Days of blood and starlight by author laini taylor is a fantasy novel about the battle for peace in the midst of a constant and horrible war. Taylors dazzling writing and skill at creating suspense are strong as ever. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Days of blood and starlight was impossible to put down, i think my dentist will be very happy because i continued to crunch my teeth every single page. Art student and monsters apprentice karou finally has the answers she has always sought. Picking up a few months after the end of daughter, laini taylors epic sequel finds karou in the middle of the desert, tormented by memories of akiva and creating an army to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, days of blood and starlight brings. Days of blood and starlight is the fantastic sequel to the very well loved daughter of smoke and bone, where we met the lovely karou and her unimaginable surroundings. After karou has found out about her past life and that akiva is responsible for the demise of her own race, the chimaera, karou decided to leave akiva. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, days of blood and starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to. Karou and zuzana are even more annoying in this book. Days of blood and starlight is full of the same excitement and these absolutely delicious twists as book 1, but the flaws show a little more. Days of blood and starlight is a young adult fantasy novel written by laini taylor.
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. The book is the second in a trilogy, preceded by daughter of smoke and bone and followed by dreams of gods and monsters. Daughter of smoke and bone and days of blood and starlight. Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy book 2 kindle edition by taylor, laini.
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 shell go to avenge her people. Days of blood and starlight suffers somewhat from middle book syndrome in that the plot slows way down so the heroine can wallow in guilt for a while. Laini taylor is a new york times bestselling author and a national book award finalist. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters. In this emotionally intense if loosely woven sequel to daughter of smoke and bone 2011, taylor puts karou, a chimaera resurrected into the body of a bluehaired human teenager, through severe tests of both heart and soul sundered from her seraphic lover akiva by rage, guilt and a huge blood debt, karou has led charismatic chimaera leader thiago, the white wolf, to a. The winning entry in laini taylors book trailer contest for days of blood and starlight, sequel to daughter of smoke and bone. She lives in portland, oregon with her husband, illustrator jim di bartolo, and their daughter, clementine. It was published in november 2012 by hachette book group, an imprint of little, brown and company.
Days of blood and starlight stuti january 31, 2014 at 11. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, days of blood and starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas. Days of blood and starlight audiobook laini taylor. Its much bloodier than the first book, with constant battles between angels and chimaera in another world that turn gory as corpses are mutilated and prisoners are fed ashes. I did have a chunk of scenes i was hoping to put to bed, and though i didnt get quite as far as i wanted, it was a really productive shutin couple of days. If you like 1 month unlimited audiobook listening 12. While karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, akiva wages a different sort of battle. Absolutely the best couple of the story, even more than akiva and karou. Brimstone is a great character, and i missed him in this book.
This didnt keep me from plowing through it in less than 2 days, though. Days of blood and starlight is the second book in a trilogy and follows the events of daughter of smoke and bone. The life and art of horace pippin orbis pictus award for outstanding nonfiction for children awards online book pdf. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading days of blood and starlight. Both the characters and world building in this series are created wonderfully and incredibly vividwhich is surreal for such an imaginative fantasy world. Like the first book in this series, days of blood and starlight effortlessly whisks you away into a human world of angels and monsters by way of beautiful prose, vivid characters, and allconsuming storytelling. Laini taylor is hosting a competition to create a book trailer for days of blood and starlight. Days of blood and starlight reflects laini taylors maturity as a writer, as well as depicting karous growth as the protagonist. The book was published in multiple languages including english language, consists of 517 pages and is available in hardcover format. Book 2 is almost as exciting as book 1, but a lot sadder.
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