Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers April 8,
2014
624 Pages
Last (Third) Book in Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy
Source: Bookstore (bought)
Bookologist Analysis: This book brought a wonderful finality
to the end up of the story, yet it was a story all in itself. We met characters
that find the reason they are alive, and some characters become a part of our
lives. Dreams of Gods and Monsters was a magical thread that was pulled by a
needle threading through the plot and world of Eretz.
In this thrilling conclusion to the
Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, Karou is still not ready to forgive Akiva
for killing the only family she's ever known.
When a brutal angel army trespasses into
the human world, Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat--and
against larger dangers that loom on the horizon. They begin to hope that it
might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves--maybe
even toward love.
From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and
beyond, humans, chimaera, and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an
epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters proved that not all trilogy
books have to end with heartbreaking and heart wrenching conclusions. The story
all started out with Brimstone and Karou in Prague. This was before we knew
about angels and wars and were just following Karou around as a concentrated
art high school student. Then Akiva walked in with Liraz and Hazael. We had a brief
romantic overture followed by death, destruction, and loss of hope in Days of
Blood and Starlight. In Dreams of Gods and Monsters we follow our characters on
their journey with Jael becoming a threat as he invades earth. Eliza is having
increasing difficulty with her nightmares and balancing them with her work.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters was breaking you piece by piece to build you back
together into a more complex puzzle piece than before you read the Saga.
In this book I loved the back and forth between Akiva and
Karou. We saw them want each other, but be afraid to offend the other one and
then be too shy to meet each other’s eyes. Then we saw Mik and Zuzanna come
back because they love their friends so much. Karou has become a deeper person
with the layering of Madrigal's personality onto her own. Akiva is also pushing
deeper and deeper into his "schemes of energies". The characters have
choices to face, but they are also realizing that with these choices that they
have to learn from the past and can't just kill for the sake of killing. You
have to a justifiable plan and know that the least amount of harm is the best
option.
The eloquence matched with the characters and plot became
the heartbreak of it all. We watched Karou grow from being a shy, class clown
art student to a flying, resurrectionist
was a journey that I am honored to have gone on. The conclusion of this
trilogy/saga had me realize what an experience this has been for me. I read
Daughter of Smoke & Bone just when I was getting into YA novels and had
just moved. My days fantasizing about monsters and angels have not stopped even
now. I fear I might not do this books justice with all its roaring cliffs and
quiet valleys, from the girls of Zuzanna and Karou, to the boys Mik and Akiva,
with the magical worlds of Prague, Morocco, and Eretz, and the supporters Issa,
Liraz, and Eliza. My Rating
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