Now, let’s get one thing straight right now: I loved Muse of Nightmares. So Muse had to be just as amazing, right? Dreams and nightmares are kind of my thing, and combining that with quiet, calm Lazlo as the main character and the inexplicably beautiful writing style, Strange just pushed all the right buttons for me. Of course, I had very high expectations, since Strange was beyond anything I’d ever read before. I actually danced around with glee when I picked up the book from my shelf and was about to dive in (my boyfriend can vouch for me – he laughed his head off). In fact, I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about reading a book. Nevertheless, I’ve been hugely excited about Muse of Nightmares ever since its release date was announced. That’s because I was afraid things were going to be dragged out, which is what happens in series sometimes. I remember being a little disappointed when I found out that Strange wasn’t to be a standalone novel, and that a sequel was forthcoming. That didn’t lessen my excitement about the beautiful book, though, as you can read in my review here. I was relatively late to the party with reading Strange the Dreamer, as I only got around to it at the end of last year, while the hype had been going on for most of that same year already. This book is a sequel – read my review of the first book here.
She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer.Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. 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.
Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old.
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