This is a dual POV, clean fantasy (with a touch of romance) retelling of 1001 nights, just with Fae and magic.

This book was going to be rated by me around the 3.5 star mark, until I reached the ending. I thought for sure it was a stand-alone, and never saw the connection that was revealed at the end coming. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.Some books, a lot of books for me, are "one and done" meaning I read and enjoy the story and move on because they are just fun reads. I can totally see myself reading this book again because I understand so much now! It's not a "one and done" type of book, it's a book that I can reread to glean more of the plot and characters. I am so stinking glad I discovered this series! The love I have for it is crazy. Like obsessed! The first book was ridiculously good, Kiran and Asha are one of my all time favorite enemies to more. And the world the author has created is full of terrific characters and amazing storylines. There is so much potential, so much yet to explore, so much to dissect, so much to savor!

Like how she only takes the children who need taking—the children who suffer harm and neglect in their current homes, the ones who come with her willingly. I didn’t love the story within the story, but I understand that it was necessary, and helpful for the context of the plot. But for the longest time it felt like filler, therefore annoyed me more than anything… even after it was revealed to be important to the plot. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe first emblematical distich of this collection now follows:Asha isn’t worried about being chosen, of course. The decree was quite clear about beauty being among the top criteria for being selected as one of the king’s unfortunate brides. And Asha is no beauty, all thanks to the illegal magic that inhabits her body, leaving her scarred and missing an eye. The same magic that occasionally possesses her voice so it can amuse itself by telling a never-ending story with a string of horrible cliffhangers. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Speaking of what's his face the king, that's how memorable he was. He wasn't a character, he was a plot device to give Asha something to do. His point of view was the same dialog options of "Humans lie" and "My wife betrayed me" and "Why am I doing this?" rinsed and repeated for our enjoyment. I didn't at all believe he and Asha's romance, especially because I felt like it was just a bunch of popular tropes thrown together instead of an actual relationship. I love the "touch her and die" trope, but it felt disingenuous with how little he and Asha interact and how painfully awkward their conversations were leading up to that point. The two have no chemistry, so everything just fell flat. is a weekly podcast on biblical issues by Amy Spreeman and Michelle Lesley. Our title comes from Proverbs 25:11: But when a deadly oversight leaves Piper injured, stranded in the forest, and unable to protect the no-nonsense child to whom she’s promised a better life, she’s left with no other choice. She strikes a bargain with a handsome archer whose aim is almost as deadly as his past.

Book Genre: Fae, Fairies, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fiction, M F Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Supernatural, Young Adult naturally, our FMC has a bit of magic inside her - a magic for storytelling, very similar to the magic that cornelia funke’s inkheart gifted us with in our youth - which comes in super handy for the whole 1001 nights retelling aspect. The writing style bothers me immensely. It feels juvenile, especially because we are forced to sift through the Asha's every. Last. Thought. And they're the same thoughts over and over again. She loves her sister and is /so/ self sacrificing for saving her. The king is a murderous villain. Az never loved her. Dinah is the bestest, kindest sister. The king burned his wife alive and she hates him. Az would make out with her if she wasn't ugly. Over and over, alongside paragraphs of unnecessary details that add nothing to the story. I felt like I was reading through the eyes of middle- school girl rather than an almost grown adult. I never felt drawn into the story because the writing style was so distracting. I could only read a few minutes at a time before giving up.

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At the end of each podcast we sign off by encouraging you to “walk worthy.” This little nugget comes from Ephesians 4:1-3: Where there is true faith in action, Christians will be the most faithful and loyal of employees. Throughout his epistles, the Apostle Paul is always encouraging servants with these same words (Eph. 6:5–6, Col. 3:23–25, 1 Tim. 6:1–2). Joseph is the archetypal faithful man in Potiphar’s household as well as in the prison. Some may accuse us of being sycophants (or “brown-nosing”), but working with diligence and grace, doing everything with all our heart as unto the Lord, is never wrong. To resort to dishonest flattery or to submit to an employer who would have us break a contract with a customer or undermine our integrity in similar ways is definitively wrong. Yet a man who is out for his employer’s success will find ways to advance the cause of the business without breaking God’s law and thereby bringing God’s curse upon the company. Family Discussion Questions: Asha annoyed me so much! She spends the first half of the book being angry by how the King treats his subjects and how he doesn’t help them, and he has all the power. But when she is in this position of power to help then she does absolutely nothing and just sits in the library, all day, moping and reading books.

this book centers on asha, a mere human in a world ruled by fae who regard humans as little more than the trash under their feet, littering their cities and towns. the leader of these assholes? the fae king, kiran, who, after his beloved wife and her secret lover plot to kill him and take his throne, turns his jaded, scorned-man rage into a fervent, too-oft-repeated-belief that all ‘humans lie’. in revenge? he’ll select a human woman to sacrifice once a month…after marrying her. a man plotting to take his bad mood and hurt feelings out on innocent bystanders? what a surprise. But not far behind is the world-building and strong characterization. I immediately rooted for Asha and all she had to endure. And though I hated ( but also loved, simply for the surprise factor) all the twists and turns this story took, it kept me on my toes until the very end. It brought me to tears in some places where I could literally feel the anguish the characters were going through. The book delivered the tropes that I expected, one bed, he falls first, “who did this to you”, enemies to “lovers”, betrayal, slow burn, treason, martyrdom, and a few more. As for the characters, Asha was a fine heroine. She was self sacrificing while working through pride, which was very interesting. I enjoyed seeing her work through the different prejudices she had against Kierian. Marcus and Piper are two tortured souls. Consumed with guilt, tortured by the pasts. They are alone on the world. They are both harboring secrets, neither are what they claim to be. Their paths verge, then diverge — all the while not knowing it crossed and bonded them long before they realize. They are brought together, then torn apart.Note: It is something different when the weaver's beam, minwâl in Arab., is metaph. for kind and manner: they are 'aly minwâl wâḥad, is equivalent to they are of a like calibre, Arab. kalib, which is derived from καλόπους (καλοπόδιον), a shoemaker's last.) nor with שׂכה, to pierce, infigere (Redslob, vid., under Psalm 73:7); it signifies medal or ornament, from שׂכה, to behold (cf. שׂכיּה, θέα equals θέαμα, Isaiah 2:6), here a vessel which is a delight to the eyes. In general the Venet. rightly, ἐνμορφώμασινἀργύρου; Symmachus and Theodotion, more in accordance with the fundamental idea, ἐνπεριβλέπτοιςἀργύρου; the Syr. and Targ. specially: in vessels of embossed work (נגוּדי, from נגד, to draw, to extend); yet more specially the lxx, ἐνὁρμίσκῳσαρδίου, on a chain of cornelian stone, for which, perhaps, ἐνφορμίσκῳ (Jger) ἀργυρίου, in a little silver basket, is the original phrase. Aquila, after Bereschith rabba c. 93, translates by μῆλαχρύσουἐνδίσκοιςἀργυφίου. Jerome: in lectis argenteis, appears to have fallen into the error of taking משב for משכב, lectus. Hitzig here emends a self-made ἅπαξλεγ. Luther's "golden apples in silver baskets" is to be preferred. As for the storytelling within the story - meh. I eventually started skipping those chapters because I found them boring. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.