A to Z reading chalenge

-A-

A,B: Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth

-B-

A:Days of Blood and Starlight ( Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2) by Laini Taylor

B: Burned ( Pretty Little Liars #12) by Sara Shepard

-C-

A: Cinder ( Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

B: City of Heavenly Fire ( The Mortal Instruments #6) by Cassandra Clare

-D-

A: Divergent ( Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth

B: Dreams of Gods and Monsters ( Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3) by Laini Taylor

-E-

A,B: The Elite ( The Selection #2) by Kiera Cass

-F-

A, B: Four ( Divergent #4) by Veronica Roth

-G-

A: Dreams of Gods and Monsters ( Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3) by Laini Taylor

B: Glided Ashes by Rosamund Hodge

-H-

A: The House of Hades ( The Heroes of Olympus #4) by Rick Riordan

B: Heir of Fire ( Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas

-I-

A: Insurgent ( Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth

B: Ilsa and the Happily Ever After ( Anna and the French Kiss #3) by Stephanie Perkins

-J-

A: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan

B: Just One Wish by Janette Rallison

-K-

A,B: Falling Kingdoms ( Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes

-L-

A: Snow like Ashes ( Snow like Ashes #1) by Sara Raasch

B: Lola and the Boy Next Door ( Anna and the French Kiss #2) by Stephanie Perkins

-M-

A: Crown of Midnight ( Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas

B: My Double Life by Janette Rallison

-N-

A,B : Of Neptune ( The Syrena Legacy #3) by Anna Banks

-O-

A,B: The One (  The Selection #3) by Kiera Cass

-P-

A: Clockwork Princess ( The Infernal Devices #3) by Cassandra Clare

B: Pure ( Covenant #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

-Q-

A,B : 

-R-

A: Raven Boys ( The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

B: The Ruby Circle ( Bloodlines #6) by Richelle Mead

-S-

A: The Single Girls To Do List by Lindsey Kelk

B: Silver Shadows ( Bloodlines #5) by Richelle Mead

-T-

A,B : Throne of Glass ( Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas

-U-

A: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer ( Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin

B: Unravel Me ( Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi

-V-

A: The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters : Destiny Rising by L.J. Smith

B: Vicious (Pretty Little Liars #16) by Sara Shepard

-W-

A: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

B: The Whitechapel Fiend ( Tales from the Shadowhunters Academy #3) by Cassandra Clare

-X-

A:

B:

-Y-

A,B : The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) by Marie Lu

-Z-

A:

B:

Daugther of Smoke and Bone- Laini Taylor

"Daughter of Smoke and Bone" - Laini Taylor

Este primul volum al trilogiei cu acelasi nume scrisa de Laini Taylor.

 Descriere: 

         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 otherwordly 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?

Parerea mea ( Bells) :

      Trebuie sa recunosc ca nu am crezut ca imi va placea atat de mult cartea aceasta cand am citit descrierea. Dar vazand cator oameni le place, am zis ca vreau si eu sa o incerc si ma bucur ca am facut-o. Este una din cele mai bune carti pe care am citit-o. In principiu este vorba despre o fata pe nume Karou care a fost crescuta de demoni (chimaera). Ea este eleva la o scoala de arta  din Praga insa ea deja are un job. Lucreaza la magazinul lui Brimstone, tatal ei adoptiv. Karou calatoreste prin toata lumea  ca sa adune dinti. Ceea ce suna ciudat, dar defapt, dintii sunt folositi pentru anumite vraji. In timpul unei astfel de calatorii, il intalneste pe Akiva, unul dintre ingeri, iar atunci lucrurile incep sa se complice. Karou ii aminteste lui Akiva de cineva pe care obisnuia sa-l stie, insa acea persoana a murit.
      Mai multe nu spun, doar ca daca nu ati citit cartea, merita sa o incercati, Eu i-am dat cinci stele din cinci pentru ca aceast"Ia carte merita. Actiunea este intensa si te tine in suspans, dar are si un pic de romance intercalat.  De asemenea legatura familiala dintre Karou si familia ei de chimaere este una foarte puternica si acest lucru este bine evidentiat. Karou ar face orice pentru monstrii care au crescut-o, dar si ei pentru ea. Si asta se vede pe parcursul cartii din ce in ce mai mult.
      Toate personajele sunt superb realizate si au propria lor poveste, fiecare dintre ele avand un rol mai mult sau mai putin important in derularea evenimentelor, nici unul neavandu-si rolul bine definit. 
      Laini Taylor chiar ar putea lejer intra in topul autorilor mei preferati, alaturi de Rick Riordan, Cassandra Clare, Richelle Mead si Marissa Meyer.

Ce cred eu (Andrada):

      Am citit cartea asta datorita lui Bells, deci e vina ei ca m-am intragostit de poveste, de personaje si ca vreau sa vizitez Praga... (si probabil ca imi voi boteza fetita-cand si daca voi avea una- Karou..Oups.. n-am spus asta :)) )

      Inca din primele pagini esti absorbit in poveste, te identifici cu personajele, simti si traiesti o data cu ele ( eu m-am cam indragostit de Akiva)... Cartea te tine in suspans aproape mereu si cand ajungi in punctul: ok acum in sfarsit se intampla ceva bun pur si simplu vine cineva si BOOM, lumea s-a intors cu susul in jos...Nu vreau sa intru in detalii si sa va povestesc prea multe, altfel cum ati putea sa va bucurati de poveste in sine? Eu v-o recomand cu caldura si acum sa lasam citatele sa vorbeasca de la sine :

"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love

It did not end well"

" I don't know your customs, but here, if you don't want to frighten someone, you don't go looming over their sleeping body with knives"

"A chimaera saved my life" he said. "And I fell in love with her."

"His face—oh, beauty, he was perfect, he was mythic—was absolutely cold"

"...a look of joy and relief and… love… on her beautiful face, Akiva knew that she was his aleph, his truth and beginning. His soul."

"You… smiling. I haven’t seen you smile like that, not really.”

“It’s been a long time.”

“I wish you would,” she said. “For me.”