Book Review: Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

Spoiler Alert: If you have not read Strange the Dreamer, there are spoilers ahead. You've been warned....

Sisters Kora and Nova were like one, together. Ever since they took their mother, the girls knew they were meant for more than the frigid landscape they called home. They would be tested, turn blue, and be taken away to live like queens, complete with the thin blue crowns of mesathuim around their heads. And then then when ship came, it decided to tear the two apart.

Sarai was dead, and like many of the dead in Weep, her life was dependant on the moods of Minya. Lazlo, the simple librarian, who she had just met, was now blue, and depending on who you asked a hero for saving Weep, or a betrayer for being one of them. Minya held her life in her had, and through her she had Lazlo, the smith who could save them.

Down in Weep people are fleeing the city, afraid of what it all means. There were still godspawn after all these years, and even more Lazlo is a godspawn, or at least he turned blue. What does this mean for the citadel above the city, the residents, and most of all, who is still up there?

Fans of the first book will not be disappointed with the sequel to Strange the Dreamer. You have the same cast of characters, some new memorable faces, and of course, old favorites. Laini Taylor enchants with lyrical writing that makes you feel like you are in a familiar world, and maybe it is a world you have visited before. I don't want to give anything away, but Muse of Nightmares is a deeply satisfying read, that makes you hope for more stories. There are always more stories.

I'll see you @ the library!
Katie

This review is written from an Advance Reader of Muse of Nightmares from the publisher and Boswell books. Just a FYI.

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