This book blew me away. From the get go it drew me in, the plot is fast paced, full of action, comedic quips between characters, tragic loss, love and betrayal.

Written from Dania’s POV ‘Before and After’ her 364 days in prison allows the reader to understand the depth of Maz’s betrayal, and the placement of the before chapters was brilliant story telling. Getting to see their relationship grow and then feel the utter heartbreak and all consuming need for revenge from Dania is genius. It is so well written that I felt the raw emotion and pain as if it were my own.

The descriptive language and imagery used throughout the book was beautiful. I found myself highlighting passages of the story in awe of the writing, just so I could go back and read them again and again.

“A hawk took flight in my chest, the power of its wings beating my skin and willing my whole body to soar.”

The balance of romance vs fantasy plot in this was perfection, I cared just as much about the relationship between Dania and Maz as I did Noor and the ultimate fallout of their plot for revenge. Feeling Dania’s conflicting feelings between love, desire and hate and her trying to make sense of them added to the intensity of the quiet moments as well as the action scenes.

“This was a battle of intimacy, of landing the right strike, testing your opponent. If you rushed ahead, if you put the wrong foot forward, you could lose everything”

Ultimately the story is about whether the price of revenge is worth the cost. It is about found family, forgiveness and not allowing the past to swallow up the possibility of a future.

I cannot wait for this book to be out in the world, theres a stunning Waterstones edition available for preorder and its rumoured to be in the Owlcrate November box. I will be collecting them all!

Hoping we get the continuation of Noor’s story in book two.

3.5

Great read. A very good book with a great idea behind it. Whilst I felt in places there was a rushed feeling to carry the story onwards and think it would've been better to have added more meat to the parts, it was still a satisfying read. Just maybe not as amazing as it could have been.
I love books on Djinn, especially when it's an original take on the myth, and this definitely was that.
Loved the book, how it did not hold back on all of the emotions. The only drawback was the story needed more fleshing out. Like how they went from escaping prison to suddenly finding the hidden treasure to all of a sudden working at their vengeance. It was a perfect place to add more emotion, more substance to the story. Otherwise a good decent solid read.

For She is Wrath follows Dania who has been imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit after she was betrayed by her ex-lover. She gets a chance at escape from a fellow prisoner and assumes a brand new identity after using Jinn magic. Her ex-lover stands in her way when she wants to get revenge but betrayal isn’t as simple as it seems.

This was just okay. It didn’t wow me and it felt pretty derivative of other young adult fantasy books. The romance element wasn’t as developed as it could have been and the world building felt pretty weak to me. It was hard to situate myself in the story.

'For She is Wrath" is a tale about revenge and its cost. It's about how betrayals hurt and the effects not only on those betrayed but those whom care about them. "For She is Wrath" explores the cycles of pain and how revenge can cost more than you'd imagine.

I fell in love with this book, It's characters, its action scenes, the world and its magic. This book had me hooked, even during the moments I wasn't reading, I was thinking about what was going to happen next. I'm still thinking about it.

You can expect revenge driven women, legendary sword skills , prison escapes, djinn magic and epic fight scenes.