Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Third Trailer

The lovely goodies just keep turning up. Next gorgeous trailer for the hotly anticipated Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor just in from the publishers.



And! The other reason I love this video is because the artwork we see as Karou's is actually created by friend to MFB and all round cool guy: Tom Percival.

Here is a lovely post on the Daughter of Smoke and Bone website about the creation of the artwork and videos.

There once was a young artist called Karou who drew tales of monsters and demons that delighted and enthralled those around her.

But she has a secret, a secret that ties her to a dusty subterranean chamber, where her beloved guardian brokers dark deals in a place that is not here. A place that is Elsewhere.

Living with one foot in each world, Karou has never really known which one is her true home.

Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing...

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Cover Reveal - Daughter of Smoke and Bone

We don't do this often, but in this instance we're doing the cover reveal for Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor because

a.  The book is awesome
b.  The cover is wow
c.  We have become smitten with Laini Taylor
d.  We have to share it because it is just so gorram pretty


Hardback Cover

 

Full Cover - Hardback

Daughter of Smoke and Bone will launch on September 29th and is the first in a trilogy of. The book tells the story of an angel who fell in love with a devil. It did not end well.

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 grows 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 Kaoru. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters and demons that delight and enthral those around her; 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 colour.

Her life straddles two worlds: the human and a place that is Elsewhere. She has never really known which one is her true home, but now the doors to Elsewhere closing . . .Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out..

Fans of well written urban fantasy, this book is for you.  It has great characters, an amazing setting (Prague and ... other places), action, adventure, the battle between good and evil, the blurring of lines between good and evil, angels, fallen angels, devils, creatures from mythology, a heroine you fall for 100% and a story you will yourself to be true.  It's been a long time since a book has stayed with me this long.  I cannot wait to share it wtih you.

Pre-order it, you won't regret it.