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 Days of Blood and Starlight Review 
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 DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT is better than its precessor, and even I didn't think there was room for improvement-but Laini Taylor makes a sequel that is actually just as magnificent. More action, more romance, more secrets, more adventure, more horror, more everything! There is literally something happening on every page to keep you glued to the story. 
 The best part is, if you think you know something-can predict something-you are oh so wrong. I think the author actually takes into account what you might predict and then writes the exact opposite, and I LOVE that. 
 The novel starts out pretty much where DAUGHTER left off, or at least we find out what happened immediately after Akiva confessed to Karou after they broke the wishbone. All our favorite characters are in this, even if they just make appearances though flashbacks or memories, we find out much more about characters that were a little mysterious and distant in the first novel. Many new characters are also introduced, and I loved every single one of them. 
 The POV switches around a lot, usually right after things get crazy, which only makes you more engrossed in the novel, trying to guess what happened. This would usually bother me but it is done perfectly and effortlessly. It's like having four or five stories in one, only to have them intermingle with each other and connect in ways you could have never seen coming. 
 If you thought the first book was action packed, you will be incredibly impressed with this one. There really are days of blood and starlight, mostly days of blood. It's crazy, like a war is happening in head-only with fictional angels. I usually don't like reading scenes like this, but I found these parts were almost the best part of the book. 
 "I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free." 
 The quotes! Ohmygosh these quotes. These are like poster-worthy quotes. I couldn't think of a line like this if my life depended on it-and the book is full of them! 
 Laini Taylor's fingers must be infused with unicorn blood and tears because everything she writes is pure magic. Few books really deserve five stars, books that near perfect, books that leave you breathless. The DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE series is better than five stars, it should have its own rating scale. 
 A lot of people don't have full reviews for this book, and I can definitely understand that. You just have to read it. We could tell you the whole story but it's still something you have to read for yourself because you can't describe how good it is without experiencing it. 
 So I would close your web browser and get your hands on this immediately, and that's the best advice I can give you. I'm off to re-read this baby, because I know there are so many details and little things I missed because I was so excited to get to the next page and the next.