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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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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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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Exciting story, read the whole Trilogy

This is such an exciting story, all three books are easy to listen too and we’ll read

An absolute gem of a book series

Love it! One of my absolute favorites! Filled with fantasy, thrills, romance and unique ideas.

Third instalment and it just struggles

I really enjoyed the first two but this third one just felt like a struggle to finish. I didn’t really care for the cult introduction and felt like a cop out way to tie up loose ends.

Oh Dear

While I appreciate that this series is aimed at teenage girls, I can`t help but be disappointed in what could have been a really great tale. There`s some fantastic ideas here that ultimately end in something of an anticlimax. The majority of the book is padding, with too much time given over to how intense the character`s emotions are. I rarely monitor the time remaining on an audio book but I found myself checking quite regularly and wishing time to pass. Just as something interesting popped up it`d be interrupted by a 25 minute description of how someone was feeling, and most of these descriptions were almost copy and pasted from other parts of the series. By the end I really didn`t care what happened. In fairness I don`t think it was helped by the narrator`s voice which I think is better suited for Disney characters.

Brilliant

I was enthralled by these books all three of them. I can recommend to any one who reads this lady writer is awesome. Thank you .Patricia Welsh