My Thoughts: Days of Blood and Starlight (Laini Taylor)

Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2



Genre: Young Adult
Published: November 6, 2012
Source: Bought

Cover: GORGEOUS! LOVE IT!

My Thoughts:
So basically this review is going to go like this. If you haven't read Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Book #1) WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?!? GO! NOW! The little reader inside of your brain is dying a little bit more every day that you pass that book up. Do you want to be a murderer? I think not. Then, when you finish that masterpiece, go pick up Days of Blood & Starlight!

If you've read Daughter of Smoke & Bone, you're probably wanting to know if the author succeeded in writing a worthwhile sequel that lived up to the brilliance, beauty and awe of the first. All I have to say is YES YES A MILLION TIMES YES!!! This book was JUST as good, dare I say better??  Twists, turns, laughs, cries, heart crushing devastation, tortured love, surprises around every turn, magic like you've never seen before... this book has EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING I SAY!! Laini Taylor's writing is unlike any I've ever read. The beauty of it is unparalleled.

Ahem. I liked it just a little.

Favorite Quotes:
I don't have one specific favorite quote. Every word of this book is my favorite.

Bottom Line:  5/5 I would give this book 10 stars if there were such a thing. Amazeballs. LOVED EVERY.SINGLE.WORD.

Waiting on Wednesday: Days of Blood and Starlight

This little gem is hosted over at Breaking the Spine.

One book that I am DYING to get my hands on is:

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
(This is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone)

(Quick GoodReads Overview)
In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas.



The Why: Let's start with the cover. GORGEOUS.  Now.  Daughter of Smoke and Bone was one of my favorite reads this year. I FELL IN LOVE. Some of the best writing I've ever come across. Beautiful, lyrical, gut-wrenching, amazing. The world, the characters..oh my gosh. The first book ripped my heart right out of my chest.  And I CAN'T WAIT to see what this book does.  I need more of this world. I need more of these characters. I. NEED. MORE. Luckily I don't have TOOO long to wait.
Publication Date: 11/6/12

My Thoughts: Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Laini Taylor)

 Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet 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 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 question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.

When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored 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 herself? (Goodreads)

Cover: I like it because it actually has something to do with the story.

My Thoughts:
I don't have the words to give enough justice to the amazingness of this book. Beautiful does not begin to describe the incredible artistry that is contained in these pages. I fell in love with the world, and more importantly I fell in love with the characters. This is one of those books that is going to stay with me.
Instant favorite. Highly recommended. 

I am so sad that I have to wait until November for Days of Blood and Starlight.  Oh my gah.

Favorite quotes:
"Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic."

"It was what she had always wanted and thought she'd found: someone who was for her, as she was for him, whose blood and butterflies sang to hers and answered them, note for note."

Final Thought: Breathtaking, heartbreaking, magical. Wow.    5/5