{"id":18224,"date":"2013-02-26T23:23:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T03:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=18224"},"modified":"2013-02-26T23:27:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T03:27:38","slug":"review-of-days-of-blood-and-starlight-by-laini-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=18224","title":{"rendered":"Review of Days of Blood and Starlight, by Laini Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Days of Blood and Starlight<\/em><\/p>\n

By Laini Taylor<\/p>\n

Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2012. 517 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Days of Blood and Starlight<\/em> is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke and Bone<\/a><\/em>. If you haven\u2019t read Daughter of Smoke and Bone<\/em> yet (What are you waiting for?), stop reading this review right now, since I can\u2019t talk about this book without giving away a little bit of what happened in the first book.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you have read Daughter of Smoke and Bone<\/em>, there\u2019s nothing I need to say further. Either I could never stop you from reading on, or I could never persuade you. I\u2019ll just say that if you liked the first book, you will like this one. I liked the second one even more than the first.<\/p>\n

But you know I won\u2019t stop there! I have to give some impressions about the book. I\u2019ll do my best not to give anything away. If you want to be more specific, please feel free in the comments.<\/p>\n

First, I was pretty annoyed with both the lovers at the end of the first book. Later, they liken it to the scenario that Romeo wakes up and thinks Juliet is dead \u2013 so he goes out and kills all her family and her people. Really?<\/em> This guy who talked about Peace<\/em>? I mean, there was the little matter of torture and being forced to watch her die, but, Really? And then, as if that weren\u2019t enough, now she\u2019s working with Thiago, the guy who killed her and tortured the one she loved? I know, I know, they showed that extreme things were going on, but I wasn\u2019t happy with the situation in the first 20 percent of the book or so.<\/p>\n

But let me say this: I love how Book Two ends! It still includes those awful words, \u201cTo be continued,\u201d but this time a few highly satisfying things happen toward the end, and a huge development happens that I never saw coming and that is going to make a fabulously dramatic final book.<\/p>\n

Now the whole destined-for-each-other thing gets a little old in the beginning of this book, what with all the betrayals and deaths and war. But by the end of the book, that\u2019s not so much their focus as the whole bigger picture and they\u2019re thinking again about things like Peace and Life and trying to end the war, and I like that change of focus. <\/p>\n

Oh, and I love Zuzana and Mik in this book!<\/p>\n

Okay, I\u2019ll stop before I give anything away. Read this book! She pulls it off! And she sets up the final book to be the most dramatic of all.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from the Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time. The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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