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A review by swampbooks
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
5.0
Karou and Akiva are here to remind you that in a relationship, COMMUNICATION is KEY.
I was worried that Akiva was gonna be a useless sack of sadness throughout this book after the finale of the first, but my boy really pulled through! He said I can be sad AND useful and I respect him for it, that isn’t easy.
The big scene between Thiago and Karou was... upsetting and uncomfortable. Reading through it was not fun but the end results I can live with.
I really feel for Karou’s inner turmoil and confusion through loving someone she hates but also hating someone she loves. Our girl is struggling and I just want her to be happy goddammit.
But I LOVE when she came to the conclusion of “fuck everyone, I can help myself through this” because that’s my daily thought process and it was just nice to read ok. Friendship is strength and yadda yadda yadda but realizing your own strength and believing in your own capabilities just hits home for me. It’s a struggle that so many people go through and reading it was inspiring.
“Be your own place of safety”
Yes ma’am!
The entire book had humor sprinkled throughout it that made me genuinely laugh out loud without being overbearing, but the beginning of the epilogue REALLY got me. “I’ll do what you ask but I’m going to be petty about it” it basically all of humanity summed up and I’m glad to know that the habitants of Eretz also follow that code.
I was worried that Akiva was gonna be a useless sack of sadness throughout this book after the finale of the first, but my boy really pulled through! He said I can be sad AND useful and I respect him for it, that isn’t easy.
The big scene between Thiago and Karou was... upsetting and uncomfortable. Reading through it was not fun but the end results I can live with.
I really feel for Karou’s inner turmoil and confusion through loving someone she hates but also hating someone she loves. Our girl is struggling and I just want her to be happy goddammit.
But I LOVE when she came to the conclusion of “fuck everyone, I can help myself through this” because that’s my daily thought process and it was just nice to read ok. Friendship is strength and yadda yadda yadda but realizing your own strength and believing in your own capabilities just hits home for me. It’s a struggle that so many people go through and reading it was inspiring.
“Be your own place of safety”
Yes ma’am!
The entire book had humor sprinkled throughout it that made me genuinely laugh out loud without being overbearing, but the beginning of the epilogue REALLY got me. “I’ll do what you ask but I’m going to be petty about it” it basically all of humanity summed up and I’m glad to know that the habitants of Eretz also follow that code.