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A review by emmirosereads
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
5.0
**Reread 11/30/23**
I loved this just as much the second time around. I will never shut up about this book and this duology and after finally reading The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy it was so fun to see all the references in this book that I missed the first time around. Beautiful, moving, heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time.
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This beautiful, wonderful story has come to an end. I'm currently in a state where all I want to do is curl up in a ball and cry for a few hours while holding this book. My heart was torn out and shattered, but eventually mended back together so beautifully. This was the first book I really tabbed the heck out of and highlighted. I never write in my books so this is a huge thing for me and makes this book that much more special.
To me this is ultimately a book about how grief can change a person and how that person can use that hurt and pain and suffering to shape their life, whether good or bad. This is such a heart breaking story but you can just see how much hope shines through each page. Every word is just so gorgeous and lyrical and strung together they make this stunning story and like I cannot express properly what I'm feeling right now. I just love how humanity was portrayed in this. No character was morally black and white. There were so many different shades of moral greyness and that made this so much more interesting.
This books takes off right after Strange the Dreamer ends and really follows a few different characters throughout the book that we first meet in Strange the Dreamer. We really get to know this world that Laini Taylor has created and these characters so much more which I adore! I was just completely immersed in all of it.
I definitely was struggling a little bit through some of the beginning and middle. Some of the awe of first reading about weep and Laini Taylor's writing wore off for me and I just kind of wanted to get through parts of it. I think another reason that was, I wasn't as invested into the actual story of Lazlo and Sarai. There's definitely a bit of insta-love that happens between these two characters in the first book. It never bothered me then and I think that's because it wasn't as focused on their romance. I think Muse of Nightmares emphasizes on it a lot more so I was forced to think about it. I was having trouble truly believing their love for each other. I also was completely under the impression that Sarai was 15 and since Lazlo was 20 that age difference really bothered me. I think that's another reason it was hard for me to imagine and get through. Though I later realized how wrong I was. I have no idea why I thought Sarai was 15.
I loved this just as much the second time around. I will never shut up about this book and this duology and after finally reading The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy it was so fun to see all the references in this book that I missed the first time around. Beautiful, moving, heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time.
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This beautiful, wonderful story has come to an end. I'm currently in a state where all I want to do is curl up in a ball and cry for a few hours while holding this book. My heart was torn out and shattered, but eventually mended back together so beautifully. This was the first book I really tabbed the heck out of and highlighted. I never write in my books so this is a huge thing for me and makes this book that much more special.
To me this is ultimately a book about how grief can change a person and how that person can use that hurt and pain and suffering to shape their life, whether good or bad. This is such a heart breaking story but you can just see how much hope shines through each page. Every word is just so gorgeous and lyrical and strung together they make this stunning story and like I cannot express properly what I'm feeling right now. I just love how humanity was portrayed in this. No character was morally black and white. There were so many different shades of moral greyness and that made this so much more interesting.
This books takes off right after Strange the Dreamer ends and really follows a few different characters throughout the book that we first meet in Strange the Dreamer. We really get to know this world that Laini Taylor has created and these characters so much more which I adore! I was just completely immersed in all of it.
I definitely was struggling a little bit through some of the beginning and middle. Some of the awe of first reading about weep and Laini Taylor's writing wore off for me and I just kind of wanted to get through parts of it. I think another reason that was, I wasn't as invested into the actual story of Lazlo and Sarai. There's definitely a bit of insta-love that happens between these two characters in the first book. It never bothered me then and I think that's because it wasn't as focused on their romance. I think Muse of Nightmares emphasizes on it a lot more so I was forced to think about it. I was having trouble truly believing their love for each other. I also was completely under the impression that Sarai was 15 and since Lazlo was 20 that age difference really bothered me. I think that's another reason it was hard for me to imagine and get through. Though I later realized how wrong I was. I have no idea why I thought Sarai was 15.