Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Author: Laini Taylor

Genre: Fantasy, romance, paranormal, urban fantasy

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐(4.5)

Karou has been living two lives. She's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague who is also an errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Namely, her errands involve helping to collect teeth. Her two lives have never intersected.. Until now. The doors to Elsewhere are closing...

I really enjoyed this! Once I got sucked in, all I wanted to do was read this story. Seriously: I was reading right before my test started, and reading again between classes. Then I checked Goodreads and found out that this book was published in 2011!

I was more than pleasantly surprised because:

1. The writing and plot is so good!! And I'm saying this because some books really do not stand against the test of time; while they might have been considered good in their time, reading it (even for the first time) in present day sheds a new light. 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' is definitely a great book.

2. Why is this book not as hyped as other fantasy books!!! (Or have I just not seen the hype?) Is it because the following books are not as good? I don't know, but I can't wait to read on and find out for myself!

Also, Akiva is so CUTE!!! 😍

This book does have its imperfections; for example, there could have been inclusions of more diverse characters. I could also guess where the plot was going. However, considering that it was published in 2011 (still blows my mind), this is really, really good.