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A review by thekuster
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
5.0
4.5* Audiobook - with continued narration by Steve West, still as immersive and engaging as the first.
The second book in this duology picks up immediately where the first left off - full of dread and danger and completely uncertain about the future of our young characters and the unfortunate city of Weep. I almost hesitated picking up this second novel because I couldn't fathom how it could not end in tragedy. Laini Taylor gives us a short reprieve of all that in the separate story of Kora & Nova from a past long ago - unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that this tale also runs along a desolate path to destruction.
Laini Taylor continues to employ gorgeous, dreamy writing - painting each character and each environment in an emotional, poignant, and fairy-tale-like hue. Everything seems magical and enthralling, even the most mundane descriptions like developing callouses and herding crowds. There are few authors I've read that write with this sense of beauty, even when describing ugliness, hatred and fear.
The fantastically realized world of the first novel continues to grow in this installment - drawing in new worlds, new realizations and new problems. And even as this story draws to a close, you know an endless possibility of new stories are just unfolding - new stories that only need to be carefully and beautifully dreamt up.
The second book in this duology picks up immediately where the first left off - full of dread and danger and completely uncertain about the future of our young characters and the unfortunate city of Weep. I almost hesitated picking up this second novel because I couldn't fathom how it could not end in tragedy. Laini Taylor gives us a short reprieve of all that in the separate story of Kora & Nova from a past long ago - unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that this tale also runs along a desolate path to destruction.
Laini Taylor continues to employ gorgeous, dreamy writing - painting each character and each environment in an emotional, poignant, and fairy-tale-like hue. Everything seems magical and enthralling, even the most mundane descriptions like developing callouses and herding crowds. There are few authors I've read that write with this sense of beauty, even when describing ugliness, hatred and fear.
The fantastically realized world of the first novel continues to grow in this installment - drawing in new worlds, new realizations and new problems. And even as this story draws to a close, you know an endless possibility of new stories are just unfolding - new stories that only need to be carefully and beautifully dreamt up.