Title:
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Click title for Synopsis)Source/Format: Purchased, Paperback
Age Range: YA
Publisher/Publication Date: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers September 27, 2011
My Thoughts:
Wow, I think this book
goes beyond the meaning of fantastic. I
admit that I was hesitant on reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone, because the
last book I read that had a lot of hype about it fell kind of flat for me. But I got the book, and I loved it. Taylor presented a book that was about angels
and demons, but the way she did it just set Daughter of Smoke and Bone apart
from all the others.
We are introduced to Karou, a girl with blue
hair, and a sketchbook full of monsters.
What no one knows is that the creatures in her sketchbooks are all too
real. Brimstone by far was one of my
most favorite secondary characters, along with Zuzana. Brimstone was a real mystery from the start,
and it isn’t until later in the book that we find out what he really did. Akiva was also mysterious, from the moment he
first appeared; you got the feel that he was tortured and conflicted by something
that happened in his past.
The concept of the story showed how awesome
Taylor is when it comes to making up plots, and twists. I also found the usage of bones and teeth and
the meaning that they held fascinating.
I really liked this book and I can’t wait to read Days of Blood and
Starlight.
I absolutely loved it. I would recommend it to everyone.
