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vaguelyredhead's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Sexism, Torture, and Colonisation
Minor: Sexual assault
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
If you’ve spoken to me in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably heard me screaming about how much I love this series! I think it’s an absolute CRIME more people aren’t talking about it. I also had the absolute best time buddy reading these with my fave feral five (sorry for imploding the buddy read when I just couldn’t stop reading, whoops).
Mini reviews for each book are below, but the main takeaway: READ THESE BOOKS!
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (4.5 stars): The world building was incredible and the characters pulled me in! Also the ending absolutely BROKE ME into a million pieces.
Days of Blood and Starlight (5 stars): Possibly a hot take but this was my favorite of the series! I absolutely loved it, start to finish, and literally could not put it down.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters (4 stars): An amazing conclusion to an incredible trilogy! It wasn’t my favorite ending and I could probably nitpick a lot of things, but overall SO emotional and captivating!
Night of Cakes and Puppets (5 stars): An absolute DELIGHT of a novella spotlighting Zuzana and Mik, who might be two of my all time favorite secondary characters.
Mini reviews for each book are below, but the main takeaway: READ THESE BOOKS!
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (4.5 stars): The world building was incredible and the characters pulled me in! Also the ending absolutely BROKE ME into a million pieces.
Days of Blood and Starlight (5 stars): Possibly a hot take but this was my favorite of the series! I absolutely loved it, start to finish, and literally could not put it down.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters (4 stars): An amazing conclusion to an incredible trilogy! It wasn’t my favorite ending and I could probably nitpick a lot of things, but overall SO emotional and captivating!
Night of Cakes and Puppets (5 stars): An absolute DELIGHT of a novella spotlighting Zuzana and Mik, who might be two of my all time favorite secondary characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War
Moderate: Torture
doodeedoda's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Colonisation
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Classism
kirstenf's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War
Moderate: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture
strange's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I can’t say I disliked this book overall, but I found it to be a bit of a disappointing conclusion
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Colonisation
Minor: Torture and Grief
aseel_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
2023: 3.75
Whelp, my below review is so sweet and innocent 😅 I felt that the introduction of lore and world building came too late in a series and should have been spread out more throughout the novel, even if just odd tidbits that would make sense at the end of the series. I would love to see more of this world/the strange the dreamer world because I do think it's an interesting idea and Taylor is a good writer.
2017: 5 stars
Oh that was so precious 😍😭 such a perfect perfect ending holy moly, my babies were together and Ertz is healing and it's perfect
It took me forever to get through the first half of the book just because I didn't want the story to end 😂 I really enjoyed the plot and all the mini plots in it
The story didn't end like a happily ever after, but a honest way of post war and rebuilding a world
As always, the writing style was perfect
This definitely one of my favourite series now ♥️
Whelp, my below review is so sweet and innocent 😅 I felt that the introduction of lore and world building came too late in a series and should have been spread out more throughout the novel, even if just odd tidbits that would make sense at the end of the series. I would love to see more of this world/the strange the dreamer world because I do think it's an interesting idea and Taylor is a good writer.
2017: 5 stars
Oh that was so precious 😍😭 such a perfect perfect ending holy moly, my babies were together and Ertz is healing and it's perfect
It took me forever to get through the first half of the book just because I didn't want the story to end 😂 I really enjoyed the plot and all the mini plots in it
The story didn't end like a happily ever after, but a honest way of post war and rebuilding a world
As always, the writing style was perfect
This definitely one of my favourite series now ♥️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lililoves's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The final instalment to Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is almost the bridge between the first and second book, taking place in both our world and Eretz. What I loved most about this book is seeing how humans would react to angels appearing in the sky one day (yes, there is a lot of chaos). I also loved learning more about the lore, although as a physicist I struggled to put aside some of my quantum physics knowledge to accept the combined history of Eretz and Earth. In saying that, I liked the combination of fantasy and sci-fi, and I wish it was done more.
I think why I gave this book less stars than the other books is that I felt it could have possibly ended 100 pages earlier than it did. I think the last 100 pages were needed but they almost felt seperate to the rest of the story. I enjoyed them, I just didn't enjoy that they were kinda tacked onto the end...
The ending itself though was beautiful and left me wanting more (looking at you Laini...). I encourage everyone to read the afterward of this series because I think it helped me understand the ending better and why Taylor chose to end the series like she did.
Overall, one of the best YA series I've read in a long time! I would recommend this to anyone that is a fan of SJM or VE Schwab.
I think why I gave this book less stars than the other books is that I felt it could have possibly ended 100 pages earlier than it did. I think the last 100 pages were needed but they almost felt seperate to the rest of the story. I enjoyed them, I just didn't enjoy that they were kinda tacked onto the end...
The ending itself though was beautiful and left me wanting more (looking at you Laini...). I encourage everyone to read the afterward of this series because I think it helped me understand the ending better and why Taylor chose to end the series like she did.
Overall, one of the best YA series I've read in a long time! I would recommend this to anyone that is a fan of SJM or VE Schwab.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood
ashlightgrayson's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I never felt very invested in the relationship between Akiva and Karou in previous books, but I think I finally started to like the idea of them together in this last book. This installment had a further exploration of the lore which added to the world-building. We were introduced to new characters that were important and relevant to the ongoing war between chimera and seraphs. I appreciated that the consequences matched the stakes in the war. No one really left the war completely unscathed, yet the ending was still hopeful. This was probably the best book in the series, which usually isn't how I feel about trilogies. I'm looking forward to reading more books by Laini Taylor. She has great prose and world-building which was really what kept me interested in this series. A solid conclusion.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Torture, and Murder