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 … 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?
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All I can say is WOW! Took me by surprise again as I am getting use to reading out of my comfort zone. I truly enjoyed this second book in the series. Have started the last one. Listening to all books in the series and the last is quite long but I know it will be a good finale.
I’m so happy that I’m doing a re-read! This is angstier than the first book by a mile, but I really loved it. The writing is fantastic, the characters are being more fleshed out, and the story is captivating. Can’t wait to dive into book 3!
A great read. Laini Taylor is an incredible author and you will not want to put this book down. Everything she writes is incredible.
More like 2.5. I did not care for Karou in this one. I understand why she’s upset, but her whole behavior here is childish with no backbone. She just goes along with everything, never questioning until the very end where the semblance of a spine begins to appear. Akiva is really the one who saved the storyline with his grief and anguish and desire …
I listened to this book on Audio using the Libby app. I absolutely love the narrator for this series. The voices and accents she uses in her narrating are amazing and successfully immerse the reader into the world that the author has created.
Karou has become the master in this tale. She has taken over where Brimstone left off and is helping …
Although this book is *almost* as good as the first, there is a lot of necessary stagnation in order to really explore where the story actually began.
Where Karou was the main character in the first entry, we get much more perspective on Akiva in this one. We learn that in war there is no side that is more right, rather two sides that lose no …