This book would be a great read for fans of fantasy and romance. The story is set in an exotic location and its unique take on the classic Arabian Nights tale will keep the readers hooked from beginning to end. The story's portrayal of various twists and turns keeps the reader immersed in the story-line and empathetic towards the characters.

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• Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2016)
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2018)
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015)

There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here.A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One NightsEvery dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi's wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all.

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