I liked the end better this time. ( )

Eh. ( )

so good! ( )

I so loved the first one in this series and this one just was lost on me. Perhaps I just haven’t been in the mood for this kind of fantasy? ( )

at first glance Days of Blood and Starlight looks quite plain and boring in comparison to the first of the trilogy, and with it being a hardback and over 500 pages long its not an enticing read.... unless you have read the first one Daughter of Smoke and Bone in which case its very exciting to see


The story continues with karou and akiva the two 'starcrossed lovers' fighting in a battle neither one of them seems to understand. Kaurou is now a resorectionist taking over from her fatherly figure Brimstone, she makes Chimera rebels for Thiago who is all for vengeance and blood. She cant refuse his orders for he has made her out to be a traitor so none of the chimera trust her yet she stays to help them.


I found this book to be somewhat like sinking sand at points with its to poetic writing style and depth of needless babble, however amoung all the babble is hidden a great story of two worlds fighting for supremacy of which neither one seems to be accomplishing, and wrapped within that is an angel and a chimera who cannot accept each other for what has happened in the past.

What i dont get is why Taylor kept Karous human friends in the story, i thought once they were sent off in this one they wouldnt be mentioned again yet they came back....why???

Overall the story itself was well written and had some great parts, It did at times challenge my imagination and even my attention span.
it could easily have been written in fewer pages if you removed the poetics, however even though it bugged me it made the story that much more unique so why change it =]

the Epilogue is wrote in third person present...hope that isnt how the rest of the 3rd book will be or ill never be able to read it.



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