Showing posts with label urban fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban fantasy. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

My own personal short 'n' sweet summary:
Angel + Devil = TROUBLE



A few thoughts:

1. Laini Taylor is probably the coolest person ever. I mean, come on; she's got pink hair:

2. Sometimes, when you read a book as good as Lips Touch, you are disappointed when you read something else by the same author. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is not that something else.

3. Laini Taylor uses the best names: Kazimir, Akiva, Karou...don't even get me started. And I'm pretty sure she makes them up, too.

4. This is the first urban fantasy I've read that doesn't take place in New York, so major props to Laini Taylor for that. She has also helped me decide where I want to study abroad in college: Prague all the way.

5. With Taylor's wonderfully vivid descriptions, I think anyone could read aloud from this book and go all Silvertongue (yay for Inkheart references) and bring a chimaera right out of the story!

Basically, READ IT.
Or don't, I guess, and get one of Karou's crescent-shaped knives in your face.

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

My own personal short 'n' sweet summary:
Crazy girl meets crazy town

This is going to be quite brief, because I completely loved this book and don't want to give too much away:
This novel is a perfect blend of horror and romance that is absolutely delicious.
Enjoy!

Soundtrack:
Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Are You Hurting The One You Love? - Florence and the Machine
Sweet About Me - Gabriella Cilmi
Sweet - Lex Land