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The Mirror & the Maze: A Wrath & the Dawn Short Story (The Wrath and the Dawn) Kindle Edition

by Renée Ahdieh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,136 ratings
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The city of Rey is burning. With smoke billowing, fires blazing and his people fleeing, Khalid races back to defend his city, and protect his queen. But Khalid is too late to do either. He and his men arrive to find the city in ruins, nothing but a maze of destruction, and Shahrzad is gone. But who could have wrought such devastation? Khalid fears he may already know the answer, the price of choosing love over the people of Rey all too evident.
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  1. Reading age
    12 years and up
  2. Print length
    10 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Nancy Paulsen Books
  5. Publication date
    April 26, 2016
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  7. Word Wise
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  8. Enhanced typesetting
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  9. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01ASO6KE2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nancy Paulsen Books (April 26, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1455 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 10 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,136 ratings

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Renée Ahdieh

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Renée Ahdieh is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE WRATH AND THE DAWN and THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and their tiny overlord of a dog. Her most recent novel is THE FLAME IN THE MIST.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Shorouq
5.0 out of 5 stars yes
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2023
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This a beautiful beginning for the following book. To know where the first one stopped and the second one begins
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mmmurdoog
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting episode.
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2022
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An interesting episode. Khalid arrives home to find chaos and destruction. Shahrzad is gone. There are many strong emotions presented here but, again, this is not a complete story: merely an episode in Khalid's rather distressing life.
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Jessica S.
3.0 out of 5 stars Also good, but also short
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2017
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The Mirror and the Maze is Renee Ahdieh’s final short story (from what I can tell) in The Wrath and the Dawn duology. And lo and behold, it’s another Kahlid story! This is another short story, that’s another moment with Kahlid reflecting on all the things that have happened. Since this is technically 1.5 it’s basically taking place right at the end of The Wrath and the Dawn.

We see fire and destruction of his home and worst of all, Shazi is missing. She has left with another boy, Tariq and Kahlid is determined to get her back. Another one that was just too short for me to truly enjoy because I felt like once I got deep into it, it was over.

Overall Rating 3.5/5 stars—again, mostly because of its shortness
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Lady K's Books to Ponder
5.0 out of 5 stars Book Hangover 10+
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016
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In the thousands & thousands of books I have read, never have I found a retelling of a story so captivating that I have not only read it once but as soon as I purchased all of the published novella's plus the books 1 & 2 (& pre-ordered 3) that I started reading it again. Mrs. Ahdieh brings you deep into her characters lives, you feel what they feel, each one is well developed that each are easily believed to have been the original characters. The story follows so wonderfully that you are trapped and cannot escape until the last word. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this version of the A Thousand and One Nights! Book Hangover 10+ because I'll reread this many times & pre-ordered the next!
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Frieda
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and concise
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2021
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Bringing the emotions to the fore of our difficult king. How do you deal with what is happening? Pain and power.
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Sheri Daley
4.0 out of 5 stars Another good short story.
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2022
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Love reading these short stories from his POV. I enjoy seeing his emotions in these. It makes you understand his character more.
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Mwest
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2020
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Great story. Fills in the blanks between her books. Both books are great reads! And so are her next series books. Great author 😊
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Reader Rayna
3.0 out of 5 stars Quick look at events after the first book.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2016
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This review can be found on my blog, Reader Rayna, as well as Goodreads.

This short story was definitely short, but it gave a glimpse into what happened after the events of The Wrath and the Dawn from Khalid's point of view. It was fast-paced and full of death and heartbreak. Though there wasn't much to go on, there was definitely a lot more emotion from Khalid than in the previous short story of his time before the events of the first book. I thought that this gave a little bit of insight into what was going on after what happened in the first book, and that it made for a good recap.

3.5/5 stars
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Iren Adams
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in France on December 22, 2022
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I didn't really like the short-story. I found that it didn't bring anything new to story.
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Daniela Paiva
5.0 out of 5 stars A volta de Khalid pós tempestade
Reviewed in Brazil on October 24, 2016
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Antes de começar o livro #2 , aproveite esse capitulozinho aqui!!!
Ele conta a volta do Khalid para o palácio depois de avistar de longe seu reino em chamas... seu reino agora destruído! O nome do livro The MIRROR and the MAZE se refere ao caminho que o nosso menino-rei encontrou ao cavalgar de volta pra casa... a tempestade formou paredes de fogo como labirintos (MAZE/labirintos) que refletiam justamente como seus pensamentos estavam (MIRROR/reflexo)... uma loucura!
Eh claro que a primeira coisa que Khalid faz quando chega ao palácio e encontra Jalal eh perguntar por quem? Sim!!! Por ela!!! Mas Jalal teve que dar aquela triste notícia que todos nos ficamos sabendo no finalzinho do livro #1. E nao basta ler sobre o capitão dos guardas contar que Sherazade se foi com Tariq... lemos tbm que deu ruim com a Despina... aconteceu alguma coisa entre o Jalal e a Despina no meio tempo em que a Sherazade avisou que o Jalal devia ir salvar a Despina pq ela estava grávida!!! Preciso sabeeeerrrr!

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Segue minha sugestão de sequência da serie:
#1 The Wrath & the Dawn
#0.25 The Moth & the Flame
#0.5 The Crown & the Arrow
#1.5 The Mirror & the Maze

#2 The Rose & the Dagger
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Darcey B
4.0 out of 5 stars cute!
Reviewed in Australia on September 10, 2020
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such a good series :))
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Lisa
3.0 out of 5 stars Nett, aber zu kurz
Reviewed in Germany on October 30, 2016
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Schön zu sehen, wie Khalid da zurückkomt und erfährt, dass Shahrzad weg ist. Doch viel zu kurz! Mehr als eine Szene wär schön.
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jenc2j7w
5.0 out of 5 stars Hints of the curse are in the air and the sheer terror experienced by all characters is so intense the reader can feel it.
Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2016
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This very short novella tells the story of the city of Rey burning from Khalid's perspective. Hints of the curse are in the air and the sheer terror experienced by all characters is so intense the reader can feel it. I love that Renee Ahdieh has given us these free short snippets of her world in anticipation of the next novel.
It should be read after the first novel "The wrath and the dawn" and novellas " The crown and the arrow", "The moth and the flames ". This novella should be followed with the second novel "The Rose and the dagger". I highly recommend this entire series, although it is technically classified as YA , it has a wonderful atmosphere and the characters are mature and dynamic.
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