--- product_id: 16486550 title: "Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, 3)" brand: "laini taylor" price: "6628CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/16486550-dreams-of-gods-and-monsters-daughter-of-smoke-and-bone store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, 3) **Brand:** laini taylor **Price:** 6628CFA **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, 3) by laini taylor - **How much does it cost?** 6628CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/16486550-dreams-of-gods-and-monsters-daughter-of-smoke-and-bone) ## Best For - laini taylor enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted laini taylor brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description What power can bruise the sky? Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her. When the brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou and Akiva are finally reunited--not in love, but in tentative alliance against their common enemy. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves. But with even bigger threats on the horizon, are Karou and Akiva strong enough to stand among the gods and monsters? The New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion as--from the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond--humans, chimaera, and seraphim strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Book 3 Of 3 | Daughter of Smoke & Bone | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.75 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | Grade Level | 10 and up | | Isbn 10 | 031613404X | | Isbn 13 | 978-0316134040 | | Item Weight | 1.18 pounds | | Language | English | | Print Length | 640 pages | | Publication Date | July 7, 2015 | | Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | | Reading Age | 15 years and up | ## Images ![Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, 3) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Tf-XIrVHL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you Laini Taylor for a superb series *by on Reviewed in the United States June 27, 2014* ‘Dreams of Gods and Monsters’ by Laini Taylor is the third and last instalment of her Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, one that I initially received to review and wasn’t all that interested in… until I read the first page and was hooked on from then. Laini Taylor is now one of my favourite authors, mainly because her writing is almost so good it’s hard to settle and enjoy. It makes you wriggle with excitement and happiness. It makes you want to punch love in the face. I’m not a fan of the usual internet sayings but saying ‘all the feels’ is most apt for Laini’s work, it truly is.Firstly, I highly recommend you re-read the first two books before diving into this one as the series has quite a large cast of not-often-names characters who will become important in this one. It’s also necessary to note the ebb and flow of emotions which make this series.A sequel to a favourite series is always a hard thing to read – more so to write, I expect. You always wonder whether it will do the series justice or if your own mind will work against you and has since hyped the book up in your mind that no matter what is written, or how it is written, it simply won’t be able to feel satisfying.Thankfully, Dreams of Gods and Monsters has nothing to worry about in that regard. Despite being eagerly anticipated it managed to exceed expectations. I squealed/squeaked at work when I received notification the book was ready to be read. I sneakily got it onto my kindle – still at work. I even peeked at it (and that’s when I decided I would indeed need to re-read the series.)I devoured the re-read of the first two and then this one in four days and throughout it was simply a joy. I thank Hachette tenfold for sending me the first without request which first introduced me to this series early. Laini Taylor’s writing is simply suburb and this book only seems to take that next step forward in her writing ability.The plot is hard to describe without mentioning spoilers for this or previous books, but it certainly does wrap all plot threads and story arcs – and even each character’s thoughts – neatly and succinctly. The characters develop throughout and yet there’s still time for the wit and razor we enjoy. We see yet more settings throughout the world, and new characters are added which you do manage to feel invested in quickly. Laini has a talent for introducing a character and their traits seamlessly, so they barely have to say anything and you already know whether you loathe or love them.It’s a hard thing to set a Big World Event in our actual world when there are otherworldly creatures involved. It’s easy to pick out how the world would react and find it unbelievable. This is handled within the novel without fault, even though religion certainly plays a part in it.Most importantly, this novel is an incredibly satisfying end to an excellent series. It feels odd to say it, but I feel sated with this one. I wouldn’t try to talk Laini out of writing more in this series if she chose to, of course, more would be beyond excellent! But this is one series where I do feel completely and utterly satisfied. We know what happens for them all in regards to plot. We are happy with the worlds involved. We are happy with how the characters are left by the end of the novel. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Epic and Beautiful Finale *by on Reviewed in the United States May 24, 2014* Dreams of Gods & Monsters was an epic and beautiful finale to one of my new favorite fantasy series. The romance made my heart melt. There was a Star Wars joke about using a Tauntaun to keep warm which I loved. There was more of the blunt, honest humor that I laugh out loud at. Behold my favorite joke ever.Razgut paused as though he were thinking up a reply, and then he farted. Squinching up his face, he did so with effort. The reward was slight in resonance but grand in aroma, and the emperor was not amused.- Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters pg 367I'm certainly amused by Razgut. Speaking of Razgut, I kind of wondered when he was going to say "my preeeciousssssss" because he totally reminded me of Gollum. He was pitiful, ugly, scheming and for reasons I don't understand I kind of liked him and felt sorry for him.The book before this one, Days of Blood & Starlight, was very dark. Dreams of Gods & Monsters did a good job showing that no matter how dark things get, love and mercy matter.But all he could think, in answer to that, was what Karou had said earlier, about the darkness we do in the name of the dead, and whether it’s what they would want for us.-Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters pg 264The writing is beautiful and just sucks you right into the story.She’d spoken of their happiness as though it were an undeniable fact, no matter what happened— apart from everything else and not subject to it. It was a new idea for him, that happiness wasn’t a mystical place to be reached or won— some bright terrain beyond the boundary of misery, a paradise waiting for them to find it— but something to carry doggedly with you through everything, as humble and ordinary as your gear and supplies. Food, weapons, happiness.-Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters pg 413As much as I loved this book, I wish it had ended 100 pages sooner than it did. Not because I thought the book was too long but because I felt like the final subplot that took up those last pages was unnecessary. The final subplot goes into the epic territory of Where This World Came From. Honestly, I don't like knowing that much detail because I feel part of the beauty of an amazing fantasy is leaving a little left unanswered especially about the origins of a fantasy world. For example, J.K. Rowling describes a hidden world of witches and wizards but she never attempts in the narrative to explain where the first witch and wizard came from. I think if she had, it would lose a lot of it's magic. Laini Taylor literally answers all the questions and to be fair she did foreshadow this plot in the previous books so it is nice that she didn't just abandon it. But I felt like the story would have worked much better without that final subplot because I felt like the plot really dragged through those last 100 pages.Overall, it was a very satisfying conclusion to my favorite series but I was not a fan of that final subplot about the origins of the world because I felt it was unnecessary. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Laini Taylor is magic *by on Reviewed in the United States May 13, 2014* I have been putting off writing my review of DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS, the last installment in Laini Taylor’s glorious Daughter of Smoke and Bone series. Not because I didn’t like it–OPPOSITE. In fact, it’s BECAUSE I loved it so that I kept putting off writing down my thoughts. The conclusion to the thousands of years of war between the angels and chimaera of Eretz, and so the conclusion of the tale of Akiva and Karou, star-crossed loves, was as emotional and bittersweet and hopeful as I wished it to be. It was intense and dark, but also full of little rays of light. I would love to say that DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS is perfect on its own, but I didn’t think it was, not quite. But when I consider it in conjunction with the first two books in this series? YES, MA’AM. AMAZING.So I’m going to keep my little summary short this time to avoid spoilers, but here’s the gist: Karou and Akiva have corralled the remaining Misbegotten and Chimaera in the Kirin caves in Eretz. They are trying to prepare for their big offensive push against Jael and his Dominion forces that have used one of the remaining portals to invade the human world. There are other forces at work, however, that throw Karou and Akiva’s plans for a loop, the ramifications of which can mean the failure of lifetimes of dreams and hard work. EEP!The things that I loved the most about DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS revolved, as most things do in this series, around the characters and the relationships. The foremost of these is obviously Karou and Akiva. They remain emo and tortured and torn between their feelings and their plans for finally putting an end to the war between their people and get moving on that happy, different life they dreamed about in the Temple of Ellai. I spent lots of time during DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS wanting to just shove their faces together, but the way Laini Taylor draws it out is ultimately very satisfying. I trust her storytelling abilities completely, and she does Karou and Akiva–the heart and soul of this series–justice.But of course there are other characters that I came to love over the course of this series, and seeing them again and the roles that they play was emotional and sweet and intense. As always, Mik and Zuzana were fabulous and I adore them, and Ziri. ZIRI. I die from my love for him. But other characters, too, have such great arcs and change in ways that really warmed my heart. Laini Taylor knows how to write beautifully and how to imbue those words with MAJOR feelings. She did so many characters justice, whether they were old or new (there are new–intriguing and awesome–characters in DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS).So much of this book was amazing and satisfying and just what I was hoping for that it largely allowed me to gloss over something that I didn’t love very much. It involves a completely new character whose chapters wound up throwing off the flow of the whole story for me. They were important for sure, and I didn’t hate them, but I thought that reading them was like slamming on the breaks. Most annoyingly though, is that a secondary character is introduced in these chapters and things just kind of…flap around with him. It’s a small but important role and it bugged me the whole time that we just stopped hearing about him. Alas, nothing is perfect.By and large, though, DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS was excellent. The action was good, if some parts read slower than others, the drama was off the charts, the romance was intense and broody, the writing was lush and lovely, and the climax was perfectly emotional. Everything was a touch bittersweet because of the things and people that were lost along the way, but in the end I couldn’t be more thrilled with this series and the way it concluded. 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