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Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

Laini Taylor

Start date: December 11, 2011

Finish date: December 30, 2011

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Sep 10, 2012 Carrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, young-adult, rrrc, fantasy, part-of-a-series, re-read, 1st-in-a-series, demons, you-want-me-to-read-what, kickass-spirited-strong

Dec 13, 2018:
Just as good as the first time around.

I really liked this book, original and different. The second half dragged a little for me. But over all the story was great. REALLY looking forward to the next book.

Karou isn't a normal teenager, she is talent artist, speaks multiple languages and was raised by what we call "demons". She constantly feels like there is something missing and alone. Until she meets Akiva, a handsome yet deadly angel, a solider, and enemy. As the pieces fall into pl ...more

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Jan 17, 2013 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: _own-ebook, fiction, young-adult, busy-as-a-bee-books-group, read-in-2013

I had no idea what this one was about when I went into it. Beyond the fact that so many of my bookish friends loved it, I didn't have any context for the story or anything else. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It's a very well written novel that creates a world and characters that blew me away! It took me a bit of time to really get engaged in the story and the world that Laini Taylor builds here but once I did ... wow! It was fantastic!

The first half of the novel was particularly stron ...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Angie Taylor rated it it was amazing

This book was pretty much awesome. I loved the world building throughout and the depth of love. I didn't love the very first part, with the art classes, and taint of crassness. But the writing was compelling and mysterious enough that I kept going. This story is a totally different approach to the idea of angels and demons among us. I really loved the characters and the intensity and feeling of emotions portrayed. It's a totaly fantasy book, so if fantasy isn't your thing, don't read it. But if ...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Shanyn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-characters

This book starts out a little bit like it's central character. 17. Dithering and silly and a little irritating. But it grows up fast into a gorgeous tale of love and loss and hope.

Laini Taylor's dialogue is smart and sharp and her characters are relatable and honest.

I fell madly in love with the realm I was taken to several times throughout the book and was maddened by it as well.

Highly recommended... ...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Soelo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series, lovedfantasy, srchallenge, series2010s, nortonaward, locusaward

Wow, this was good. I need to take a break before I start the second book though.

I started listening to the audiobook and was annoyed by the nearly constant sarcasm in the narrator's voice. I picked up reading where I stopped listening and enjoyed it a lot more. ...more

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