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Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor
Karou is an enigma, not only to those around her, but to herself. A childhood in Brimstone’s shop, where small wishes can come true in a second, and larger wishes are not too far, Karou has grown up with everything except an understand as to who she is, or where she’s from. How did she end up with Brimstone? Who are her parents? Why does Brimstone like to collect teeth? All these questions bounce through Karou’s mind everyday as she doubles as a normal teenager at her art school in Prague. As the demand for teeth increase, Karou begins to question more and more the why in all of this. In Morocco, she gets her answer in the form of Akiva.
However, sometimes, the truth hurts more than the lies, and sometimes, the truth reveals itself a little too late. And actions, once executed, can not be taken back.
This book hit me like a whirlwind. I first picked it up, not really comprehending what this book was even about (I didn’t read the synopsis… and the book doesn’t really come with one…). It started out fun, a normal teenage girl wishing she could catapult and ex-boyfriend into the next country, but then the layers began: the secrets, the varying perspectives, the mysteries. It also had a “Pocahontas” kind of feel to it. There were a number of strings that were weaved through the book, leaving you enthralled and trapped within the pages.
One thing I especially loved about this novel was the fact that even though there was a lot of things going on, Taylor managed to still put in humour throughout the novel, adding to her characters, who already pop out of the page. I also loved the mystery of the novel and how she put it all together. The novel, told from a third person perspective, had chapters where they’d just be little snippets of things, that, even though short, added greatly to the story, every layer, every string weaved through the novel, adding up to the end, where everything comes together. The whole story is breathtaking, heartbreaking, shocking, mysterious, shocking, and then a little bit more shocking (’cause we didn’t have enough before).
Amazing book ! I can’t wait for the second one (But I will…)
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.08/5
-review by Between Printed Pages
However, sometimes, the truth hurts more than the lies, and sometimes, the truth reveals itself a little too late. And actions, once executed, can not be taken back.
This book hit me like a whirlwind. I first picked it up, not really comprehending what this book was even about (I didn’t read the synopsis… and the book doesn’t really come with one…). It started out fun, a normal teenage girl wishing she could catapult and ex-boyfriend into the next country, but then the layers began: the secrets, the varying perspectives, the mysteries. It also had a “Pocahontas” kind of feel to it. There were a number of strings that were weaved through the book, leaving you enthralled and trapped within the pages.
One thing I especially loved about this novel was the fact that even though there was a lot of things going on, Taylor managed to still put in humour throughout the novel, adding to her characters, who already pop out of the page. I also loved the mystery of the novel and how she put it all together. The novel, told from a third person perspective, had chapters where they’d just be little snippets of things, that, even though short, added greatly to the story, every layer, every string weaved through the novel, adding up to the end, where everything comes together. The whole story is breathtaking, heartbreaking, shocking, mysterious, shocking, and then a little bit more shocking (’cause we didn’t have enough before).
Amazing book ! I can’t wait for the second one (But I will…)
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.08/5
-review by Between Printed Pages