Days of Blood & Starlight

**Book 1**

Oh, book two in this trilogy was just as enthralling as book one was.

At the end of Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou finally learns who she is - a reincarnated demon. Brimstone saved her, even though she was killed for treason. Her former self was killed for falling in love with Akiva. Yes, their souls met through all of that. Brimstone saved her soul and placed it into a human infant body. He created a new her.

Karou wants to keep loving Akiva, but he shared a horrible story - all of her people are dead and he's the one who killed them.

So now Karou has sworn to never love Akiva again, and she is determined to avenge all of the demons who were killed by the angels. Of course, that ends with her being allied with someone who should be on her side but is beyond untrustworthy.

But Karou begins doing Brimstone's work anyway.

It's a much darker book than the first. The first book has a lightheartedness that is vanquished in this book. This is a war and death book.

But that ending. It has me wanting this third book now! I hope to read it soon because this series has been amazing so far.

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

What an interesting first book in a trilogy. It really pulled me in and made me want more.

Karou is an unusual girl. She has bright blue hair that grows that way. She is an art student with sketchbooks full of monsters. All her friends enjoy her stories about these monsters, thinking them just fiction. Except they're not. These monsters are real and the only family that Karou has.

The only life that Karou has known has been with Brimstone, her father for all intents and purposes. As she grew up, she began helping him with his business, even though she really does not understand what he does. All she knows is that she runs errands, meets with some rather unsavory characters, and collects teeth from Brimstone to work with.

While on one of these errands, she notices a hand-print burned into the doorway back to Brimstone's shop. Then it shows up again on another door. In Marrakesh, she comes face to face with Akiva, an angel. They come to blows, but what comes next is unexpected.

Karou and Akiva began a romance that can not be. But Karou's past, the void she has always felt in her life, lies with this angel and with Brimstone. But will Karou be able to handle the secret that has been kept from her for her whole life?

I really did enjoy this book. It ended with a teaser that made me want to read the next book.