Almost everything that's said, thought, and described, has a point to it. Taylor also inserts quotes and tales that further the story arc and characters. I can tell you right now that this book basically has nothing to do with angels and demons, and I couldn't be happier about that then I ever have been my whole life. And it isn't just about the mythology it's about love, growing up, truth, prejudices, and overcoming hardships. Laini Taylor has stripped that idea to its bare bones and has changed it morphed it in such a way that it's it own genre. What do I mean by that, you ask? That because this book is nothing about that. That is one of the best, most amazing, lies that I have ever heard. In the synopsis of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, it tells you that this is a story about how a "demon" falls in love with an "angel." So one would think that this is about Heaven, Hell, God, etc. What are you, Daughter of Smoke and Bone? When I finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone I wasn't quite sure how to handle it. This book is like some sort of weird alien. in order to understand this review better if you haven't read the Fallen series, please check out my thoughts on the other book that I will be discussing here.
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In "Necroscope," Harry is startled to discover that he is not the only person with unusual mental powers-Britain and the Soviet Union both maintain super-secret, psychically-powered espionage organizations. Harry Keogh is the man who can talk to the dead, the man for whom every grave willingly gives up its secrets, the one man who knows how to travel effortlessly through time and space to destroy the vampires that threaten all humanity. And also for all the people who have read more than one mass market copy of the book to tatters. As a classic, "Necroscope" rightfully claims a place in the Orb trade paperback list, for scholars of the field and the dedicated Lumley collector. It also includes chapter ornaments by Hugo-Award-Winning artist Bob Eggleton, long identified with Lumley's blood-sucking monsters. This new edition of "Necroscope" uses the author's preferred text and includes a special introduction by Brian Lumley, telling how the "Necroscope" saga came to be. Nominated for the British Fantasy Award, "Necroscope" has inspired everything from comic books and graphic novels to sculptures and soundtracks. Millions of copies of "Necroscope "and its successors are in print in a dozen languages throughout the world. Twenty years ago, the horror world was forever altered by the publication of "Necroscope," An instant classic, Brian Lumley's astonishing feat of imagination spawned a universe which Lumley has explored and expanded through more that a baker's dozen of novels and novellas. Her work is used in public and private schools around the nation, from elementary to high school, and is often required reading in colleges for students in education, child development, children's literature and English writing programs. 2005), and her latest novel The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street (2007). Flake is the author of five books, The Skin I'm In (1998), Money Hungry (2002), Begging for Change (2003), Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories About Boys and the Girls in Their Lives (2004), Bang! (Sept. |