A review by klherring
Daughter of Smoke & Bone, by Laini Taylor

2.0

I was HYPED about this book. ALL of my favorite reviews hailed this book a 5 star... And I was pretty sucked in for the first half of the book. There was some repetition (I get it, the best friend is a shortie and hey, lets compare that to her marionette skills....) and the characters were a little flat, but the story-line was so cool and intriguing. Enter Akaiva and it all fell apart for me. It felt rushed, unfinished, shallow... I'm reading the second installation now in hopes that this saga will win me over as it did those that I respect a great deal, but this one just didn't do it for me.