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One Thousand and One Nights #5
One Thousand and One Nights, Volume 5 of 11
Escaping from the palace, Sehara and Sultan Shahryar come across two runaways in love - a girl named Aisha and her tutor Alex. Turns out they're running from the Sultan's own ordrs to deliver pretty Aisha to his dreaded harem! Will Sehara's storytelling be enough to get Shahryar to change his mind?
176 pages, Paperback
First published December 17, 2008
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March 28, 2012
Shahryar takes Sehara out for a day of fun. But the mood darkens considerably when the incognito sultan learns what his formerly devoted subjects really think of him.
The writer makes a compelling point, the groundwork having been laid in previous installments in this series. In spite of his insistence on listening to his people, Shahryar appears to care very little about their feelings, well-being or rights. The sultan is merely 24 years old, still immature and better suited for fighting than statesmanship or politics. This explains his cavalier attitudes, extreme mood shifts and selfish disregard for others. He’s spent more time on the battlefield than off and doesn’t know how to comport himself in peacetime.
This novel ends on a curious note: Shahryar asks Sehara to tell him a story and the royal bard relates a tale about the love between Socrates and his youthful lover Alcibiades. For once, his story appears to have no bearing on the situation at hand. But the man-on-man love that had been hinted at from volume one is finally given expression, leading to a very passionate encounter between the sultan and his royal bard.
The writer makes a compelling point, the groundwork having been laid in previous installments in this series. In spite of his insistence on listening to his people, Shahryar appears to care very little about their feelings, well-being or rights. The sultan is merely 24 years old, still immature and better suited for fighting than statesmanship or politics. This explains his cavalier attitudes, extreme mood shifts and selfish disregard for others. He’s spent more time on the battlefield than off and doesn’t know how to comport himself in peacetime.
This novel ends on a curious note: Shahryar asks Sehara to tell him a story and the royal bard relates a tale about the love between Socrates and his youthful lover Alcibiades. For once, his story appears to have no bearing on the situation at hand. But the man-on-man love that had been hinted at from volume one is finally given expression, leading to a very passionate encounter between the sultan and his royal bard.
March 7, 2016
Absolutely the lightest and most fun volume of this series yet. Shahryar decides to go on vacation and brings Sehara and Maseru with him. The interactions with them out in the rest of the country are so amusing and the story gets to loosen up because of that. Then, the fact that Shahryar doesn't even let Sehara tell any stories while they are out means that most of this volume doesn't have any outside storytelling going on, just their own stories happening. When the story finally does happen it is actually quit amusing- though it isn't finished! Another excellent volume.
March 4, 2018
Ahhh, forgot how much I enjoyed this series.
November 4, 2024
This series is worth to read ☺️ it's basically what if most historical characters were queer
January 24, 2010
this series really does get more and more gorgeous as it goes on.
January 9, 2011
Funny...
August 17, 2013
Finally, I feel like the sultan's becoming human again.
March 18, 2011
Socrates' hair!
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