Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”, she speaks many languages – not all of them human – and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.
When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
** SPOILER FREE REVIEW**
After much persuading by my friend Rachana at Inspired By Literature, I finally decided to pick up Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I had heard SOOOO many people raving about this book, and I wasn’t sure if it was worth the hype, hence the hesitation on my part. After reading it, I can honestly admit that I was pleasantly surprised because I thoroughly enjoyed it. The captivating plot hooks the reader in from the beginning, and I just could not put the book down (so yes, I may or may not have stayed up super late reading it).
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