So initially I was a bit skeptical about this book, but when I started to read it I noticed its potential. In addition to that I also noticed the fact that the Daughter of Smoke & Bone is filled with old and cliche ideas, and at first I was thinking something along the lines of this is probably something I would write when I was a child, pretending to flesh out my own book universe and story. But reading farther into the book I was more and more intrigued and compelled by the story. And I was definitely convinced that this wasn't going to be lossy read, it was something much better. 
 Daughter of Smoke & Bone does not fail, it is certainly warrants the factor of awesome and holy crap. It is by all means an incredible well-written story with a beautiful spacing. Even though there's a lot of the old and cliche ideas, it managed to turn into my expectations into something quite different. I cannot say how much I loved the story, I will definitely be looking after the sequel to follow the characters along their journey. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone who is interested in reading books in this genre!