Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
If you were intrigued by the summary above, then this story may be for you! You may know Laini Taylor from other novels such as, Lips Touch: Three Times or Dreamdark: Blackbringer. In her newest novel, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini tells a captivating story about a seventeen year old art student named Karou. At her school, the Art Lyceum of Prague, Karou is known for her elaborate drawings of Chimeras (also known as demons).Her classmates think they’re all just figments of her wild imagination, but in reality these creatures are alive and they’re living as Karou’s parental figures. Interestingly enough, Karou knows nothing about her past. She only remembers staying with Brimstone, a chimera with a ram’s head, raptor’s feet, lion haunches, and reptilian eyes. Sometimes a crow with bat wings named Kishmish appears to Karou, telling her that Brimstone needs her to retrieve teeth for him. She doesn’t know why he needs teeth, but she knows the wishes he grants are worth her effort. The questions of her past and teeth collecting aren’t the only mysteries in her life. What is a hamsa and why does Karou have one tattooed on the palms of each of her hands? Who is this mysterious angel that spared her life? In the thrilling tale Daughter of Smoke and Join, we join Karou as she embarks on a journey to answer these questions.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
If you were intrigued by the summary above, then this story may be for you! You may know Laini Taylor from other novels such as, Lips Touch: Three Times or Dreamdark: Blackbringer. In her newest novel, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini tells a captivating story about a seventeen year old art student named Karou. At her school, the Art Lyceum of Prague, Karou is known for her elaborate drawings of Chimeras (also known as demons).Her classmates think they’re all just figments of her wild imagination, but in reality these creatures are alive and they’re living as Karou’s parental figures. Interestingly enough, Karou knows nothing about her past. She only remembers staying with Brimstone, a chimera with a ram’s head, raptor’s feet, lion haunches, and reptilian eyes. Sometimes a crow with bat wings named Kishmish appears to Karou, telling her that Brimstone needs her to retrieve teeth for him. She doesn’t know why he needs teeth, but she knows the wishes he grants are worth her effort. The questions of her past and teeth collecting aren’t the only mysteries in her life. What is a hamsa and why does Karou have one tattooed on the palms of each of her hands? Who is this mysterious angel that spared her life? In the thrilling tale Daughter of Smoke and Join, we join Karou as she embarks on a journey to answer these questions.