Not a happy thing to be remembering actually. The war between chimera and angels raged on in their world, while Karou lived innocently as a human, attending art school and having no idea that her betrayal of her people resulted in them being almost completely wiped out. The other half of the love equation, Karou (once a chimera, now a human), has remembered her past as a chimera, her forbidden love affair with the enemy (Akiva), and her subsequent execution and Brimstone’s secret resurrection of her as a human.

Brimstone and company all met a bad end, thanks to love-interest angel Akiva. Things were pretty bad at the end of the last book. days of blood and starlight by laini taylor Run to your library, check out a copy and read it in a single day. I mean, it’s just so so good.Īlso, if you haven’t read Daughter, just skip this review, because it’s going to spoil things for you. I hesitate to say it’s BETTER than Daughter, but if it’s not, it is definitely on par. This is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke and Bone and it’s no second book slump. But when I was reading Days of Blood and Starlight, I kept saying to Bart, “I am so envious that someone has the abilities to both write this stellar of a plot AND have it be so beautifully written.” If you haven’t already given this book a read, go pick it up and tell us what you think.I don’t have any aspirations to be an author. The middle was pretty slow and I found myself bored and losing interest in the characters.ĭays of Blood and Starlight sets the stage for what I can only hope will be a killer finale. Laini Taylor clearly put a lot of thought into this series.Įven though this novel goes the extra mile, it still had it’s faults.

I love how the magic works, specifically the concept of tithing. I absolutely adore the mythology of these worlds. Karou has to put her emotions and life aside so that she can take her place as the Resurrection for the chimera. Where the first book in the series was driven mostly by the romantic relationship between Akiva and Karou, this novel drops it like it’s hot and focuses on a fantastical land at war.

We were both really surprised when we read this novel Days of Blood and Starlight. I really liked the first book in the series, but Chelsey wasn’t as impressed with it. Chelsey and I were torn when it came to Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

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