4.5/5 stars. At first, I wasn’t too sure how I felt about this series. After book one it took me awhile to pick up book two. If you’ve read my review of the first one you’ll see its not because I didn’t like book one, I actually really did, I just felt like I didn’t need a second book, that the characters had told their story and I was just sort of like “eh Im good with it ending here”. Well I did pick up the second book and I am so glad I did! I actually liked it even more than the first and by the end found myself loving the characters and storyline so much, and I hated leaving the world of Weep.
Goodreads Synopsis
Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old.
She believed she knew every horror and was beyond surprise.
She was wrong.
In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep.
Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice—save the woman he loves, or everyone else?—while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the Muse of Nightmares, has not yet discovered what she’s capable of.
As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel’s near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead?
Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this astonishing and heart-stopping sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer.
My Experience
There was even deeper character development making me fall in love with Lazlo, Sarai, and the whole crew even more. I laughed and I cried and I thought about my own choices in their situations and overall completely lost myself within the pages. The world Laini Taylor crafted was so easy to picture and imagine that as I read I almost felt as if I was in a dream of sorts myself. The writing is so well done and magical that its hard not to enjoy every second of this fantastical journey.
I am not a big reader of Young Adult books anymore but I am truly so glad to have finally read and finished this duology. I just want to escape back into this world already!
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