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I’ve got an ARC of “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” waiting to be read, and even while time and other books conspire against me* I’m looking forward to read it. The release of this snazzy UK book trailer, with some gorgeous sketches and a well-done voice over, makes me even more excited about it!
They’ve also released the UK hardback cover. It’s a difficult change for me to get used to, because for some reason I am very very fond of the American cover – something about the colour blue and ballroom masks makes it appeal to me – but I’m very excited to see how the UK cover turns out in hardback. You can click the thumbnail to view the cover in it’s full glory, showing off all its texture and colour – that kind of detail should work fantastically on a hardback.
Here’s the synopsis from Goodreads:
Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”; she speaks many languages—not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.
When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
*I’m currently reading Cassandra Clare’s “City of Ashes”. After I wanted to love but was let down by “City of Bones”, I was reluctant to go back to this series – but I’m glad I did. This time round, I’m really appreciating Cassandra’s fast-paced plotting and tongue-in-cheek dialogue.