A review by beckyyreadss
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I wanted to read this book as I enjoyed the first book in the series and wanted to know what was going to happen with Karou. This book was enjoyable, but I did get lost again.  

This is based on Karou who we met in the first book, and she is an art student and a monster’s apprentice, and she finally has the answer she has always been looking for. She knows who she is and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo she has felt in love with the enemy, and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it. Karou must decide how far she’ll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and impossible choices. Karou and Akiva are on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life. While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption and for hope.  

I still adore Laini’s writing style and the way she describes things so beautiful and makes you feel like you are lying on a soft pillow. I loved the love story between our two MCs, and I was rooting for them to get back together and to talk through their issues. Karou is such a badass and yet she’s got a heart of gold and just wants to find a true love for herself and who she is – like having a gooey inside but a tough shell. I still don’t trust Akiva, he was growing on me but then he was conflicting, and I just didn’t trust him. I love Karou’s best friend and how she was such a girl’s girl. Her best friend goes missing and sends cryptic messages and she’s like nope, I don’t believe you, I'm going to come and find you. I just wanted to hug her throughout this whole book – she just wanted to have friends and live. The story was so unique, and it was so interesting. 

I still struggled with the rapid change of point of views. One minute it was Karou, then it was Akiva, then it was Karou’s best friend. I ended up losing the storyline a bit at the beginning and then as it went on, I managed to get back on track and remembering that this was how it goes with this series and was more focused on the events rather than the character’s point of view.  

Overall, this book was fantastic, and I will be reading the last book in the series and the cliffhanger was still mean.  
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