Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Well. I finished the book. The entire book had me on my toes. The thing with Ziri broke my heart and seeing him trying to make peace with being the Wolf, Ah! Anyways. This is definitely a great book and filled with so many amazing characters. I don't want to spoil anyone but I have to say, READ IT!

Let's start with the new character, Eliza. I completely understand her importance in this book and as the book progressed, I understood her importance and came to enjoy reading her chapters but initially, it just felt like she providing a damper on our favorite characters. I felt awful for what she went through as a child. Can you imagine the kind of situation where everyone you know thinks of you as a prophetic child and not treat you as a person? I wasn't surprised when she turned out to be an angel. I liked that her story gradually weaved into the story we knew and how it unveiled and connected to Razgut's story. We learned about the Faerers and their purpose. It was an interesting tale and brought a new depth to the story.

One of my absolute favorite characters was Ziri. You could see how he suffered in Thiago's body but he had to do so for Karou. Poor Ziri. He loved Karou and she couldn't even look at him in Thiago's body, even though she did it for him! His presence throughout the book was appreciated and I loved reading every scene that involved him and I loved him and Liraz! To be honest, when he died in the end, I was relieved. I was even more relieved when Liraz saved his body. 

Initially, Liraz obviously hates him, considering he is the Wolf but you can see their relationship develop as they get to know each other. I was glad when she found out Ziri was Ziri and not Thiago. I was elated when she saved his life like he saved hers. Hazael's death is a major factor in Liraz's development and I found myself missing him throughout the book.

Finally, the main event. Karou and Akiva. We see the heartbreak in Akiva's eyes as he bears witness to Karou being civil towards Thiago, or as we know Ziri. It took some time for him to find out the truth and the story between them progresses at a steady pace. We learn more about Akiva's past and about his mother. We learn about her heritage. Finding out Akiva was a Magus wasn't surprising after seeing what he could do but I felt like the ending was kind of rushed. He somehow managed to tip the balance that kept the world safe and the Stelians came after him. Just as he and Karou finally found peace together, they had to be separated because of earth shattering reason.

I love that Karou took charge to save her people and I found that the way her character developed was phenomenal. She finally took up Brimstone's mantel and worked on saving the souls she could.

I was glad we got the epilogue because it offered us some closure to the story but I still feel there can be more because quite a few of these storylines can still be continued.

Either way, I loved this book and this story and Laini Taylor's work is phenomenal!

Reviews for rest of the series:
Daughter of Smoke and Bones
Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Days of Blood and Starlight

Days of Blood and Starlight

Reading books this month has been a little challenging but I have to say, this book is one you can't put down once you start. Even though the next book of this series wasn't on my May TBR, I still rushed through it and it was amazing.

Back to this story. As usual I will only discuss things that really stuck with me even after all this time.

Firstly, Karou the resurrectionist! I loved that she was the continuing Brimstone's legacy. I have to say, I'm still not over him dying.
I'm also not over Hazael dying. I really took a liking to him. His openness and big heart really made me respect him.

Through out the story, we see this other side to Karou, she's constantly feeling guilty for loving Akiva and at same time she has to deal with her world turning upside down.

I personally loved all the scenes with Zuzana and Mik. They were like the tiny bit of normal in this crazy amazing world.

I love that she was worried about Karou, that's true friendship. Also, kudos to her for figuring Karou's non-message message out.

I love Ziri. That poor boy gave up his life for her! I love him so much! He's such a great character!

The scenes with Akiva and Karou were so heart wrenching. It really tore me apart. A part of me hated him and the other half loved him.

He did the wrong thing but he was hurt!

This book reeled me in from the first page and spit me out wanting more. I would recommend it to all the readers out there. It is definitely a must read!

Reviews for rest of the series:
Daughter of Smoke and Bones
Dreams of Gods and Monsters
Days of Blood and Starlight

Daughter of Smoke and Bones

After putting this book off for so long, I finally experienced the greatness of DoSaB.

I didn't quite expect to love it quite as much as I do. There are things about this book that bother me but it makes such a great plot line.

I loved reading about the scenes between Akiva and Madrigal in the past, it was so sweet and showed the goodness of people. I wish Akiva honored Madrigal's memory by trying to unite the two races but I also understand his side, those people took the life of the person he loved, one of them.

I am kind of hoping that now that she knows who she is, she kind of becomes Madrigal, but not completely forget Karou. I would like to see her as an embodiment of both Karou and Madrigal.

I'm curious about Karou's aging, will she age like a human or like a Chimera cause she isn't really human, she's just wearing human skin.

I really hate her sister, Chiro. How could she betray her sister like that? I get being jealous but how can you be that jealous of your own sister? And I hate how everyone keeps pushing her to be with Thiago. It's her free will. She would have lost herself if she had been with him.

I love that scene where she and Akiva dance and their stolen kisses. Their whole relationship was cute up until he killed Brimstone. I'm really going to miss Brimstone.

I love Zuzana, she was such a great friend, unlike Chiro. And lover her thing with Mik.
While Karou and Akiva's relationship is complicated theirs is simple and sweet. I love whole puppeteer thing, the art project. It was such a great idea and I keep trying to picture it.

I loved the scenes where Akiva and Karou were getting to know each other and them building a sort of friendship and the undeniable attraction between them. It was cute as perfect.

The ending with the whole back and forth between the past and present made a lot of things clear and it was insightful but I wanted to know what would happen with Karou and Akiva, which in the end turned out broke my heart.

I love the wish thing and love how her memories were stored in the wishbone, something that meant so much to the two of them.

I hope that in the end, things end up all right.

Reviews for rest of the series:
Daughter of Smoke and Bones
Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Days of Blood and Starlight