Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, 1)

A Time Magazine 100 Best YA Books of All Time Selection

In a nation on the brink of war, a young art student's star-crossed love begins to bloom in the first book of the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor.
Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strang...show more

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448 pages

Average rating: 7.88

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brismel
Feb 01, 2024
8/10 stars
Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor I didn’t think I’d end up loving it as much as I did. All I knew about the series was it was about angels and devils – not really a genre that normally appeals to me. But boy was I wrong! I loved this book.With some authors, they make sure you remember you’re reading a novel about supernatural beings. Yes, Taylor does mention angels and demons but it’s more than that...read more
yenjii
Jan 25, 2024
6/10 stars
It was great until perfect, if not slightly creepy, infatuated instalove angel shows up, and then I really didn't know what to feel about the plot.

3 stars because, though the third person narrative kept jumping back and forth and repeating itself, I was engaged enough to finish this, and I quite liked madrigal's story.

Don't think I'll be picking up the next though l, especially with that ending :(
elliereale
Nov 11, 2023
7/10 stars
read it in high school. was a bit hard to follow. very much a fantasy book. need to read it again now that i’m older.
Anonymous
Sep 22, 2023
8/10 stars
I'm revisiting this book because it has been several years since I had first read it. It was actually better than I remembered and I LOVED the dark and twisty magic.

Magic is fueled by TEETH and you get your wishes from monstrous beings that look like a hybrid of the scariest parts of the world, how cool is that?

Also, I would I would love to hang out with Karou and her friends. They could teach me how to draw and I would join in on their sarcastic...read more
Anonymous
Jul 02, 2023
8/10 stars
Hooooooo...
OK, I had a lot of prejudice for the book, and it was funded. Like, yeah, very unnecessary romance, but it kind of make sense? And gives the story some spice, I mean, Madrigal's part was very really interesting. I think, even more than Karou's? what what what? idk, in its smallness, shortness and quickness? it was more intense, and richer, in all its mythology and fantasy. it was more magical!
Yeah. Akiva is still pretty lame, though.
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