Daughter of Smoke and Bone review

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8490112-daughter-of-smoke-bone

I was blown away by this book.  The poetic phrases, the subtle philosophy, prejudices, romance, rebirth/reincarnation and past lives, angels, conflict, war and…Prague, beautiful, wonderous, romantic Prague.
It is different to other paranormal books yet the same in many ways.  The difference is in the writing and the identity of the characters, the seemingly unpainted effusiveness of their flaws and ‘otherness’.  The main character is witty and friendly and talented and self-possessed yet retains all the cheeky selfishness of a teenager – desperate for knowledge, desperate for love and family and normality, desperate to fit into a world she doesn’t understand and that cannot understand her.
The hero – ah, what can we say except he is beautiful.  Not just in looks but beautifully angry and beautifully obsessed with ‘the one’.
When he first sees her he tries to kill her, despite the way she makes his blood rush and don’t we just love that?  The guilt from this one act is sweet and colours everything he feels.
Oh, read it and fall in love with the author – with the way she can overwhelm you with prose.  Rediscover that heady feeling of euphoria great phrases instil.
Thank you Ms Taylor.  You made my evening.
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