Item: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Rating: 4.00
Author: jesstheaudiobookworm

by Laini Taylor

Errand requiring immediate attention. Come.

The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things.

When Brimstone called, she always came.

In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole.

Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.

My rating for this is somewhere between 4 and 4.5.

I'm in love with this series already. If I could, I would start the next installment immediately. This is unlike anything I can remember reading. I am so tired of reading about angels, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Although there are angels in this series, they are done very uniquely and are only half of the fantastical species this trilogy focuses on. There is a slight case of what appears to be "insta-love", but all is made up for in good time. In short: No werewolves. No vampires. No witches. And best of all, no love triangle. The writing is beautiful. This is fantasy done right and it definitely lives up to the hype. I just hope the next two installments are as this one!

By the way, the narrator of this audiobook (Khristine Hvam) has instantly made it onto my favorites list. ♣︎

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

by Laini Taylor

Reviewed by jesstheaudiobookworm on Oct 8, 2015

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