A review by justagirlwithbooks
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

2.0

"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."

I think the lower rating on this book was mainly due to the fact that I was expecting to love it (it is by an author who wrote one of my 5 star predictions, after all) and I didn't. After the first few chapters, I was extremely confused and also a bit uncomfortable because of
Kaz and his modeling.


The writing style was actually really nice and I liked the worldbuilding, but I was a bit confused by it at first. Even the plot felt confusing at times and I found myself skimming a lot. But, I did like the locations that this book had. And I did read this book in about 4 or 5 sittings, so, there's that. 

And I do not love insta-love. This book also felt way too overly-sexual for a YA book. It kind of messed up my expectations a bit and rubbed me the wrong way.


I'll still continue the series though, because I want to see how this continues after that abrupt ending.

And I hope that Strange the Dreamer is better than this. 
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