This is another case of a book that I probably should have read when it was first released and I was still super excited about it. Maybe then The Wrath and the Dawn would have worked out better for me, or maybe not. I was still excited for it, because that premise is just awesome, but the reality was the exact opposite. I was so bored reading this! It took me three days to get through, which is essentially unheard of, because I just kept making up other things to do aside from reading. Nothing at all held my interest.
The Wrath and the Dawn is a Historical Fantasy retelling of 1001 Arabian Nights, where a cursed young king kills a new bride every morning until Shahrzad volunteers. For some reason he doesn't kill her, and I didn't believe it at all. From what he learned about Khalid, he never even visited his wives after the wedding, but he went to her. Obviously, this is for plot reasons, but I wanted an in-story reason! I also just wasn't into their romance. It felt forced and awkward. And the magical aspect was just tacked on at the end, making things a bit more exciting, but by then it was too late to salvage.