I have fallen in love with Karou, Zuzana and Mik. They have to be some of my favorite book characters ever. I was so excited to get my hands on the final book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Dreams of Gods and Monsters. When I went to pick it up at the library I almost fell over. The book is huge! It is like Harry Potter huge with smaller text! Uff-da!

Likes:

I never really liked Karou and Akiva in the first two books, but this one I could really finally see them being together.

The changes to the story were interesting, I liked how Eliza was added to the story. It was a good way to see the human and other reality perspective.

I was happy with the way the series ended. I wasn’t really why the whole Akiva situation needed to happen, but it worked out fine. I almost wonder if it gave her an edge to write a spin-off series or something.

It was need seeing Brimestone’s hopes come to life in this book. I really wish there was more Brimstone, but at least his legacy shines through Karou and Issa.

Gripes:

I listened to the first two books and I really felt like I connected with the book a lot better with the audio version. Sometimes with the written version I felt like it was so jumpy. It sometimes felt like Laini was speaking with a train of conciseness, so I think I related better to that having someone read it to me rather than reading the book. I almost wish I would have done the audio version instead.

There was not enough Zuzana and Mik! I was so sad that Zuzana really took a back seat and this book really was lacking the original spunk and wit that I loved in the first two books in the series.

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