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Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)

Laini Taylor

Why we're reading this: Akiva <3 <3
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Dec 05, 2017 Maggie rated it really liked it

Shelves: beautiful-writing, great-reads-2017, high-fantasy, magic, intriguing-world-building, good, angels, awesome-female-friendships

It's undeniable that Zuzana is the most loveable character in this series. Each and every one of her chapters was just so fun. I love her sassiness and her relationship with Mik. I find their interactions more likeable - and realistic - than the romance (or whatewer it is now) between Karou (view spoiler) and Akiva.
The prose was so beautifully written. I also liked the overall storytelling, but some of the jumping back and forth in time was quite disorienting. I also ...more

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Oct 17, 2018 Merb rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-books-only, read-in-2018

~ 3.5 stars ~

I want to give this book 4 stars as I love the gothic fairytale meets Romeo and Juliet vibe this story has got going for it, but this book was terribly slow. For a 500 page book not a lot happened, and that is a lot of missed potential. The world in this series is so complex there is so much venturing that could be done. Still, if the page count could have gone down, this book would have been completely engrossing. It explores the complexities of war, and what that can do to a perso ...more

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Jul 03, 2015 Sandra (LadyGrey Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-star-favorites, series-finished, 2015-2016-reads

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So this was one hell of an emotional roller coaster. It was so intense! I mean the only reason why I didn't finish it right away was because of that I was afraid of turning the page and getting another heart attack!

So glad to not read a translated version now because the characters seemed a lot more real when depicted in English than in Swedish and I didn't have to get annoyed with spelling and grammar mistakes... But yeah, enjoyed the sto ...more

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Mar 21, 2015 Charon Lloyd-Roberts rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, books-finished-2015, the-full-2015-reading-challenge, after-i-read-51-books, completed-series, owned-hardback, alternate-cover

So intentionally stalled on finishing this book and I only really do that if I absolutely enjoy a book but yeah kudos to Akiva & Karou and well the last bits of this book well it was very sad and I can honestly say this is yet another book trilogy that has grabbed me by the hand and its just so well written as well.

I'll tackle the last book later on the feels so many feels right now. ...more

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