So! Here is the second book review for the Daughter of Smoke
and Bone series by Laini Taylor. There is a third book coming out
called Dreams of Gods & Monsters in April 2014, around the
8th (please don't shoot the messenger if the release date is moved,
thanks!). I will try to get that as soon as I can but who knows when
that will be. I do have a review up of the first book in the series, go check it out if you would like. I hope you enjoy! Happy holidays!
Karou now knows everything about herself. Good and bad. The love
that she trusted, killed everything that was apart of her. And now
they sit apart from each other, as a war comes back to life after
being dormant for so long. As the time draws near, Karou is working
hard to rebuild her peoples numbers and must decide what to do about
Avika and the coming changes.Things aren't getting easier for Karou
or Avika but they keep fighting and coming up with new strategies,
but will there come a point when they are done?
This isn't a happy, cheery, all smiles book. This is the calm
before the storm in the next book, but it isn't that calm though. I
love that though Karou and Avika aren't together in this book (like I
mentioned in a different review) it really doesn't follow the writing
stereotype. They aren't together because Avika *SPOILER-ALERT* is the
reason why Brimstone and everyone else that Karou loved is dead.
*SPOILER-ENDED* He didn't know that Karou was Madrigal in the life
before, until they broke the wishing bone and he knew for sure. It's
safe to say that he feels horrible about it though. I love how this
time around it's not the girl trying to get the guy back, it's
actually Avika trying to get Karou back and by any means necessary,
even if it means letting her go. I love that Karou shows that even
when surrounded by creatures that could kill her in seconds, that she
will never back down. She really grows as a character in this book,
even with everything that happens to her. I don't want to give away
any of the good things though! Zuzanna is an amazing friend as usual,
and I think that really helps Karou to be strong. I really couldn't
put this book down, I wanted to read it from front to back but thanks
to the holidays I couldn't. Something new for this book that I liked
was that the readers are not just given Karou and Avika's story,
there are a few others that we get to read and follow for a bit. From
the first chapter to the last, this book had action going, being
either in your face or subtly creeping out of the shadows and staring
at you. I love that the readers get to see into the lives of the
Chimaera and the Angels, and see that neither is very pretty at all.
When I picked up this series I had a feeling that it wasn't going
to be too happy of a series, but it does have its moments. However
this book didn't have many at all. For this being a trilogy, this
second book was more of a back story leading up to the next book. It
did stay on the plot, but I really just wanted to know what happened
to Karou and Avika the most, not all of the other characters that
Taylor had put in, though I did enjoy reading about them. And just
like I loved reading this book, I didn't want to read what was going
to come next. This isn't a happy book like I said, but it isn't a
terrible book, it's really far from it. I just wished it lead up to
this next book in a different way. As for characters the White Wolf
is on my sh!t list for all of eternity, along with Ten, and a few
others.
As a whole I loved this book, there were a few things that I did
not like. But I wouldn't want them changed, I would just tweak them a
bit. I do know that I still feel the same about wanting to own this
trilogy if I had the money and knew who was selling them. I do
recommend these books to everyone who wants something different to
read. These are located in the "Teen" section of my library
but I know that "adults" would enjoy them as well.
Rating: 4 out of 5.
Page Count: 517 pages, including acknowledgments.
Price: $18.99 (hardcover), I paid $5.97 at Meijer.
Next Book: Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith
Happy holidays and thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed!
~Jade
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