by Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone, book two
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a new way of living – one without massacres and torn throats and bonfires of the fallen, without revenants or bastard armies or children ripped from their mothers’ arms to take their turn in the killing and dying.
Once, the lovers lay entwined in the moon’s secret temple and dreamed of a world that was a like a jewel-box without a jewel – a paradise waiting for them to find it and fill it with their happiness.
This was not that world. (Description from goodreads.com)
Wow, can Laini Taylor write. Even in a book such as this one, a usually dreaded middle book in a trilogy or series based around a war, she blows me away. This book is dark and yet, the writing is also still breathtakingly beautiful. Laini draws such a beautiful picture of hope still blooming when everything should be dark and beyond repair.
The characters are intriguing and complex. The settings are vivid and make me want to travel this world and beyond. The interactions amongst the Seraphim and the Chimera, within themselves, and between the two tribes are compelling. The emotional depth of the story is wonderfully explored.
In short, I couldn't put it down and I'm greedily listening to the final book, dying to know what happens in the end.
The characters are intriguing and complex. The settings are vivid and make me want to travel this world and beyond. The interactions amongst the Seraphim and the Chimera, within themselves, and between the two tribes are compelling. The emotional depth of the story is wonderfully explored.
In short, I couldn't put it down and I'm greedily listening to the final book, dying to know what happens in the end.
Full disclosure: eARC received from Netgalley, Book purchased for personal collection
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