Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Bk 3)
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Genre: Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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Disappointed. I have enjoyed each book in this series and while this one is good it is slow moving and repetitive. Almost put it aside times but I had connected with Akiva and Karou and wanted to see how their lives turned out.
Loved the humans, Zuzana and Mik, whose antics are both upbeat and positive. It is they who help recover Eliza, a mostly human with a bit of angel thrown in, who comes through to everyone's relief. Her angelic heritage shines positively in later stages of the book. A secondary romance blooms with Liraz, Akiva's "tough" sister, and Ziri. The battles in both worlds are eventually won with the help of the Stelians who are relatives of Akiva on his mother's side. The Stelians are a strange and reclusive group whose role is to help maintain the world in which all turn to reclaim and rebuild. When Akiva discovers his role it almost destroys his romance with Karou.
Interesting plots with divergent plots that sometimes it's hard to keep up. In short, the last hundred pages saved the book for me but instead of five stars it rates only four for the reasons above. The author and the editors should have spent more time and energy pulling the final book together and tightening the story. So be it. It is what it is.
Loved the humans, Zuzana and Mik, whose antics are both upbeat and positive. It is they who help recover Eliza, a mostly human with a bit of angel thrown in, who comes through to everyone's relief. Her angelic heritage shines positively in later stages of the book. A secondary romance blooms with Liraz, Akiva's "tough" sister, and Ziri. The battles in both worlds are eventually won with the help of the Stelians who are relatives of Akiva on his mother's side. The Stelians are a strange and reclusive group whose role is to help maintain the world in which all turn to reclaim and rebuild. When Akiva discovers his role it almost destroys his romance with Karou.
Interesting plots with divergent plots that sometimes it's hard to keep up. In short, the last hundred pages saved the book for me but instead of five stars it rates only four for the reasons above. The author and the editors should have spent more time and energy pulling the final book together and tightening the story. So be it. It is what it is.
