I love The Wrath And The Dawn, which is an innovative retelling of A Thousand and One Nights. The Wrath and The Dawn is Renée Ahdieh's debut novel. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the epic tale:

1. "I was one of the foremost merchants of Rey for decades, and I understand the notion of a commodity. Something is rare and desirable when it is made to seem so." (p.117)
2. "Well, if anyone can talk their way out of a beheading, it’s you."
   "I thank you, Rahim. As always, your abiding confidence in me casts any possibility of doubt astray." (p. 122)
3. "I feel certain you should not hold yourself responsible for anything that transpired, not that night or any of the nights after. I am young, and, therefore, I know my words only carry a certain weight with the world, but I do know enough to realize you cannot control the actions of others. You can only control what you do with yourself afterward." (p.137)
4. "I am not having a conversation with you. I am having a conversation with the most beautiful girl I have seen in a long time."
   "No. You are having a conversation with my wife. And you are quite close to having the last conversation of your life." (p. 154-155)
5. "Your eyes search for him the moment they leave the room." (p.182)
6. "Do better than this, Shazi. My queen is without limitations. Boundless in all that she does. Show them" (p.195)
7. "I will see you one day, my dearest love. And we will smile and laugh again." (p.200)
8. "We women are a sad lot, aren't we?"
   "What do you mean?"
   "Strong enough to take on the world with our bare hands, yet we permit ridiculous boys to make fools of us." (p.208)
9. "When you meet the one who makes you smile as you've never smiled before, cry as you've never cried before...there is nothing to do but fall." (p. 209)
10. "Make it a story worthy of you." (p.387)

The second book in the Shahrzad and Khalid saga is entitled The Rose And The Dagger and will be released in May 3, 2016.