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'Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other' LEIGH BARDUGO'Beautiful, unusual, unexpected' SABAA TAHIRThe dream chooses the dreamer.Since he was five years old, Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to go in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself - in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.What happened in Weep to cut it off from the world? What did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?The answers await in Weep, but so do many more mysteries - including the blue-skinned goddess who visits Lazlo's dreams . . .Meet the first in a romantic, action-packed YA fantasy duology about a lost city, a life-long dream, and untold levels of power and secrecy that will threaten its very existence.READERS LOVE IT'Laini Taylor, you are a master of your craft, take a bow!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Exquisite prose and imagery' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A masterful storyteller' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The plot is absolutely masterful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I was completely hooked and obsessed with this world' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This was not that world.'A GRIPPING PAGE-TURNER' MARIE CLAIRE'THRILLING' GLAMOURCommon enemy, common cause.By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves..But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz, something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged storm hunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.What power can bruise the sky?From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in this thrilling finale to Laini Taylor's acclaimed trilogy. PRAISE FOR LAINI TAYLOR 'I was utterly captivated' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laini Taylor has easily become one of my favourite authors' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'It's damn near perfect!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The problem now is...What can I read next that will come anywhere close to these amazing books' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The prose sung between lyrical and whimsical but was always evocative and strangely beautiful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This was not that world.'ONE OF THOSE SERIES THAT WILL HAVE YOU TEARING AT YOUR HAIR AND GNASHING YOUR TEETH WAITING FOR THE NEXT INSTALMENT' STEPHANIE MEYER'PLUNGES US INTO A WORLD OF BEAUTY AND HORROR' DAILY MAILArt student and monster's apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is - and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it.While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. For hope. But can any hope be salvaged from the ashes of their broken dream?In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou and Akiva find themselves on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life.PRAISE FOR LAINI TAYLOR'She has a way with words that is just magical' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A fabulous read; there's never a dull moment' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Please please PLEASE do yourself a favour, young or old and read these books' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laini's writing is as magical, mouthwatering, imaginative, and wildly wonderful as always' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spellbinding and engaging to a degree I've rarely experienced in YA' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This was not that world.'REMARKABLE AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN' GUARDIAN'MESEMERISING' MARIE CLAIRE Errand requiring immediate attention. Come.The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things.When Brimstone called, she always came.In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole. Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.'THE WORLD-BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS AND LANGUAGE STOP YOUR HEART AND THEN, LIKE A DEFIBRILLATOR, START IT UP AGAIN' NEW YORK TIMES'WOW. I WISH I HAD WRITTEN THIS BOOK' PATRICK ROTHFUSSPRAISE FOR LAINI TAYLOR'Imaginative, spell binding, captivating and heart breaking. This is what books should be' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Truly a thing of literary beauty' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I was literally shouting "WHAT!? I want more!!!". I can't believe it ended that way' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Absolutely endearing, the whole thing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The story was really well constructed...I mean really. The prose was practically perfect' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other' LEIGH BARDUGO'The kind of story that paves dreams' ROSHANI CHOKSHI'Beautiful, unusual, unexpected' SABAA TAHIRThe dream chooses the dreamer.Since he was five years old, Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to go in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself - in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.What happened in Weep to cut it off from the world? What did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?The answers await in Weep, but so do many more mysteries - including the blue-skinned goddess who visits Lazlo's dreams . . .PRAISE FOR LAINI TAYLOR'Exquisite prose and imagery' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A masterful storyteller' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The plot is absolutely masterful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laini Taylor executes her narrative with flawless style and such individuality that comparison with other books becomes a near impossibility' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Bewitching. THIS is why I read.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book was fricken epic. And when I say epic I mean EPIC.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The characters and worlds of Laini Taylor's imagination just pulled me in from start to finish.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laini Taylor leaves me breathless with her imagination of a world at war.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a book unbounded by genre but located at a magical crossroads where The Passage meets Philip Pullman and Twilight meets Pan's Labyrinth. DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE is a book unbounded by genre but located at a magical crossroads where THE PASSAGE meets PHILIP PULLMAN and TWILIGHT meets PAN'S LABYRINTH. Errand requiring immediate attention. Come. The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things. When Brimstone called, she always came. In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole. Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought. 'Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy.' GUARDIAN

An award-winning short story collection from the author of the must-read DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE trilogy.In Victorian times, goblins offered sumptuous fruits in exchange for maidens' souls... and were usually successful. But what does it take to tempt today's savvy young women? Discover the answer in GOBLIN FRUIT. In SPICY LITTLE CURSES a demon and the ambassador to Hell tussle over the soul of a beautiful English girl in India. Matters become complicated when she falls in love and decides to test the curse placed upon her. And in HATCHLING, six days before Esme's fourteenth birthday, her left eye turns from brown to blue. She little suspects what the change heralds, but her small safe life begins to unravel at once. What does the beautiful, fanged man want with her, and how is her fate connected to a mysterious race of demons?

*SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING DUOLOGY*'A daring quest that demands to be read and reread' KATHERINE WEBBER'It will leave you changed forever' SAMANTHA SHANNONSarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong.In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep.Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice - save the woman he loves, or everyone else? - while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of.As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with the thousands of children born in the citadel nursery?And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead?The sweeping, and highly-anticipated sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling magical fantasy sensation Strange the DreamerPRAISE FOR LAINI TAYLOR'Exquisite prose and imagery' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A masterful storyteller' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The plot is absolutely masterful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laini Taylor executes her narrative with flawless style and such individuality that comparison with other books becomes a near impossibility' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Bewitching. THIS is why I read.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book was fricken epic. And when I say epic I mean EPIC.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The characters and worlds of Laini Taylor's imagination just pulled me in from start to finish.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laini Taylor leaves me breathless with her imagination of a world at war.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Laini Taylor's faeries are whimsical and tiny but fierce. This book was so much fun." Holly Black, author of The Folk of the Air seriesStep into the world of Dreamdark, a place of bright magic and unimagined danger where one determined faerie must fight to defeat a darkness that threatens to destroy the world...Magpie Windwitch has always felt different to other faeries. While they prefer to live in seclusion, deep in the forests of Dreamdark, she would rather travel on the wind with her faithful gang of crows, exploring the world and dreaming up bold magic.When an ancient evil rises, Magpie is the only one with determination enough to stand in its way, fighting back where others choose to flee.But how can a single faerie, even with the help of her friends, hope to defeat the impenetrable darkness of the Blackbringer?The start of an immersive fantasy duology from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of THE DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE and STRANGE THE DREAMER, Laini Taylor.* NO STEAMY CONTENT - SUITABLE FOR ALL READERS *

"Laini Taylor's faeries are whimsical and tiny but fierce. This book was so much fun." Holly Black, author of The Folk of the Air seriesStep into the world of Dreamdark, a place of bright magic and unimagined danger where one determined faerie must fight to defeat a darkness that threatens to destroy the world...Magpie Windwitch has always felt different to other faeries. While they prefer to live in seclusion, deep in the forests of Dreamdark, she would rather travel on the wind with her faithful gang of crows, exploring the world and dreaming up bold magic. When an ancient evil rises, Magpie is the only one with determination enough to stand in its way, fighting back where others choose to flee. But how can a single faerie, even with the help of her friends, hope to defeat the impenetrable darkness of the Blackbringer? The start of an immersive fantasy duology from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of THE DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE and STRANGE THE DREAMER, Laini Taylor.* NO STEAMY CONTENT - SUITABLE FOR ALL READERS *

Second in an immersive fantasy duology from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of THE DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE and STRANGE THE DREAMER, Laini Taylor.Whisper Silksinger is the last of the secret guardians of the Azazel, one of the powerful Djinn who dreamed the world into being. Relentlessly pursued by bloodthirsty devils, she flees to the city of Nazneen to restore the Azazel to his temple. At the same time, Hirik Mothmage is also on a secret quest, to find the Azazel and restore his disgraced clan's ancient honour.And behind them all flies Magpie Windwitch, first champion of the new age of faeries, desperate to rescue Whisper and the Azazel alike before they fall in the clutches of a sinister hidden enemy.Praise for Book 1, The Guardians of Dreamdark - Windwitch:"Laini Taylor's faeries are whimsical and tiny but fierce. This book was so much fun." Holly Black, author of The Folk of the Air series* NO STEAMY CONTENT - SUITABLE FOR ALL READERS *

Step into the world of Dreamdark, a place of bright magic and unimagined danger where one determined faerie must fight to defeat a darkness that threatens to destroy the world... Magpie Windwitch has always felt different to other faeries. While they prefer to live in seclusion, deep in the forests of Dreamdark, she would rather travel on the wind with her faithful gang of crows, exploring the world and dreaming up bold magic. When an ancient evil rises, Magpie is the only one with determination enough to stand in its way, fighting back where others choose to flee. But how can a single faerie, even with the help of her friends, hope to defeat the impenetrable darkness of the Blackbringer? The start of an immersive fantasy duology from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, Laini Taylor, perfect for readers aged 10 and up.

Second in an immersive fantasy duology from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of THE DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE and STRANGE THE DREAMER, Laini Taylor.Whisper Silksinger is the last of the secret guardians of the Azazel, one of the powerful Djinn who dreamed the world into being. Relentlessly pursued by bloodthirsty devils, she flees to the city of Nazneen to restore the Azazel to his temple. At the same time, Hirik Mothmage is also on a secret quest, to find the Azazel and restore his disgraced clan's ancient honour.And behind them all flies Magpie Windwitch, first champion of the new age of faeries, desperate to rescue Whisper and the Azazel alike before they fall in the clutches of a sinister hidden enemy.Praise for Book 1, The Guardians of Dreamdark - Windwitch:"Laini Taylor's faeries are whimsical and tiny but fierce. This book was so much fun." Holly Black, author of The Folk of the Air series* NO STEAMY CONTENT - SUITABLE FOR ALL READERS *