Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

The first half of this book was absolutely great. I really enjoyed exploring Karou’s world and watching it come to life while blending into today’s modern society complete with friends and a modern purpose. The idea that she’s pulled away from her life to complete tasks for the mysterious Brimstone is fantastic and it blends well into her lifestyle. Then just as she’s about to discover everything about her mysterious past as the main antagonist arrives onto the scene; the atmosphere of the whole novel is snatched away as we are fed a backstory of forbidden love between two other beings which takes up the rest of the novel. If Taylor had referenced the current storyline within this backstory; then this would have been an absolutely gripping tale. Perhaps she could have used a plotline in which the characters are trying to achieve a goal between flashbacks. Instead, the reader feels cheated as the first half of the plot is abandoned and we’re forced to buy the second instalment to discover more.

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