bumblingbookworm's Review of Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)

by Laini Taylor

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around - and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance to lose his dream forever.

What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?

The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries - including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?

In this sweeping and breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.

This review was originally posted on The Bumbling Bookworm

This was my favourite book in January by far, and I'm kicking myself for having waited almost 3 years to read it! I loved Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy and I think I was worried that this would compare - unfounded indeed! Laini's writing was just as lyrical as I expected, and her knack of creating original worlds is unparalleled. Her creativity absolutely blew me away.

In the past I've found some of Laini's books slow to read, because of that purple prose she's so famous for, but I absolutely flew through this and couldn't put it down. The world building was sublime, the characters were delightful, and I even loved the romance, which I know wasn't everyone's cup of tea. This book was just magical, and I'm so excited to pick up Muse of Nightmares soon to find out what happens to these beautiful characters.

Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)

by Laini Taylor

Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on Jan 13, 2020

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