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Days of Blood & Starlight
by Laini Taylor
Days of Blood and Starlight is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke and Bone in which we were introduced to the fraught world of chimaera and angels, the war between them and the love between an angel and a human that may be the key to solving everything.
I loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone from the lush descriptions that Laini Taylor used, to the Prague setting, the love between Akiva and Karou. Everything just sucked me and then the ending chewed me up and spat me out, a broken person. I am stitched up now but Days of Blood and Starlight pulled on those wounds something fierce. I didn't think it was possible to love the story even more but I do.
I feel like Karou and Akiva both had very solid singular storylines in this book that built them up as strong characters individually, as well as strong ones together. I really liked the lack of the human world in this book and how much we got to learn about the chimaera, resurrection and the world of angels and the Misbegotten.
This book both introduces new characters and lets us know a little bit more about ones we met in passing in DOSAB like Hazael and Liraz, and I really didn't think I'd get attached to new characters so fast, especially with ones like Ziri. I just love the world of the chimaera and the descriptions of them - I can't help but picture it as a more adult version of Where the Wild Things Are.
Zuzanna and Mik were some of the stars in this for me. They wrapped a spll around me the same way they did the chimaera and I love how in a world of magical creatures and monsters, Laini Taylor ended up making Zuze and Mik seem like the fairytale characters that appeared from the wilderness and entranced everyone.
There were parts of this book that got so tense and I became so afraid for everyone I loved, I honestly had to put it down and look away for a bit before I pulled myself together to continue. Laini's writing is just like constant poetry and I feel like it's becoming my oxygen. It should be illegal for someone to write so beautifully.
I love how this ended, and the twists at the end and I can't wait for the third book.
I loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone from the lush descriptions that Laini Taylor used, to the Prague setting, the love between Akiva and Karou. Everything just sucked me and then the ending chewed me up and spat me out, a broken person. I am stitched up now but Days of Blood and Starlight pulled on those wounds something fierce. I didn't think it was possible to love the story even more but I do.
I feel like Karou and Akiva both had very solid singular storylines in this book that built them up as strong characters individually, as well as strong ones together. I really liked the lack of the human world in this book and how much we got to learn about the chimaera, resurrection and the world of angels and the Misbegotten.
This book both introduces new characters and lets us know a little bit more about ones we met in passing in DOSAB like Hazael and Liraz, and I really didn't think I'd get attached to new characters so fast, especially with ones like Ziri. I just love the world of the chimaera and the descriptions of them - I can't help but picture it as a more adult version of Where the Wild Things Are.
Zuzanna and Mik were some of the stars in this for me. They wrapped a spll around me the same way they did the chimaera and I love how in a world of magical creatures and monsters, Laini Taylor ended up making Zuze and Mik seem like the fairytale characters that appeared from the wilderness and entranced everyone.
There were parts of this book that got so tense and I became so afraid for everyone I loved, I honestly had to put it down and look away for a bit before I pulled myself together to continue. Laini's writing is just like constant poetry and I feel like it's becoming my oxygen. It should be illegal for someone to write so beautifully.
I love how this ended, and the twists at the end and I can't wait for the third book.