Daughter of Smoke and Bone is the story of Karou, a teenage art student living in Prague who also happens to run “errands” for her adopted father, Brimstone, a Chimaera that grants wishes in exchange for teeth.
This story had such an intriguing premise and I would’ve enjoyed it much more if it had continued to follow Karou as she tries to figure out why Brimstone collects teeth and her own identity along the way, but unfortunately it abruptly turns into a star-crossed lovers romance between Karou and Akiva, a seraphim soldier, caught up in an endless war between angels and chimaera.
I’m not at all opposed to romances and I don’t even mind an enemies-to-lovers arc, but I prefer love stories where the couple fall in love over the course of the novel rather than just being pushed together by a combination of physical magnetism and the hand of fate. Daughter of Smoke and Bone had such a promising start, but I was disappointed by the way it developed, and I’m unsure about whether or not I want to read the rest of the trilogy.
Have a lovely week! X
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I agree. I loved the first part of the book, and the writing style is gorgeous, but I hated how it abruptly turned to an insta-love story. I got a fourth of the way through the second book, but I gave up there.
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I’m glad it wasn’t just me. Such a shame as it started out brilliantly, and the writing is good, but just found myself caring less and less about what happened as I went on.
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Me too, though I’m still planning to give Strange the Dreamer a shot.
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The title is good – shame the rest didnt meet up!
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