosh!!!! The ending!!!! I hate and love the ending!!!! I have to wait until an entire year to know whether Shazad, Ahmed, Delila and all the others survived? Noooo!!!!!! And that twist! How on earth can Leyla became the traitor to her own flesh and blood!!! How cruel of you!!!! I screamed so loud when the plan had fail because of her! The innocent, shy little princess who was supposed to hate Sultan like her brotheraEUR|turned out to be the one betraying everyone. Especially when no one is expecting a betrayal!!!! Damn!!! That got me!!! But I love the book for that. And JinaEUR|how can you leave everyone just to find Amani? (*Bravo) You knowaEUR|I really really love that the male character isnaEUR(tm)t the one stealing the worldaEUR|but as a supportive character to the protagonist. WellaEUR|he isnaEUR(tm)t that goodaEUR|but thataEUR(tm)s why we love him, isnaEUR(tm)t it? In some Chinese Romance story, when readers are always saying that how nice it is for a handsome male character to choose the protagonist over the ambition or poweraEUR|but I was always rolling my eyes. You know why? Because they were always born to be an extremely rich person or a princeaEUR|and eventually, after their union, they still got all the wealth. But what Jin got if he stick with Amani? NothingaEUR|but heaEUR(tm)s still with her. All of his actions are out of his love for his family, his love for AmaniaEUR|and in that case, IaEUR(tm)ll forgive him a thousand times for leaving Amani when she was shoot. (Of course, with a good explanation.) (hide spoiler)] 
 I love Traitor to the Throne with all my little heartaEUR|and I love the twists, the schemes, the actions and everything. (WellaEUR|the scheme isnaEUR(tm)t that godaEUR|since Amani isnaEUR(tm)t that good at playing with others. But the SultanaEUR|humaEUR|is good. However, itaEUR(tm)s not *that good for me to give this book a five stars scheming point) Read the book if you hesitated after reading Rebel of the Sands!!! (Although I must sayaEUR|i was more surprise in Rebel of the Sands and I hate the changing cover.) It worth all your time.