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  • Dreams of Gods and Monsters

  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, Book 3
  • By: Laini Taylor
  • Narrated by: Kristin Hvam
  • Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (507 ratings)
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Dreams of Gods and Monsters

By: Laini Taylor
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Summary

It began with Daughter of Smoke and Bone. It continued with Days of Blood and Starlight. It ends with Dreams of Gods and Monsters.

Common enemy, common cause. When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. 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 there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz...something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world. What power can bruise the sky?

From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera, and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theatre that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?

©2014 Laini Taylor (P)2014 Hachette Audio

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magical entrancing writing at its best.

it felt i was captured and entranced into minute by minute recall of the telling of our universe and the history of the ancients... I was caught up totally in this magical incredibly epic written journey and the narrator a perfect choice for telling this what felt like our cosmic story. The kind of book I want to digest for a while before attempting to find another and to not compare because there's a potential for next book to disappoint.. I take my hat of to being able to write so well. I have problems just trying to write this sentence😵 Bless all good writers your gift is immense.💜✨

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Well done, Laini!

Dreams of Gods and Monsters is a very fitting conclusion to the trilogy. I was afraid that the ending might disappoint me a bit, but it really didn't. I am very happy with the final chapter of this adventure.

The only reason I didn't give it a five star is because it didn't need to be that long. I wouldn't say it's dragged because she writes so beautifully, but compared to the previous books I needed some extra time finishing it. And just to comment the performance: Hvam's narration is outstanding as always.

This is absolutely a great book (especially as audiobook), and I'm sure all who liked the first two books will love the ending as much as I do!

ENJOY!

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Breathtaking

My most favorite book series in the world. Beautifully written, wonderful world building and characters that I hold in my heart forever. I am not normally a fan of American narrators for fantasy books but her performance and range of voices is outstanding. I thoroughly recommend this series you will not regret it.

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Utterly Gripping

I found the first book, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, a couple of months ago but only started to listen a couple of weeks ago. Once I had, I couldn't stop. Bought the other two books and listened at every opportunity. Fabulous story of love and war and many other things I can't consciously put my finger on. Lots of depth and wonderful characters and Hope.

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Satisfying conclusion

It's actually quite a relief to find a trilogy that manages to stick to only 3 books and actually wrap up the story whilst leaving plenty of room for more visits to that world(s).

I'll try not to be spoilery but I was satisfied with the outcome. To be honest, I found the Akiva/Karou love story the least interesting bit. My favourite characters are definitely Mik and Zuze as they respond in the way I consider entirely appropriate to the discovery of other worlds and magic - largely by being sarcastic and never just accepting each new revelation as normal. There are some enjoyable discussions about the logic and limits of wishing that were great. I, for one, am happy that long descriptive battle scenes are avoided as they never work for me.

Kristin Hvam is excellent. I liked her Tiago and Razgut voices particuarly - I guess baddies are more fun. Some of the writing is quite lyrical and poetic which she manages very well. She can't really do a Belgian accent but that's expecting a bit too much specialisation from any reader.


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Excellent series

Good conclusion to the series, but a little long. Lovely writing and brilliant narration.

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Compelling brilliance!

A dark, dangerous, heartbreaking, intriguing and compelling love story set in a beautifully toxic landscape, filled with pain and humour, that only the imagination without boundaries has the freedom and curiosity to explore.
Fantastic listen, absolutely loved it!

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Loved this series so much!

Amazing story, characters, plot and narration.
I want this created on film, No detail missing, A long and beautiful series.
Laini Taylor is incredible.

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Too long and monotonous

I loved the first book but the final book in the trilogy was sadly a tad disappointing. It has some amazing scenes but mostly fizzled to boring nothingness.

Don’t get me wrong, the actual writing is breathtaking and stunning and word choice mesmerising. And I absolutely adore the characters and world, somehow the book just flatlined and I found myself relieved it was finally finished.

Nevertheless, I highly recommend this series.

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Can't believe still that the 1st one was the best

Not sure why I persisted listening to this series. The first book was very intriguing abd as always Taylor's prose is stellar. But she waffles A LOT and repeats herself A LOT and I just wanted to justify the credits I spent for this one.
A forgettable series, only the 1st book is worthy of your attention.

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