mobi Þ Daughter of Smoke Bone ¸ Laini Taylor
Stion that haunts her and she’s about to find outWhen beautiful haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh the result is blood and starlight secrets unveiled and a star crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about hersel My original review here was “punch me in the face ” and I think that accurately sums my view up That being said here's an actual review that's NOT just me crying Amazing Daughter of Smoke and Bone follows a demon's assistant Karou who helps to collect teeth for the family of her youth It's a creative story that pulled me in from the beginning Before we were 40 pages in I knew I had found a favorite THE WRITINGJust as beautiful as everyone says Laini Taylor's writing flows across the page to the point where instead of skipping across paragraphs as I usually do I was hanging on her every word Like a shadow that coasts over the moon Is the word choice there not brilliant It's such a subtle difference than “a shadow that covers the moon” but it changes everything somehow The writing is also rich with emotional content I just really really loved it Wishes are false Hope is true Hope is its own magic THE CHARACTERSI absolutely love Karou Laini Taylor infuses her with a uiet inner strength yet also a loneliness and a desire for love I also loved the strong friendship between girls here Zuzana is a dynamic funny side character “This morning you hate men in hats wiener dogs–”“Weiner dog owners” Zuzana corrected “You'd have to have like a lentil for a soul to hate wringer dogs” She's a sweet believable character I only wish she were in the second half Akiva is a good character although he isn't a strong love for me yet He's a good character with a good personality and some moral ambiguity but he's not as developed as I want him to be I'm hoping he gets expanded in the seuel THE ROMANCEI feel like I should give this book four stars I SHOULD The romance is full of instalove Yes it's kind of explained but it's still full of instalove That should be enough for me to take off a star But I can't because I loved the romance There's something about the idea of star crossed lovers maybe Or maybe it's just Laini Taylor's writing or the strength of Akiva and Karou's characters Whatever it is I found myself totally invested in the romance after just a few pages By the time we got to the twist I was hooked THE PLOTThis book is a complete mindfuck and I adored it Although one of the major twists is easy to guess most of the twists are sheer brilliance Towards the end plot points you've forgotten about are explained Even little details of the first half are mentioned And that ending was just cruel THE WORLDBUILDINGThe worldbuilding here is just awesome Again I can't expand upon that because the worldbuilding isn't revealed until later in the book You've just got to read it This isn't your typical angels vs demons story; angels aren't all good and demons aren't all bad I loved the nuance of their conflict There's something to be said for taking an old story and making it something new and I loved Laini Taylor's execution of this story Highly recommended and I can't wait to start book two
Laini Taylor ¸ Daughter of Smoke Bone pdf
Daughter of Smoke BoneAl otherworldly warMeet Karou She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious errands she speaks many Daughter of PDF languages not all of them human and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color Who is she That is the ue As seen on The ReadventurerWhen I first heard the details of the premise of Laini Taylor's new book for a moment I thought Laini must have read my review of Personal Demons In that review I rant about how great story ideas are suandered away You see Personal Demons had a very interesting concept a demon and an angel battling for the soul of a human girl There are so many creative opportunities in the angeldemon lore I thought surely the author would make something good out of it I was wrong then the story turned out to be nothing than a cliche angsty love triangle extravaganza But I am right now Laini Taylor took a similar angeldemon idea and transformed it into pure magic Karou is a 17 year old art student She lives in Prague paints and goes to school She is trying to get over her good for nothing ex boyfriend But there is an air of mystery about Karou She knows magic She has a secret life Karou is an orphan who was raised lovingly by a foursome of demonic creatures She occasionally runs strange errands for them; and on one of the trips she is confronted by an angelic looking Akiva who attempts to kill her What happens next is best described by the book's own first lines Once upon a timean angel and a devil fell in loveIt did not end wellThere is nothing cliche about this story trust me Laini Taylor is a writer with talent and extraordinary imagination What I loved the most about Daughter of Smoke and Bone was the world behind it We all have read our measure of angel books and you will probably agree with me that the portrayal of angels in them rarely goes beyond wings sexiness and some dark secret behind the fall But what if angels and demons are not what is traditionallybiblically accepted What if you could get into the midst of their world learn about their cultures gain knowledge about their centuries long war What if the love between an angel and demon is forbidden and a taboo maybe even by human standards Would you like to read about that I bet you wouldLips Touch Three Times is one of my most favorite books ever If you liked those stories I doubt Daughter of Smoke and Bone will disappoint you This novel is eually dark sensual unsettling and a little twisted The imagery is stunning The language is beautiful every word matters there were a couple of slips into overwritten I must say but only a couple And the love well it pushes boundaries it transcends time and space I am looking solemnly at the months of waiting ahead of me Waiting for a copy of the book of my own to inhale every word of it again And then for the next two books But first I will be waiting for this ARC cover to be changed to something that reflects the beauty of this story I've been told to get over my cover grief already but I just can't