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Daughter of Smoke and Bones

Honestly, it took many pages for me to have that eagerness to finish the book. It’s not that the story isn’t interesting and good, it isn’t just what I expected at the beginning. I had to put it down several times, suspended the reading and got back to it after a day or two. But when I started to unravel the soul of the story, it became a winner for me. The  Daughter of Smoke and Bones   is mind-boggling, wicked and mysterious. Laini Taylor has created unique characters she describes perfectly like they exist in the real world—illustrating physical images that loiter in your imagination. How can you forget a girl with bright blue hair? That is Karou, a young art student in Prague who speaks many languages—which not all of them human—and who is swathed in mysteries apart from the unique color of her hair. This young and vibrant protagonist exists in this world with abundant questions about so many things—especially about herself. However, her journey to different places through

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

I really can’t fathom why I found to love reading this book. My excitement for fantasy books could be the driving force, but for sure I loved this work by Rae Carson. The Girl of Fire and Thorns  is such an intriguing title, isn’t it? It is enchanting as a citadel, promising as its young protagonist—Elisa, the young princess chosen in this century for greatness despite her naivete and ordinary existence in the kingdom. It is a destiny ushered with danger from those who seek her which could mean her death. She has to become the secret wife to a handsome and worldly king whose country and people she is fated to save. Princess Elisa will wage her life, and not later her heart, and she knows that she could not fail. But what chances does she have against enraged savage enemies with powerful dark magic? Will she be able to save the man who looks at her like no other man can and be everything to those who need her most? Most of the chosen ones die young fulfilling their destiny—and t

The False Prince

Breathtaking is the word that best describes this first book of a trilogy by author Jennifer A. Nielsen. Those who love the story of treachery and deceit dashed with perilous exploits and action,  The False Prince  will surely satiate their literary appetite from beginning to end. Skillfully written with the backdrop of a discontent kingdom amid the brewing civil war,  The False Prince  tells a powerful tale of one nobleman’s quest for people’s concord that led to his clever, but precarious move to bring into play an ordinary young boy as a puppet prince. The fates of four orphans will be determined by their cunning, alacrity and power to perfectly enact the role. And in this matter of life and death, one defiant boy named Sage will be forced to try his luck to outlast the others. But will he make an impeccable prince out of his unpretentious existence? And if he would, will he be able to make it alive through the death-defying mission? Nielsen’s literary prowess obviously fi