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Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

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escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was a wild ride. It's full of new self-discovery for each of the characters. But also for the city of Weeps evolution of a better future. It took several turns and I loved every second of it.

Also I read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone triology before this and was so excited to see how this duology world intertwined in this series.
Also how cool Sarai's, Sparrow, and Nova's gift are after they change for better or worse.
Not to mention the fact that Kora is Korako. Not to mention Rook, Warren and Kiska who are the most badass characters reveals ever.

This is one of the best sequel fantasy books ever. Laini Taylor is a fantastic YA author. I felt a whole lot in the second half of February reading this and wish I'd done it sooner.

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kfergey's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really enjoyed this book. It was a great sequel sand did a good job wrapping things up. <Plus, I love a happy ending>. Only thing keeping it from a 5* review is that I felt it got a bit too complicated, tried to do too much. Maybe this should have been a trilogy? The stories felt a bit rushed, especially after how long the first book took to get going.

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greatu's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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wiktoria88's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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booksandprosecco's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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hanarama's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Good:
• Beautiful prose
• Omniscient narrator, looks into all POV
• Expanded world building

The Bad:
• Shallow romance
• Lazlo felt useless

You Might Like This if You Like:
• Frozen
• Devoted sisters
• Sympathetic antagonists

While the first book reminded me a lot of Atlantis, thus one reminds me more of Frozen due to the Nova's arc.

Here we learn more about the gods, and more specifically about Kora, who was the goddess of secrets. We learn about her past and about her sister, Nova who is a POV character. Through Nova, significant world building is accomplished. We see the true nature of the gods as well as learn what their purpose in Weep was. It really helps to set Nova up as a very sympathetic antagonist.

And though Minya is at times very frustrating, we learn a great deal about her backstory here. As a result, Minya becomes more than just a vengeful permanent-child.

There is a lot more time spent exploring side characters in this book. It really helps to flesh out the world. It also helped me to connect with the larger picture of the story.

The biggest let down was in how utterly useless Lazlo was through most of the story. He's wholly devoted himself to Sarai in this book, and thus undergoes very little development, and he makes little use of his abilities in dealing with the antagonists.

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