Daughter of Smoke and Bone (DoSaB) Review

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

by: Laini Taylor

    "Around the world, black hand prints 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 grows dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly 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 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 herself?" (Goodreads)

Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a great start to an sensational trilogy. It was action packed, filled with young love and ancient love, war, hope and fate bound un-coincidences.

As the book went on, different pieces of each characters' personality conjoined together forming each distinct puzzle. DoSaB, certainly did not shy away from humor as for Karou (main character) never failed to impress me, all the way down to her narcissistic yet harmless wishes. For Karou to be raised by monsters, it had no affect at all on her youthfulness. I also enjoyed the species established in DoSaB, each one had a unique background and something that made them special. But the bad blood between them created war and separation, even acts of casting out members of the same species. The species of DoSaB includes, Seraphim (angel) and Chimera (devils), and of course the human race who remained neutral throughout.

Laini Taylor made no compromises in her unparalleled way of writing. She made each page of words her own, creating unique form and structure. So as with all things unfamiliar, Daughter of Smoke and Bone made way of becoming fearlessly confusing at times. The casual flashbacks where at first hard to keep up with, especially when listening to it via audio book. The good thing is after a while of reading, the writing started to grow on me, flashbacks became more decipherable, and I started to get the hang of what was going on. 

Overall, I rate Daughter of Smoke and Bone four stars out of five as I will definitely be looking forward to continuing the series. And I hope you, who have read this review to even this point will join me on the journey. 

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