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. 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 the 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?
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Kora and Nova had never seen a Mesarthim, but they knew all about them. CHAPTER 1
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(@HodderBooks, 2 October 2018, ebook, 545 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle, my last read for the # POPSUGARReadingChallenge, a duology part 2)
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I loved Strange the Dreamer so was looking forward to reading the conclusion, Muse of Nightmares. I loved this book as well. It picks up not long after the first book finished and you're thrown into the action pretty quickly. I'd be lost if I hadn't just finished the first book. This book is a bit darker than the first one and better for it. I was absorbed in it.
