Muse of Nightmares, Laini Taylor
Muse of Nightmares, Laini Taylor
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Muse of Nightmares

Author: Laini Taylor

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 15 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2018


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.

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

She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise.

She was wrong.

In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. 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.

Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, or everyone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. 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.

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.

About Laini Taylor

Hi! I write fantasy books. My latest is STRANGE THE DREAMER, about a young librarian, a mythic lost city, and the half-human children of murdered gods. Check it out :-) Before that I wrote the DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE trilogy, which has been translated into 32 languages. It's about a blue-haired art student raised by monsters, a broken angel, and a war that has raged for 1000 years in another world. I also wrote LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES, which was a National Book Award finalist, and the DREAMDARK books. As well as various short stories and novellas. Thanks for reading!! www.lainitaylor.com; @lainitaylor


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on October 06, 2018

ARC provided by Hachette in exchange for an honest review. 1.) Strange the Dreamer ★★★★★ “I would have chosen you, if they had let me choose.” Strange the Dreamer was my favorite book of 2017, and Muse of Nightmares is probably going to be my favorite book of 2018. These two books just brin......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on October 02, 2018

Good little girls don’t kill. They die. And Minya was not a good little girl. I know a lot of us were expecting Muse of Nightmares to be good, but I have to say, this book actually exceeded my expectations. I have a lump in my throat and I can't stop thinking about it. I usually spend time making......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on July 11, 2018

Absolute perfection......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 13, 2025

I'm a sloooow reader. Between February 19th and August 17th I read two books. Two. Then I picked up this book on Monday 17th and had it finished on Wednesday. The key difference was that the previous two books did not DEMAND my time. I gave it to them grudgingly in very small bursts when other diversi......more

Goodreads review by ✨ Helena ✨ on January 31, 2023

Re-read with Lynn and Alison ... Because we can't only read the first one! AHHHHHHHH! :D “There comes a certain point with a hope or a dream, when you either give it up or give up everything else. And if you choose the dream, if you keep on going, then you can never quit, because it's all you are.” P......more


Quotes

Praise for Muse of NightmaresA Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018A 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice
* "It is here, perhaps, that Taylor shines the brightest: she's always been a wordsmith, and this book is no exception."—Booklist, starred review

"A sequel that surpasses the original."—Kirkus Reviews

Praise and accolades for Strange the Dreamer:A NPR Best Book A Goodreads Best YA Fantasy and Science Fiction NomineeA Boston Globe Best YA BookA Popcrush Best Young Adult BookA Popsugar Best Book for Women A Booklist Editors' Choice An A.V. Club Favorite Book A Tor Top Young Adult SFF BookA Christian Science Monitor Best Book A B&N Teen Blog Best Young Adult Book A Forever Young Adult Best Book

"Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other."—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

"Laini Taylor set my imagination on fire so hard that it spontaneously combusted...This is the kind of story that paves dreams."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Roshani Chokshi, author of The Star Touched Queen

"[A] must-read YA!"—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}USA Today

"Part adventure novel, part romance and part exercise in epic myth-building, it's gorgeously written and full of surprises."—NPR

"[One of] our favorite books of the year!"—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Popsugar

"An epic world of gods, moths and nightmares; a world where the dream chooses the dreamer."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Justine Magazine

"Weighty as a nightmare and as transportive as the finest of fantasy, Laini Taylor's new novel will leave readers with miracles on their minds."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Hypable