Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1) by Laini Taylor‏

Description:

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 grown 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 one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored 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? (Goodreads)

My Thoughts:

This is my second book by this author, I’ve read Lips Touch Three Times and reviewed it. I have to say that I was not sure what expect from this book. I see a lot of great and raving reviews about this book, but that does not always mean that I’ll enjoy it. I been there done that and got disappointed. I read the description of the book and it sounded very interesting and intriguing.

I have to say that I enjoyed reading this book very much and I was sorry to see it end. I loved the setting of the book in Prague, loved the characters Karou and Akiva. Prague sounds like a beautiful city from Karuo’s description and I would love to visit it. There was a lot of character development and growth in this book. Both Karou and Akiva are well thought out characters and there was a lot of chemistry between them. The romance between the two characters develops slowly but you as reader are dying to know what will happen next. I wanted to know who Karou was, what the marks on her palms meant and the wishbone. There were some theories running though my head as I was reading and for the most part I was able to guess some of it.   

The world build that Taylor did is fantactic, however I would not call it unique. It is different from other others who write about angels and Demons (if that’s what you want to call them), but still there is that underlining similarity to the other books. But that is OK, because Taylor manages to distinguish her work from all other books that are along the same lines. I love the history of Karou and her people and I wanted to know more. I wanted to know more about Akiva and his culture as well. But we will have to wait for the next book.

One thing that I found is that Karou, even though she is smart, beautiful and independent, she was also very naïve. She has this attitude of being indestructible and that nothing can happen to her. She also goes into situations head on without thinking what might happen. She almost careless.

Overall this was an excellent read and I am looking forward to book two, which apparently does not come out till September 2012. This book was well written, lovable and entertaining characters. Very interesting setting , Prague. I enjoyed the reincarnation aspect of the story and the lore about angels and demons. Also some of the secondary characters, such Brimstone and few other, were among my favourites. At first I was not sure what Brimstone’s intentions were. But towards the end of the book we find out more about Brimstone and what he has done. If you have not read this book and if you enjoy reading books about angels and demon lore than you might enjoy this book. It is very entertaining and interesting. I give this book 5/5 STARS. Happy Reading. 

Daughter of Smoke and Bone Series:

1. Daughter of smoke and Bone

2. Days of Blood and Starlight – Coming September 18^th, 2012