Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor – ALL THE STARS!!!!

What can you say about a book that was absolute perfection? Nothing. Nothing I say will do this series and this book justice. Nothing besides if you haven’t added this to your TBR, do it. If you haven’t read this yet, READ IT!

This whole series was so unique, beautiful, and just incredible. A week later and I am STILL thinking about it and have struggled to pick up anything else since finishing.

“It’s all I want, to be beside you, helping you. If it takes forever, all the better, if it’s forever with you.”

Laini Taylor is immensely talented and her writing has blown me away. I will forever be a fan of this author and will read anything this woman writes! I cannot praise this series enough. I LOVED every single word and wish I could erase this from my memory to experience it all over again.

“A kiss must end for another to begin, and it did, and did again.”

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5 Stars for Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor ❤

Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2) by Laini Taylor – 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.”

This.
Was.
Fantastic.

I really don’t know what I am supposed to write as a review. I won’t say anything on the plot. Because 1 – hello spoilers. And 2 – there were so many damn twists and turns I’m still gasping. I don’t know how to express how immersed I was in this book and am in this series. I don’t know how I’m supposed to praise this author for the uniqueness and utter brilliance that flows on these pages.

You know what this book has made me do? It’s made me question my previous 5 stars ratings. Because I can tell you there isn’t much quite like this series out there that I have read.

“She keeps her eyes closed but smiles, giving herself away. “Shush, I’m having a dream.” “It’s not a dream. It’s all real.”

“How would you know? You’re not even in it.” She feels playful, heavy with happiness. With rightness.

“I’m in all of them,” he says. “It’s where I live now.”

Now some people may not agree , but I loved the direction of this, I kind of loved how the MCs were barely together in it. I loved the use of sub characters and plots and how they all tied in later on and how the chapters alternated between them.

As I mentioned in my review for Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor takes overused themes and makes them relatable yet something so different and because of all of this she gets ALL THE PRAISE AND STARS!

“Tomorrow they will start the apocalypse.
Tonight, they let themselves look at each other, just for a little while.”

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Completely blown away by The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor!

“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.”

Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1) by Laini Taylor – 5 Stars

This book.

This book kills you slowly.

When I started it I was most definitely intrigued. The way it is written leaves you thirsty for more information. For answers. For anything that will lead to an explanation as to what the HELL was going on. But, I have to admit as I read I wasn’t entirely sold on if this would really WOW me.

It wasn’t slow per se. The beginning is more like a leisurely ride through this strange fascinating world. Right from the first page the author puts the reader in this strange magical setting. And layer by layer, the story is peeled, information is revealed, and the intrigue just gets stronger and stronger.

Then 65% happens and BAM!!!!! I couldn’t catch my breath from that point on and when I finished I let out a screech so loud I’m positive the neighbors down the street heard me.

The last half of this took me completely by surprise and left me stunned by the originality and breathless from the romance.

It. Was. Magical. No other way to describe it. Consider me SOLD.

The writing is poetic, beautiful, and stunning. The story is one of the most gut wrenching, romantic things I have read.

“Your soul sings to mine. My soul is yours, and it always will be, in any world. No matter what happens -” His voice cracked and he took a breath. “I need you to remember that I love you.”

The way the author unfolds this tale is genius. She takes clichéd ideas like forbidden love, angels vs. devils, good vs. evil, and insta-love and spins them on their heads. She turned those ideas into something new and just incredible.

I could write my own novel on how much I loved this, but I am going to stop here. I won’t even attempt to describe the plot because 1.) I won’t be able to do it justice and 2.) I’ll be writing for another 2 hours when I could be spending that time reading book 2.

If I haven’t been clear, I LOVED THIS and highly recommend adding this to your TBR!