* 'The luxurious prose and complex world building invites and rewards slow reading.Here readers will find characters to love and ones to hate and, ultimately, a world to be willingly lost in.'- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * 'Gorgeously written in language simultaneously dark, lush, and enchanting, the book will leave readers eager for the next.'- Publishers Weekly, starred review This outstanding fantasy is a must-purchase for all YA collections.'- School Library Journal, starred review * ' has all the rich, evocative imagery and complex world-building typical of Taylor's best work. * '.Characters are carefully, exquisitely crafted, the writing is achingly lovely, and the world is utterly real.This is a thing to be savored.'- Booklist, starred review * 'It is here, perhaps, that Taylor shines the brightest: she's always been a wordsmith, and this book is no exception.'- Booklist, starred review Praise for Muse of Nightmares A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018 A 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice 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 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? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer. 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. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice-save the woman he loves, or everyone else?-while Sarai feels more helpless than ever.

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. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise.

Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old.

About the Book Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the 'New York Times' bestseller, 'Strange the Dreamer, ' from National Book Award finalist Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.īook Synopsis The highly anticipated, thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer, from National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.

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