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# Days of Blood & Starlight

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An art student and monster's apprentice must decide how far she'll go to avenge her people in this riveting sequel to the mesmerizing, acclaimed book Daughter of Smoke & Bone by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor. 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: Beautiful! - [...] Rating: 5 Stars 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. That is pretty much an accurate summary. When we left off Karou had just regained her memories of her past time and realized that the man, or angel really, she loved Akiva had done some unspeakable things having thought he had lost her forever. Karou is determined to go to her once home of Eretz to find out what is left of her people, the chimaera. Finding her people all but whipped out and feeling a burning hatred for the angels she volunteers her services, taking her mentor and father-figures place as the resurrectionist to build more monster like chimaera to fight the angels and take back what was taken, even if it means working with the one who killed her in her first life. Akiva is in a horrid place himself having realized the mistake he had made and knowing he had once again lost the love of his life, but this time because of his own actions. Still all he can do at this point is to try and make amends for her and himself as he once more swears off killing the chimaera and instead vows to help as many as he can even as he puts himself at risk of discovery. All the things I loved in the first book, the beautiful writing and the world and all the interesting and fantastical creatures are back and even better. We spend a good portion of the time surrounded by chimaera and large chunks in Eretz. I just adored the world that was built and how intricate everything was but yet simple enough to understand. The first book had a lot to do with wishes which I loved the idea of, who doesn’t, but this one left those out as we have moved past it. Still magic has a price. This is something else I enjoy. I love all types of magic in stories but for some reason the magic that comes with a price, something for something rather than someone having unlimited power always seems more substantial. You can see the price the magic takes on Karou, the pain tithe. First let me just say I’d never do magic I have ZERO tolerance for pain, seriously my vehicle accident at the start of the year broke my pinky finger and I thought it would hurt less to chop it off than to keep bumping it or moving it. I’m a big baby there I know. Karou is still a strong character for me if not a bit pigheaded at times. She goes through each and every resurrection and no matter how hurt she is she keeps going. Karou is fighting her fight in rage and heartbroken but she also has a strong sense of helping her people. She is working with a monster, because it is the best hope for her people. I really enjoyed from both the chimaera camp and the angel side. While I already loved Akiva and the little bit I saw of Hazael and Liraz I loved Hazael he was so funny and charming and easy going I think anyone could love him but Liraz was kind of on my dislike list. However seeing more in depth their life and what they go through as Joram’s bastards the misbegotten and things with Jael she kind of grew on me. I also grew to enjoy Kirin and how he was the last of Karou’s kind to his crush on her as a young boy, awe. Him and Issa are some of my favorite of the chimaera. Two who did not grow on me were Thiago and Ten. I didn’t like Thiago from book one the white wolf and his pomp, entitlement, and rage and Ten is him in female form basically his lapdog. Though to even out the field it was great to see Zuzana and Mik again! I just adored them in the first book Zuzana may be one of my favorite characters with her small stature but fierce none the less. Also in the audiobook version the accents done for the different characters Zuz’s was my favorite. The sweetness between Zuzana and Mik in the middle of the epic war going on played nicely to balance it out. Days of Blood and Starlight is still a very character driven story but there is lots of action happening. There is a war after all. The brutality of war is there as well. There were certain times while listening that I was gripping the steering wheel so tightly that I thought I might break it hoping something wouldn’t or would happen. It was intense. I also was glad to be in my vehicle where I could yell at the characters and not have anyone hear my craziness because oh I was in a full range of emotions for sure! I’m excited to dive into book three but now having read one and listened to one I’m stuck on which format I enjoyed better.
Review: An excellent sequel! - When I was in college, I had this incredibly obnoxious French professor. The woman made us—grown men and woman—sit in a circle and read (in French) basic sentences that would add up to nonsensical stories. Like we were in grade school. The first person would get a slip of paper with the equivalent of, “Jacques went to the door,” followed by something like, “Jacques picked up his keys,” and around we would go until someone got the slip of paper with a single, detested word written on it—Soudain!—at which point a cake would fall on Jacques’ head, or a monkey would jump on his back, etc. The next slip of paper was thankfully the last, saying, “Pauvre, Jacques,” at which time we were all required to make the accompanying sad face, the end. GAH. I hated that woman. But the story is a good illustration. Jacques is going about his business, doing his thang, when SUDDENLY something completely inexplicable happens. Kind of like this book. Do NOT misunderstand me, I love this book, I love this series, but this installment . . . didn’t flow as well as Daughter of Smoke & Bone. In Daughter of Smoke & Bone, I was almost instantly captivated, and nothing else existed until after that last page. In Days of Blood & Starlight, my very first thought was, “how juvenile.” I am of course referring to Zuzana’s determination to fling a urine-filled balloon at Kaz, and yes, I know that using scuppies to give Kaz a cranny-itch in book 1 is not the height of maturity, but it . . . I don’t know . . . wasn’t as distracting. It blended in with the overall picture, whereas this time it stood out like a 15 y.o. boy with his butt hanging out of a car window. But all of the things that I loved about book 1 are still present here. The forbidden love that isn’t just one more idiotic version of Romeo and Juliet, but something new and wondrous. The sense that something EPIC is going to happen any moment. The FEELS that directly connect you to the characters so that you’re desperate to know the outcome, desperate for Karou and Akiva to somehow get their HEA, desperate for this ridiculous war to finally, FINALLY end. Plus now there’s Mik. Zuzana is, by herself, plenty of fun and hilarity, but Mik provides a sometimes droll, sometimes earnest, sometimes insightful counterpoint to her shenanigans. And Mik is necessary now that Karou’s memories have been awakened. She’s no longer a 17 y.o. art student in Prague with nothing more worrisome than whether or not Kaz will be at Poison Cafe on her mind. She performs an essential function in a war against an enemy hell-bent on the annihilation and enslavement of her race. So without Mik, Zuzana would flounder. Instead, the two of them make you wistful for first loves, and provide distraction from Karou’s harsh new reality. It’s a nice touch, I think. And now we get down to the last 10-15% of the book—the SOUDAIN! portion of this program. Just a few vague and ambiguous, non-spoilery statements, and then I’ll drop it. Promise. 1. It’s told in reverse order which is confusing as hell. 2. The extreme level of revulsion exhibited by both pertinent parties is a little bit OTT (over the top, people, OTT!). On the one hand, it lends credulity to the charade. On the other hand, it’s borderline unbelievably OTT. 3. The only thing that keeps this whole situation from being completely preposterous, is that Karou is unable to resurrect the person she’s unable to resurrect. In hindsight, I’m wondering if that was why said person was killed in the first place . . . hmmm . . . So yeah, there were a few issues, but overall, this is a highly satisfactory sequel. And by “satisfactory,” I mean AMAZEBALLS. If you’ve been putting off reading this series b/c of the cliffhanger endings, stop that nonsense, and stop it now! Dreams of Gods & Monsters came out yesterday! The wait is over. Get ‘er done, peeps! This series is an fantasy/UF crossover that is so good, I recommend reading at least the first book to EVERYONE. So. Go forth and read! If not this, than something else. Who cares? Just read!

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful!
*by E***E on May 26, 2016*

[...] Rating: 5 Stars 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. That is pretty much an accurate summary. When we left off Karou had just regained her memories of her past time and realized that the man, or angel really, she loved Akiva had done some unspeakable things having thought he had lost her forever. Karou is determined to go to her once home of Eretz to find out what is left of her people, the chimaera. Finding her people all but whipped out and feeling a burning hatred for the angels she volunteers her services, taking her mentor and father-figures place as the resurrectionist to build more monster like chimaera to fight the angels and take back what was taken, even if it means working with the one who killed her in her first life. Akiva is in a horrid place himself having realized the mistake he had made and knowing he had once again lost the love of his life, but this time because of his own actions. Still all he can do at this point is to try and make amends for her and himself as he once more swears off killing the chimaera and instead vows to help as many as he can even as he puts himself at risk of discovery. All the things I loved in the first book, the beautiful writing and the world and all the interesting and fantastical creatures are back and even better. We spend a good portion of the time surrounded by chimaera and large chunks in Eretz. I just adored the world that was built and how intricate everything was but yet simple enough to understand. The first book had a lot to do with wishes which I loved the idea of, who doesn’t, but this one left those out as we have moved past it. Still magic has a price. This is something else I enjoy. I love all types of magic in stories but for some reason the magic that comes with a price, something for something rather than someone having unlimited power always seems more substantial. You can see the price the magic takes on Karou, the pain tithe. First let me just say I’d never do magic I have ZERO tolerance for pain, seriously my vehicle accident at the start of the year broke my pinky finger and I thought it would hurt less to chop it off than to keep bumping it or moving it. I’m a big baby there I know. Karou is still a strong character for me if not a bit pigheaded at times. She goes through each and every resurrection and no matter how hurt she is she keeps going. Karou is fighting her fight in rage and heartbroken but she also has a strong sense of helping her people. She is working with a monster, because it is the best hope for her people. I really enjoyed from both the chimaera camp and the angel side. While I already loved Akiva and the little bit I saw of Hazael and Liraz I loved Hazael he was so funny and charming and easy going I think anyone could love him but Liraz was kind of on my dislike list. However seeing more in depth their life and what they go through as Joram’s bastards the misbegotten and things with Jael she kind of grew on me. I also grew to enjoy Kirin and how he was the last of Karou’s kind to his crush on her as a young boy, awe. Him and Issa are some of my favorite of the chimaera. Two who did not grow on me were Thiago and Ten. I didn’t like Thiago from book one the white wolf and his pomp, entitlement, and rage and Ten is him in female form basically his lapdog. Though to even out the field it was great to see Zuzana and Mik again! I just adored them in the first book Zuzana may be one of my favorite characters with her small stature but fierce none the less. Also in the audiobook version the accents done for the different characters Zuz’s was my favorite. The sweetness between Zuzana and Mik in the middle of the epic war going on played nicely to balance it out. Days of Blood and Starlight is still a very character driven story but there is lots of action happening. There is a war after all. The brutality of war is there as well. There were certain times while listening that I was gripping the steering wheel so tightly that I thought I might break it hoping something wouldn’t or would happen. It was intense. I also was glad to be in my vehicle where I could yell at the characters and not have anyone hear my craziness because oh I was in a full range of emotions for sure! I’m excited to dive into book three but now having read one and listened to one I’m stuck on which format I enjoyed better.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent sequel!
*by J***A on April 9, 2014*

When I was in college, I had this incredibly obnoxious French professor. The woman made us—grown men and woman—sit in a circle and read (in French) basic sentences that would add up to nonsensical stories. Like we were in grade school. The first person would get a slip of paper with the equivalent of, “Jacques went to the door,” followed by something like, “Jacques picked up his keys,” and around we would go until someone got the slip of paper with a single, detested word written on it—Soudain!—at which point a cake would fall on Jacques’ head, or a monkey would jump on his back, etc. The next slip of paper was thankfully the last, saying, “Pauvre, Jacques,” at which time we were all required to make the accompanying sad face, the end. GAH. I hated that woman. But the story is a good illustration. Jacques is going about his business, doing his thang, when SUDDENLY something completely inexplicable happens. Kind of like this book. Do NOT misunderstand me, I love this book, I love this series, but this installment . . . didn’t flow as well as Daughter of Smoke & Bone. In Daughter of Smoke & Bone, I was almost instantly captivated, and nothing else existed until after that last page. In Days of Blood & Starlight, my very first thought was, “how juvenile.” I am of course referring to Zuzana’s determination to fling a urine-filled balloon at Kaz, and yes, I know that using scuppies to give Kaz a cranny-itch in book 1 is not the height of maturity, but it . . . I don’t know . . . wasn’t as distracting. It blended in with the overall picture, whereas this time it stood out like a 15 y.o. boy with his butt hanging out of a car window. But all of the things that I loved about book 1 are still present here. The forbidden love that isn’t just one more idiotic version of Romeo and Juliet, but something new and wondrous. The sense that something EPIC is going to happen any moment. The FEELS that directly connect you to the characters so that you’re desperate to know the outcome, desperate for Karou and Akiva to somehow get their HEA, desperate for this ridiculous war to finally, FINALLY end. Plus now there’s Mik. Zuzana is, by herself, plenty of fun and hilarity, but Mik provides a sometimes droll, sometimes earnest, sometimes insightful counterpoint to her shenanigans. And Mik is necessary now that Karou’s memories have been awakened. She’s no longer a 17 y.o. art student in Prague with nothing more worrisome than whether or not Kaz will be at Poison Cafe on her mind. She performs an essential function in a war against an enemy hell-bent on the annihilation and enslavement of her race. So without Mik, Zuzana would flounder. Instead, the two of them make you wistful for first loves, and provide distraction from Karou’s harsh new reality. It’s a nice touch, I think. And now we get down to the last 10-15% of the book—the SOUDAIN! portion of this program. Just a few vague and ambiguous, non-spoilery statements, and then I’ll drop it. Promise. 1. It’s told in reverse order which is confusing as hell. 2. The extreme level of revulsion exhibited by both pertinent parties is a little bit OTT (over the top, people, OTT!). On the one hand, it lends credulity to the charade. On the other hand, it’s borderline unbelievably OTT. 3. The only thing that keeps this whole situation from being completely preposterous, is that Karou is unable to resurrect the person she’s unable to resurrect. In hindsight, I’m wondering if that was why said person was killed in the first place . . . hmmm . . . So yeah, there were a few issues, but overall, this is a highly satisfactory sequel. And by “satisfactory,” I mean AMAZEBALLS. If you’ve been putting off reading this series b/c of the cliffhanger endings, stop that nonsense, and stop it now! Dreams of Gods & Monsters came out yesterday! The wait is over. Get ‘er done, peeps! This series is an fantasy/UF crossover that is so good, I recommend reading at least the first book to EVERYONE. So. Go forth and read! If not this, than something else. Who cares? Just read!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No review can do this story justice.
*by J***I on November 6, 2012*

Few sequels can improve upon their predecessor, especially if such a predecessor was a book of seemingly unsurpassed beauty. DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT by Laini Taylor does just that, it surpasses DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE in the scope of the world, the characters, the sadness, the betrayal, the story, the words... everything. Laini has taken the basis of her fantasy world from book one and created an epic new landscape that breaches our own. I wish that my review could do it justice, but unfortunately, I am not as skilled a writer as Laini. Regardless, I will do my best. (First this: Fair warning to those reading this review. I will try not to spoil the series for you, but needless to say, you shouldn't even be considering DAYS of BLOOD AND STARLIGHT until you have read the first book in the series.) Fast paced and told in snippets of multiple perspectives, creeping along the main plot line one short chapter at a time (there are well over 50 chapters in this book), once you enter the world of DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT you will find it difficult to put the 500+ page tome down. The book begins by laying out all we learned in book one and answering the question, "what happens next?" Oh my, what happens next is an endless series of tragedies, war, suspenseful surprises and misguided actions and misunderstandings, left and right, one right after the other. The daughter of a resurrectionist finds in herself the ability to carry on his legacy. But will she use this ability for good or evil? What would it take to save a whole race of people, perhaps at the cost of another? The tables are turned, and the beaten-down angel, now a hero among his kind for enabling the seemingly total destruction of a people, is dealing with the knowledge that he has betrayed the one he holds most dear. Can hope be found in heroic deeds? Can one man (or one woman) change an entire world? All this and more is explored in just the opening chapters of DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT. We re-enter the world of Eretz and discover what such a place would be like in the aftermath of the angel's "total" annihilation of the chimera. But we also spend much of the book in our own world, in a sandcastle ruled by "monsters". Much is learned about both the angels and chimera, further expanding the fantastical world that Laini introduced in the first book. So much desperation and distrust and an ever-present sense of loss is woven into these pages. A people who have lost all that they have ever known. A world full of lies and deceit, extreme hardship and horrors, and of never-ending death and rebirth. Goodness. You would think that with so many themes abound in one book that things would get confusing. But alas, Laini is a skilled writer. She pulls it off with ease and finesse. Above all else, what makes this book surpass its predecessor are the characters. As we know, and as Karou herself now knows, much was revealed about her origin and true self in book one. She is Madrigal Kirin, the star-crossed chimera lover of the angel, Akiva. Now that she knows this and is essentially continuing her life with all prior knowledge as a chimera, as well as her experiences as a human. We see a seamless combination of both "personalities" in Karou, though, essentially, we also have a much "darker" Karou in this book. She is a young woman haunted by two lifetimes of loss and betrayal, and she is also weighted down with her new responsibilities in Brimstone's wake. Akiva is almost the antithesis of Karou in this entry, seeing as he has already committed his sins in the first book and here he is looking for redemption of sorts. Akiva is a blazing angel is with the hope of a brighter future. I found myself cheering for Akiva on every page - he was much easier to connect with in this entry than he was in the first. But in addition to Karou and Akiva (of which book one was essentially "their story"), DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT is also told from numerous other character's perspectives. This installment is essentially "everyone's story", including that of Karou's best friend, Zuzana, and her lover, Mik, who bring some much appreciated humor into the book. But also there are Akiva's "siblings" who have now joined him on his "quests". Their interactions are touching and admirable portrayals of how morals and individual experiences can alter a lifetime of beliefs. Their scars and tarnished hands betray the very ideology of all that we know about "angels". Then there is the very last chimera of Karou's kind, now a warrior in the White Wolf's army; the Kirin, Ziri, is a surprising -and at times tragic- character who I believe will have a huge impact on where things go in book three. Switching between each of these character's perspectives, DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT provides multiple interlacing plot lines that divide enemy lines and unite others in a story of epic proportions. In the end, no world or living creature is safe. I love how Laini blurs the lines between good and evil in ways that I have not yet seen in YA. Aside from a few exceptions, there is no clear hero in this story, no one is without sin, let no stone be cast by any of the characters. While I do believe that love shall overcome all obstacles, there is no guarantee that love or life will actually survive and conquer all. Laini sets up a climatic scene in the end that promises an epic battle of the likes no one has seen before in YA. I have NO IDEA where her story will take us! And I LOVE THAT! This reader is undeniably enthralled and ready to declare that DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT by Laini Taylor is my #1 read in 2012!

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