Overall Book Series Rating
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is right up there at the top of the BEST BOOK SERIES I HAVE EVER READ. I actually put off reading this series and I have no idea why. If I would have known beforehand what an impact it would have on me, I would have read this series a lot earlier. The book description was not super appealing to me, interesting, but didn't grab me at first. A lead character named Karou with blue hair that does weird crap. But let me tell you, this series is SO MUCH MORE.
The story had me from beginning to end and I have to say that I am astonished by the level of intricacy found in the storyline. The characters, the setting, each and every detail blew my mind away! This series has probably the highest level of creativity I have every encountered. There is a bit of everything: romance (not overdone and girly either, yay!), action, adventure, extreme conflict with heartbreak with a satisfying resolution. I found that I was actually feeling an emotional investment in these books to the characters and story which is rare for me. I cannot begin to tell you how incredible this series is so please do yourself a favor and take the time to read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy! Seriously, stop whatever the hell you are doing and get that book read, you will not regret it!
I will even go as far as giving this book series my rare and much coveted ultimate stamp of approval:
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE MOVIE!
It was announced in late 2013 that Daughter of Smoke and Bone was picked up by Universal Pictures to be the next biggest YA book to movie adaptation. At first, I was overjoyed because the second I finished reading the series I thought "God that would be an incredible movie!" However, the more I thought about it, the more I begin to doubt it. The movie budget would have to literally be at least $500 million or more spent on mostly CGI and special effects to even begin to do justice to all the detail in the character and worlds depicted in the books. Realistically, movie studios will not shovel out that much on the first movie of a potential trilogy. It is my opinion that books are always so much better than the movie and I really hope that a crappy depiction of Daughter of Smoke and Bone on film does not have a negative impact on the book series. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie is a clear example of what damage a movie can have on a book series. That book series was phenomenal but the movie was not the greatest reflection of that and the marketing was garbage so the sequel just barely received the green light and who knows how that one will do. It's a total shame too because The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series are also on my top book series list and the movie potential is beyond high if done correctly. Currently, there is not much information on when the Daughter of Smoke and Bone movie is set to be released or the cast but I think we won't see it out until at least 2016. I wouldn't mind waiting longer because I hope that the movie does the series justice as it would be a true optical masterpiece!
