I didn’t know much about the Seraphim/Chimaera trope until I finished reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Ben had to correct my pronunciation of “chimaera.” So for the majority of the book, I was greatly intrigued by the seemingly unique fantasy world – it was just new to me.

Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.Ĭlick on this graphic to explore the book page on LibraryThing! Review She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real she speaks many languages – not all of them human and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low. I was just coming off the high of finishing City of Dark Magic and was very excited to find something that might be similarly fantastic.Īround the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. Blue hair, dynamic fonts, intriguing synopsis, Prague as a setting, fantasy world. When I first saw the cover of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, I fell head over heels – love at first sight. 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.Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Days of Blood & Starlight, Dreams of Gods & Monsters Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. 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. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.Īnd in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini TaylorĪround the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

A daughter of smoke and bone