Title: Days of Blood & Starlight
Author: Laini Taylor
Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2
Genre: Fantasy/YA/Paranormal
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: November 6th, 2012
Edition: Hardcover, 517 pages
Source: Gift
Synopsis:
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.
This is not that world.
Art student and monster's apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it.
In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou must decide how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and impossible choices, Days of Blood & Starlight finds Karou and Akiva on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life.
While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. For hope.
But can any hope be salvaged from the ashes of their broken dream?
Review:
I first read this book in 2013, and it's still one of my favorite books.
I love how this book expands on the world. That we get to see, somewhat, where the Chimera and the Seraph come from. I also really loved meeting all the new characters. On both the Seraph and the Chimera side.
Ziri has to be one of my favorite new characters. He's just so wholesome, and with this re-read, I started to ship him with Karou, but I know that's fruitless. He has such a kind soul, and extremely loyal. He's just a cinnamon roll and I love the addition of his character.
Thiago and Ten are, obviously, the absolute worst. They are clearly supposed to be. Thiago is cunning and a hypocrite. Ten is just a literal monster, she is almost more sadistic than Thiago in many ways. But where Ten is upfront, most of the time, about her threats, Thiago uses manipulation to threaten Karou. Thiago, as old as he is, acts like a petulant child in his regard to Karou and her past rejection when she was still Chimera. Seeking only revenge and endless slaughter no matter who is in the crosshairs. Not caring to protect the civilians of Eretz, only seeking to murder as many Seraph as possible.
Many of the Chimera are introduced in this book, most of them go unnamed or aren't part of the plot all that much. They seem to be mostly there for the context of Thiago's plans, and what Karou is capable of making, and how the soul doesn't always match the body.
There is also a league of unnamed Seraph introduced in this book, giving context to the other side of the war. And with the introduction of Jael and Joram, and how they are both almost exactly like Thiago, but Jael is certainly worse. Jael is just as murder happy as Thiago, only his motivations are not as clear to me as they are with Thiago.
This book, heck this series, has such rich and fantastic worldbuilding to it, and a cast of amazing and complex characters. I am really loving re-reading these books.
Ziri has to be one of my favorite new characters. He's just so wholesome, and with this re-read, I started to ship him with Karou, but I know that's fruitless. He has such a kind soul, and extremely loyal. He's just a cinnamon roll and I love the addition of his character.
Thiago and Ten are, obviously, the absolute worst. They are clearly supposed to be. Thiago is cunning and a hypocrite. Ten is just a literal monster, she is almost more sadistic than Thiago in many ways. But where Ten is upfront, most of the time, about her threats, Thiago uses manipulation to threaten Karou. Thiago, as old as he is, acts like a petulant child in his regard to Karou and her past rejection when she was still Chimera. Seeking only revenge and endless slaughter no matter who is in the crosshairs. Not caring to protect the civilians of Eretz, only seeking to murder as many Seraph as possible.
Many of the Chimera are introduced in this book, most of them go unnamed or aren't part of the plot all that much. They seem to be mostly there for the context of Thiago's plans, and what Karou is capable of making, and how the soul doesn't always match the body.
There is also a league of unnamed Seraph introduced in this book, giving context to the other side of the war. And with the introduction of Jael and Joram, and how they are both almost exactly like Thiago, but Jael is certainly worse. Jael is just as murder happy as Thiago, only his motivations are not as clear to me as they are with Thiago.
This book, heck this series, has such rich and fantastic worldbuilding to it, and a cast of amazing and complex characters. I am really loving re-reading these books.
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