#lainy-lane

[haveyoureadthispoll]

Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

#book: daughter of smoke and bone #author: laini taylor #genre: fantasy #genre: young adult #genre: romance #year: 2010s

[soldier-requests]

[Paraluxx Nebula: 🤍/ Icarus]

Hello! Can I have some name suggestions for an Angel (Worldless) kin please? Themes could be angels, lightning/ storms and anything to do with light. Preferably on the shorter side too please, like 4-10 letter and either androgynous or feminine.

Sorry for being so picky, and thank you in advance!

~ 🤍 [Icarus]

hello!! and no worries, i don't mind! being "picky" in asks generally helps me figure out what y'all want :]

hopefully i mostly followed the prompt here ^_^;. all the names i found are under the cut!

aphim/phim

aella

alpine

amaya

audra

aura

aurora

autumn

bay

bea/bee

beam

breeze

celeste

charm

cherish

cherry/cherri

cherub

clari

creati

dawn

delta

dima

dusk

elaine

electra/elektra

elle

ellie

era

fair

flurry

frost/frosty

hala/halo

harbor

haven

haze/hazel

hazey

hila

illumin/illumina

jora/jove

jovi/jove

katri

katya

kenzie

lailah

laine/lane

lainey/lainie

llumin/lumin

lucia

lucille

lucy

luna

lux

luz

margo(t)

marvel

maya

miku

mist

mistral

misty/misti

mitra/mitri

ner/nera

neve

noor

nova

nur/nura

orana

oriane

peace

phoebe

raina

selene

sera/sarah

seraphim

seraphina

snow

solia/solial

storm

stormi(e)/stormy

sunniva

talia

tempest

tondra/tundra

tora

valley

valo(r)

viola

winter

#request accepted | ''Allons-y; Allonzo!'' #name suggestions | ''How would you feel about Who?'' #octahedral-chaos

[lboogie1906]

Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an actress, singer, television host, and producer. She is known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends (2000–2008) and Black-ish (2014–2022). She owns Pattern Beauty, a hair-care line for curly hair. She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross and music business manager Robert Ellis Silberstein. Actor and musician Evan Ross is her brother. She has two sisters, Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Chudney Lane Silberstein. She began acting in independent films and variety series. She hosted the pop-culture magazine The Dish. From 2000 to 2008, she played the starring role of Joan Clayton on Girlfriends, for which she received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She has appeared in the films Hanging Up (2000), I-See-You.Com (2006), and Daddy's Little Girls (2007), before returning to television playing Dr. Carla Reed on Reed Between the Lines (2011), for which she received her third NAACP Image Award. Since 2014, she has played the starring role of Dr. Rainbow Johnson on the series Black-ish. Her work on the series has earned her three NAACP Image Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She has received nominations for two Critics' Choice Television Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2019, she co-created a prequel spin-off of Black-ish titled Mixed-ish. In 2020, she starred and recorded the soundtrack album for the musical film, The High Note. She emceed the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. More recently, she signed a deal with ABC Signature. In 2021, she was included on the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She appears as Lainie in the seventh episode of the revived The Kids in the Hall, released in May 2022. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaalpha https://www.instagram.com/p/CkS9RrlLmcG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaalpha

[yaworldchallenge]

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Region: Eastern Europe

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Author:  Laini Taylor

418 pages, published 2011 - Part of a series

Original language: English

Native author? No (?)

Age: Teen

Blurb:

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages—not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Other reps:

Genres: #fantasy contemporary #supernatural #romance

My thoughts:

I know this is a pretty popular series/author but I actually... know nothing about it. So we’ll see what the hype is about!

Review to come.

Bookshop.org link | Kindle link

#czech republic #czechia #ya world challenge #daughter of smoke and bone #laini taylor #fantasy books #book blog #fantasy contemporary #supernatural #romance #eastern europe #europe

[critical-quoter]

December Books

Here we are, the end of 2023. When I first got back into reading, I was not expecting to be so hyper-fixated on it. I was just looking for something to help with the brain fog and mental slump that I was struggling with.

Sweet, Sexy Heart - Melissa Foster ⭐⭐⭐⭐ King of Greed - Ana Huang ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Serendipity - Carly Phillips ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Forever My Girl - Heidi McLaughlin ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Real - Katy Evans ⭐ Bratva Knight - T. J. Maguire ⭐⭐⭐⭐ If I Break - Portia Moore ⭐ Found by You - Victoria H. Smith ⭐⭐⭐ Always Been Mine - Victoria Paige ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Savage - Michelle St. James ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quick Trick - Skye Jordan ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Captive - Jex Lane ⭐⭐⭐ Forged by Malice - Elizabeth Helen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gold - Raven Kennedy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Where Good Girls Go to Die - Holly Renee ⭐⭐⭐ Baby Baby: Chicago - Victoria H. Smith ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Risk - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sidetracked - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scarlet Angel - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All the Lies - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Paint It Red - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bought - Lauren Landish ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Keeping Lily - Izzy Sweet ⭐⭐⭐ Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful Revenge - Sienna Blake ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Born, Darkly - Trisha Wolfe ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beg, Borrow or Steal - Susie Tate ⭐⭐⭐ The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Breakaway - Heather M. Orgeron ⭐⭐⭐⭐ From Lukov with Love - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Sweetet Oblivion - Danielle Lori ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hero - Lauren Rowe ⭐️⭐️ Wait With Me - Amy Daws ⭐️⭐️ Trick Play - Eden Finley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ His Sweetest Song - Victoria H. Smith ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gent - Harloe Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Taking It Easy - Erin Nicholas ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chance - Louise Rose ⭐️ Beyond Repair - Susie Tate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pestilence - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ War - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Famine - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Death - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Marriage Effect - Karla Sorensen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hidden Miles - Claire Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let Me Burn - Carrie Elks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Deep in the Pocket - Lainey Davis ⭐️⭐️ Secrets of the Sea Lord - Starla Night ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hate to Love You - Jennifer Sucevic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Going Down Easy - Carly Phillips ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Remember When - Judith McNaught ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One for My Enemy - Olivie Blake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Maddest Obsession - Danielle Lori ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Desperate Measures - Katie Robert ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Serenade to the Elf Queen - Niro J. Halle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crow - Erin Trejo ⭐️⭐️ From Now Until Forever - Alexa Rivers ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Taking Meghan - Izzy Sweet ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Breaker - Harloe Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Silenced by Sin - Ashley Lane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wild for You - Kendall Ryan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Haunted by Regret - Ashley Lane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hungry Like a Wolf - Jessica Lynch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Phantom - Greer Rivers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Deal Breaker - Melissa McClone ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Vampire Bewitched - L. E. Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beautiful Savage - Caroline Peckham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Devil Wears Black - L. J. Shen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

71 total books read in December.

#book #booklr #books #book lover #book quotes #reading #quote #lit #literature #novel #December books #2023 tbr #tbrbooks

[madlovenovelist]

Book Review – ‘Daughter of Smoke and Bone’ (#1 Daughter of Smoke and Bone) by Laini Taylor

Great start to and interesting trilogy with angels and monsters… and a alt-chick in art college. Genre: YA, Fantasy No. of pages: 418 Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a…

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#Akiva #alternate dimensions #alternate realms #angels #art school #book #book review #Casey Carlisle #Chimera #CritiqueCasey #Daughter of Smoke and Bone #Days of Blood and Starlight #Dreams of Gods and Monsters #errands #fantasy #Fiction #Karou #Laini Taylor #Novel #Prague #Review #teeth #YA #YA Fiction #YA Literature #young adult

[lainy-lane]

Sharing is caring, Muriel ;3

*do not repost

#the arcana #the ​arcana muriel #muriel route #apprentice evie #lainy-lane #lainy-lane draws #otome #my art #do not repost #eat that eel Evie lolol #posted it on twitter but not here ^^;;;;

[sakuyaaa]

lainy-lane replied to your photoset “I know I’m late, but here are the Ikemen Sengoku goodies I bought from...”

NICE!! I'm so jelly! That sucks about the Masamune button. Nobunaga's not that bad. His romantic route and epilogue are a nice mix of fluffy and HOTTTT lol

I will find Masamune one day, haha. Thanks for input~ I haven’t read any of Nobunaga’s stories yet and I’m kinda slow with Masamune's right now (already finished both Yukimura’s haha), but I’ll look forward to the stories :)

#lainy-lane #replies

[daeva-agas]

@daeva-agas I...I...Do you have it? 😳lol This is super helpful though. Thank you! (Hide and Kennyo sharing a pattern?! Who would’ve thunk?) 🤔

@lainy-lane: They shared TWO patterns.

#reply reply #lainy lane

[seasonofthebxtch]

Lainie Kazan AND Vanessa Williams in the same season? I can't even be mad.

#desperate housewives season 7 #desperate housewives #vanessa williams #renee perry #lainie kazan #maxine rosen #wisteria lane #marc cherry

[cutestkilla]

Tag Game

Thanks for tagging me @creepyspice and @captain-aralias, it’s nice to learn more about you beyond our shared Snowbaz obsession!

Three ships: Snowbaz is my number one by a long shot, but my brain has also been rotted this past year by Thyon/Ruza from Strange the Dreamer (I joined Laini Taylor’s Patreon just for the short story she wrote about them, which if you read the series and enjoyed them as a pairing, I recommend highly), and I had an insane book hangover from the most recent book in Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season series featuring one of the slowest slow burns that’s ever been burned, Paige/Warden.

First ship: My very first true ship obsession was Lois Lane and Clark Kent (basic, I know), courtesy of the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in which both Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher were extremely hot. I used to make my parents serve me dinner on Sunday evenings in their bedroom so I could record every episode on VHS without commercials…

Last movie: I just finished watching Encanto, which was lovely. I rarely get a chance to watch movies these days (because by the time I sit down to watch TV I can usually barely stay awake for one TV episode, let alone a feature-length film), but I’m dying to watch Power of the Dog.

Currently watching: Season 2 of Raised by Wolves, Ridley Scott’s excellent and super-creepy series featuring two androids raising human children on Kepler 22b. Also, The Righteous Gemstones.

Currently reading: I have been listening to the Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (the latest in the Outlander series) audiobook since the beginning of December, but also just picked up The Folk of the Air trilogy. I just keep getting detained starting it by all of the excellent fic coming up daily.

Currently consuming: White chocolate crème brûlée bark. Very good.

Currently craving: Yeah, the answer is pretty well always chocolate but I also have some Rockets valentine’s candy (another Canadian classic) so I might get down with that.

Favourite colour: Teal is my beloved, just ask all my throw pillows. And my duvet cover. And my kitchen stools. And my other throw pillows.

Last song I listened to: Pretty Little Head by Eliza Rickman (from @whatevertheweather’s The Space In Between playlist, which is all around great and resulted in my adding several new things to my rotation).

Sweet, savoury or spicy: Sweet by a million miles. I have a renowned sweet tooth (see crème brûlée bark above)!

Currently working on: I’m still working away on the illustration I previewed yesterday, and also a few other illustration WIPs, and just putting my brain to work on ideas for CO Reverse Bang that would be inspiring enough for someone to want to write a fic.

Hi to @whatevertheweather (you’re already tagged on this anyway for your primo playlist) @fatalfangirl @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @technetiumai and @bookish-bogwitch – I would love to hear more about you all, if you’re so inclined!

#about me

[soc-characters-as-songs]

oc characters as romantic comedies?

ivy: return to me ("heartbroken and struggling emotionally after his wife's death in a car accident, bob rueland (david duchovny) agrees to go on a blind date set up by his friend Charlie (david alan grier). though the date fizzles, sparks fly between bob and the waitress, grace (minnie driver), a recovered heart transplant patient with intimacy problems of her own. when bob discovers grace's heart came from his own organ donor wife, an unusual romance blossoms between the two.")

meredith: sabrina ("sabrina fairchild (julia ormond) is a chauffeur's daughter who grew up with the wealthy larrabee family. she always had unreciprocated feelings for david (greg kinnear), the family's younger son and playboy. but after returning from paris, sabrina has become a glamorous woman who gets david's attention. his older, work-minded brother linus (harrison ford) thinks their courtship is bad for the family business and tries to break them up -- but then he starts to fall for her too.")

diana: life partners ("a 29-year-old lawyer (gillian jacobs) and her lesbian best friend (leighton meester) experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship.")

alassie: the wedding singer ("set in 1985, adam sandler plays a nice guy with a broken heart who's stuck in one of the most romantic jobs in the world, a wedding singer. he loses all hope when he is abandoned at the altar by his fiancé. he meets a young woman named julia (drew barrymore), who enlists his help to plan her wedding. he falls in love with her and must win her over before she gets married.")

ramona: under the tuscan sun ("when frances mayes (diane lane) learns her husband is cheating on her from a writer whom she gave a bad review, her life is turned upside down. in an attempt to bring her out of a deep depression, her best friend, patti (sandra oh), encourages frances to take a tour of italy. during the trip, the new divorcée impulsively decides to purchase a rural tuscan villa and struggles to start her life anew amid colorful local characters, including the handsome marcello (raoul bova).")

rhea: music and lyrics ("former music superstar alex fletcher (hugh grant) used to pack them in back in the 1980s, but now he is reduced to playing nostalgia tours and county fairs. he scores a chance at a major comeback when reigning pop diva cora corman (haley bennett) asks him to write a song for her, but he hasn't written anything in years and cannot compose lyrics anyway. noticing that sophie (drew barrymore), the plant lady, has a way with words, alex proposes that he and sophie make beautiful music together.")

cornelia: man up ("when a man (simon pegg) mistakes her for his blind date, a woman (lake bell) decides to play along to see what happens.")

kaden: my big fat greek wedding ("everyone in the portokalos family worries about toula (nia vardalos). still unmarried at 30 years old, she works at dancing zorba's, the greek restaurant owned by her parents, gus (michael constantine) and maria (lainie kazan). after taking a job at her aunt's travel agency, she falls in love with ian miller (john corbett), a teacher who is tall, handsome and definitely not greek. toula isn't sure which will be more upsetting to her father, that ian is a foreigner or that he's a vegetarian.")

andreia: wimbledon ("frustrated at his own failures and disillusioned with professional sports, tennis player peter colt (paul bettany) resolves to retire from competition and become an instructor at an exclusive private club. but when colt receives a surprise wild-card berth in wimbledon, he can't help but enter the tournament. soon, colt meets lizzie bradbury (kirsten dunst), a beautiful american tennis player with an upcoming match of her own, and finds the inspiration he hopes will turn his luck around.")

suzy: you've got mail ("struggling boutique bookseller kathleen kelly (meg ryan) hates joe fox (tom hanks), the owner of a corporate foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. when they meet online, however, they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other's true identity. eventually joe learns that the enchanting woman he's involved with is actually his business rival. he must now struggle to reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he's come to feel.")

samuel: 10 things I hate about you ("kat stratford (julia stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. unfortunately for her younger sister, bianca (larisa oleynik), house rules say that she can't date until kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. soon kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival patrick verona (heath ledger). will kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick?")

bianca: 13 going on 30 ("a girl who's sick of the social strictures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager jenna (christa b. allen) wants a boyfriend, and when she's unable to find one, she fantasizes about being a well-adjusted adult. suddenly, her secret desire becomes a reality, and she is transformed into a 30-year-old (jennifer garner). but adulthood, with its own set of male-female challenges, isn't as easy as it looks.")

archibald: sleeping with other people ("twelve years after a one-night stand, a man (jason sudeikis) and a woman (alison brie) run into each other and try to maintain a platonic relationship despite their mutual attraction.")

raphael: bride and prejudice ("with four beautiful daughters of marrying age, manorama (nadira babbar) and chaman bakshi (anupam kher) frantically seek out the perfect husbands for their children. yet their eldest daughter, lalita (aishwarya rai), is intent upon marrying at her own choosing, for love. lalita endures a number of hopeful suitors, but the american william darcy (martin henderson) seems different -- and not always in a good way. misunderstandings, schemes and lies threaten to keep the two from true love.")

#the selected #not songs #host characters

[doettler]

Baroque cupolas were the soft green of antique copper, and Gothic steeples stood ready to impale fallen angels. The wind carried the memory of magic, revolution, violins, and the cobbled lanes meandered like creeks. Thugs wore Motzart wigs and pushed chamber music on street corners, and marionettes hung in windows, making the whole city seem like a theater with unseen puppeteers crouched behind velvet.-Laini Taylor Is there a better way to describe the vibe of Scorpio places? What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.-Charles Baudelaire Or a better way to describe the vision of their citizens? This volcanic and sometimes warlike sign rules especially over the Arab world with its passionate, violent, and conquering nature, purist and radical in its way of thinking, which has not diminished one iota since the birth of Islam. And among the countries especially Syria which was the epicenter of the former caliphate with its capital Damascus. Countries ruled by Scorpio: Angola, Algeria, Brazil (as a Republic ), Dominican Republic, France (4th republic), Norway, Honduras, Panama, Morocco, Poland, Syria, Turkey, Korea, Vietnam (south republic), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Queensland, the Transvaal. Cities ruled by the Scorpio sign: Dover (England), Ghent (Belgium), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Hull, Newcastle, and Stockport (England), St John ( Newfoundland), Fez, Valencia, Liverpool. USA cities: New Orleans, Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Fairbanks (AK), Little Rock (AR), New Haven (CT), West Palm Beach (FL), Decatur (IL), St. Paul (MN), Trenton (NJ), Charlotte (NC), Philadelphia (PA), Providence (RI), Barre (VT) #scorpio #escorpio #escorpion #passion #city #country #fix #magic #blackandwhite #stories #astrologia #astrology #español #comments #arte #art #illustration #neworleans #vintage #poster #ilustracion #magnet #voodoo #vibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CZMuZuCLpSr/?utm_medium=tumblr

#scorpio #escorpio #escorpion #passion #city #country #fix #magic #blackandwhite #stories #astrologia #astrology #español #comments #arte #art #illustration #neworleans #vintage #poster #ilustracion #magnet #voodoo #vibes

[claubabbles]

Things I will never forgive (just off the top of my head)

* Glenn's death scene in the walking dead (I had never before in my life been so enraged and crushed by a tv character's death. I have watched this death scene one time and will never again watch it)

* the whole of season 5 and 6 of the 10o (they did Bellamy so dirty I hate this show)

* I dont even go here anymore but the destruction of Alex Karev's character development when he left his wife

* when Devon Pinto (survivor season 35) lost because production gave Ben a twist at the end to save him.

* when Malcolm left because of a ridiculous twist that still makes my blood boil (survivor season 34)

*when flashforward wasn't renewed for a second season

When they cancelled Marvel's Daredevil the only marvel thing I liked

* when Sophie chose the wrong side of the love triangle in Hex Hall and then he D WORD!!!

* when Patrick Rothfuss decided that Kvothe needed to have sex with a bunch of fairies to gain his manhood in The Wise Man's Fear... I HAtE It

* when **** d word in never fade (not over it)

* when **** d word in Our Dark Duet

* when the last twilight movie's climax was all a vision (listen it would have been incredible if they all died... just saying)

* when **** chose **** instead of **** in In the Afterlight and he D WORD

* When LAINI TAYLOR HAD THE AUDACITY TO KILL BOTH ***** AND ***** IN Days of blood and starlight and dreams of gods and monsters respectively

* That horrible scene in Unwind that is the stuff of nightmares and still makes my skin crawl

* the fact that stolen: a letter to my captor made me a kidnap apologist for a hot second there

* the fact that Lane Kim never had the chance to be a person

* the fact that every other netflix movie now introduces a second love character in a movie who is a BIPOC make them amazing and then the girl chooses to stay in a boring relationship

(This is part 1 me thinks)

#the walking dead #the darkest minds #flashforward #daughter of smoke and bone #the kingkiller chronicle #twilight #the 1oo #gilmore girls #​netflix #hex hall #grey's anatomy #unwind #survivor #stolen

[books-in-a-storm]

A Book To Read

Title: Daughter of Smoke & Bone(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1)

Author: Laini Taylor

Pages:418

Synopsis: Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone | Book Review

by Laini Taylor

Genre

Young adult, fantasy fiction, romance, high fantasy

Until the world can be remade

Synopsis

Goodreads Book Description

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Some and then more

My Thoughts

I liked it at the start, it was interesting. I love the characters and Karou's blue hair, but when Akiva arrived, I didn't know what to think about it. It felt like their romance was a bit rushed, so I didn't like that part, but I gradually understood and accepted their romance.

I was reading and listening to the audiobook, not to hate on Akiva, but I just listened to the audiobook in his chapters. I only read Karou's chapters because I like her and to be honest? Akiva was kind of boring.

I feel like readers who love a high fantasy romance would fall in love with this book. So if you're in the mood to read about art, attractive angels, teeth, family, and friends then you should probably add this to your TBR list.

The Plot

The plot was really interesting, but also predictable. I wasn't surprised about anything that happened in here because they were obvious and predictable, it still had a solid plotline though.

The Romance

As I've said before, I felt like the romance was a bit rushed at first, but it was okay. This wasn't my type of romance read, I tend to lean towards cute and queer romances and not serious ones that have a lot of making-out scenes. I didn't enjoy the romance that much but I got through it and I learned to appreciate their relationship.

Characters

Karou

I like Karou very much. She jas an interesting personality and is also a badass. She can kick butt and love with her whole heart. She's a solid main character and a keeper too. And did I mention I love her hair?

Akiva

Didn't really care that much for Akiva. I get it, he's handsome and everybody notices him when he walks in the room. I just didn't like Akiva that much, he definitely wasn't the reason I read this book and enjoyed it, and if I don't read the second book, he'll probably be the reason why.

Brimstone

I love Brimstone. He may come off as cold and emotionless, but I can assure you he can feel. He gives me hope and is honestly the best.

Issa

Like Brimstone, I love Issa. She's sweet, kind and also funny. I don't like snakes but Issa is an exception. I want to run to her and I want her to comfort me and hug all my problems away.

Zuzana

This girl keeps me sane. She's the one who motivated me to finish this book because I adore her. She's hilariously funny and you can count on her to give you a good laugh, and she also cares about her friends deeply, she's so understanding and si caring that it's hard to find anyone else like her. And she's adorable too! (Not because of her height but because of her personality)

Victory and vengeance

My Rating

⭐⭐⭐.6

I couldn't settle on just three, but it also wasn't a four so I settled with this number.

~Lizzie♡

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