There were a lot of questions I was left with while reading Strange the Dreamer, but Muse of Nightmares finally answered them. Ruby, Feral and Sparrow manage to buy Lazlo and Sarai more time, free from Minya’s control, but exploring the Citadel in search of answers to all the questions they have opens more doors – doors to other worlds – than they realise. With Sarai’s ghost kept from fading only thanks to her power Minya has exactly what she needs to bend Lazlo to her will.
Reeling from everything they saw the citizens of Weep wait, but Minya isn’t willing to leave, not without taking her revenge for the children she wasn’t able to save. “The gods had been dead for fifteen years, after all, but their hate had lingered, and ruled in their stead.”Īfter Sarai fell from the sky Lazlo discovered he was one of the Godspawn, and not just any Godspawn but one with the power to manipulate mesarthium, and free Weep from the shadow of Skathis’ Citadel. After I finished Strange the Dreamer Muse of Nightmares shot to the top of my most-anticipated releases of 2018 list, and when I finally read it it didn’t disappoint.
Her writing is so beautiful, and while that can be a little bit of a downside if you’re not in the mood for such a richly written story her books have never failed to completely enchant me. Laini Taylor has been one of my favourite authors since I first picked up Daughter of Smoke and Bone. It was published by Hodder & Stoughton on October 2nd 2018. Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor is the second book in the Strange the Dreamer duology. 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.Īs 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? 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.
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