Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a satisfying and hopeful conclusion to the Smoke and Bone series. Although it was a bit too long with too many introspective passages saying the same thing. She uses language that always has bordered on this side of too sentimental and precious, and in this book I felt it crossed the line. Perhaps it was a culmination of reading all 3 in a row, or perhaps it was just over the top in this one, but I rolled my eyes more than once. A stronger editorial hand could have saved it, because several passages were transcendent, but got lost amongst the verbal barrage. The plot was really quite well done, though again, I felt like the introspective passages outweighed some of the new mythology she introduced--I would have liked more details about that and less about the constant longing of Akiva and Karou. Still, this is hands down one of the better YA fantasy trilogies.

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