Days of Blood & Starlight (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Days of Blood & Starlight 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.
Full description- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
- Published: 06 November 2012
- Format: Hardback 517 pages
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- Categories: Adventure | Science Fiction | Traditional
- ISBN 13: 9780316133975 ISBN 10: 0316133973
- Sales rank: 6,454
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Reviews for Days of Blood & Starlight
Gorgeous, Exciting and Imaginative
Oh boy, can Laini Taylor write a book. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is undoubtedly one of the most beautifully written books I've ever read. The world she built, the characters she created, and her phenomenal words pulled me in and made me fall in love. There was never a doubt in my mind that I would love this sequel, though I admit, Days of Blood and Starlight did begin a bit slowly for me.
I'm not exactly sure why I had a problem falling into this book. The writing was certainly perfect. Maybe, it's because I was the biggest fan of Karou and Akiva together, happy, and seeing them at odds, though understandable, was hard for me. Another problem for me was the expanded cast of characters. I would be content to only focus on Karou, Akiva, and Zuzana (shout-out for one of the best characters, ever!) forever and ever. But since there is a divide, and Karou and Akiva are separated, there were many other characters brought into the fold. So I spent much of the first portion of DoB&S speed-reading, looking for the shift that kicked things into high gear.
Once the story gets rolling, Days of Blood and Starlight is phenomenal. We have Akiva and Karou, working separately, towards the same agenda: peace. Poor Akiva is resigned and heart-broken. Poor Karou is resolved and heart-broken. The sense of impending chaos, doom, and conflict builds at a brilliantly consistent pace until the very end. An end that leaves us with a promise of a better future?
Oh my. I am thisclose to completely losing my composure and fan-girling spoilers all over the place. So I will stop. Right here. Days of Blood and Starlight is gorgeous, exciting, and imaginative. But if you've read Daughter of Smoke and Bone, you already know that. by Andrea Thompson
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