Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, by Laini Taylor

I imagine most of you are familiar with this series.  It spawned a huge fandom and I finally read them all, just to see what the fuss was about.  Let me tell you-- it's about some amazing writing and a Romeo and Juliet kind of romance that makes readers yearn for hope and peace.  The thing is, it's also a great deal about war, especially in books 2 and 3.  So if you are going into these thinking it will be Twilight, you are mistaken.  The characters are far more interesting, but the focus really is not romance for most of this series, despite the way the series kicks off.  Given that I like a good romance and am not so huge into war/battle stories, I struggled some with books 2 and 3, but the writing continued to be beautiful and the whole thing is very action-packed.  

I do wish I had understood more of what was going on at the end of book 3, though.  

  

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