In Person Book Club: The Wrath & The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

In person book club!
Our April 2026 monthly book selection (to be read in May!) is "The Wrath & The Dawn" by Renée Ahdieh.
You don’t have to finish the book to attend — just come ready to connect, laugh, and share your thoughts with other Black women readers who love stories that move, challenge, and inspire.

Location
NY Caffeine CT- 855 Main St. Bridgeport, CT
NOTE: Ample street parking. Parking in free on the weekend!

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Thanks in advance and we can't wait to see you all!

About the Book:
Our 2026 global theme, AROUND THE WORLD, continues as we journey into a Middle Eastern-inspired world filled with mystery, storytelling, and unexpected love. This April, we are diving into our newest April Monthly

Book Selection: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh.
Every 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.

Meet the Author:
Renée Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When she’s not reading, she enjoys cooking, skincare, and fashion. 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 and her family live in North Carolina.
She is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Wrath & the Dawn series, the Flame in the Mist series, The Beautiful quartet, and the picture book, Emilio Sloth’s Modern Manners. Park Avenue is her debut adult novel. Find out more about the author here: https://share.google/Deh5A27KYQKN1kmZK

Passport:
Don't forget about our Mocha Girls Read Passport. Each month, you’ll “visit” a new country through our Monthly Book Selection — earning a new digital or printable stamp when you attend a meeting or join an online discussion. By December, you’ll have a full passport of literary adventures from around the world!