Karou is living two lives. Sometimes, she is an art student at a college in Prague. She has a friend and an ex-boyfriend and she lives in a flat. Other times, she is the messenger for Brimstone, a part crocodile, part fox, part human thing. He owns a shop, and the door opens into many different countries around the world. Karou helps him by collecting teeth. She doesn’t know what the teeth are for, but she does know that Brimstone can somehow make “wishes.” There is also a secret door that she isn’t allowed to enter.
Then she meets Akiva, a seraphim. Akiva is trying to destroy Karou’s chimera friends because that’s what angels do. Karou learns about thousands of years of war between the chimeras and the angels. She also falls in love.
This is a story of forbidden love. And it was pretty funny. Karou can’t wrap her head around the fact that some people think that the chimera are evil. Akiva can’t figure out how this human got stuck in everything. Which leads to that deep dark secret that the book has to have.
The book was a 3.4. It was well written, funny, and engaging, but a little confusing. It was like mixing two different sodas together. You're not sure how it's going to taste, then it tastes cool, and it's fizzy.
Author website: http://www.lainitaylor.com/
Author website: http://www.lainitaylor.com/
Hehe, we like the soda analogy. Personally we're dying to read this one, because we loved Lips Touch by Laini Taylor, but it's good to know that we should read carefully to avoid confusion. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI'd like to add that I really don't like this version's cover- I've seen the other covers, and they're better. This one is way too busy. I judge books by covers. End of story.
ReplyDelete(I'm also kind of put off by the teeth-collectin' and angel-lovin'.)
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Oh, and it sounds a lot like Howl's Moving Castle.
ReplyDelete...and it's fizzy. That's the only important thing.
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