![]() ![]() Voracious readers of YA literature might be excused for not recognizing this feeling, however, because the recent explosion in YA might have deadened their sensitivity to what good young adult fiction is. Laini Taylor says she writes “books for young people”, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone does indeed have a “young adult” feel to it. But there are so many things Karou doesn’t know about Brimstone or his world. His shop opens onto doors all across the world. He trades wishes for teeth-human teeth, animal teeth, doesn’t matter. Karou is the human adopted daughter of a demonic being called Brimstone. Daughter of Smoke and Bone capitalizes on this idea. I think it speaks to the reader in me for someone who inhales escapist fiction, the prospect that any door could potentially be a portal to another place is just … intoxicating. ![]() I have a soft spot for urban fantasy in which there is “another” world within our own world- Neverwhere comes to mind as a good example. ![]()
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