{"id":1567,"date":"2009-07-21T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:31:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:31:13","slug":"dreamdark-silksinger-rollicking-seque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1567","title":{"rendered":"Dreamdark: Silksinger &#8211; A Rollicking Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_AS3Nr1ChgcU\/SmYXr7diOpI\/AAAAAAAACA8\/Q3sjJlOevCg\/s1600-h\/Silksinger.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Silksinger.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360998449894537874\" \/><\/a>If you enjoyed the first book in Laini Taylor&#8217;s series about the Faeries of Dreamdark (which Holly Black aptly described as &#8220;whimsical and tiny, but fierce&#8221;), you won&#8217;t want to miss the second one, which in my opinion surpassed the first in terms of absorbing me into its unique and vividly depicted adventure. <\/p>\n<p>In <i>Dreamdark: Silksinger<\/i>, we follow the complex, interweaving stories of a few different narrators\u2014firstly, you&#8217;ll remember Magpie Windwitch from the first book, her friend Talon, and her band of crow brothers. They&#8217;re still on the hunt for the remaining djinn, which was their charge from the powerful Magruwen. But this time we&#8217;re also following the story of Whisper Silksinger, the last of the Silksinger clan and the protector of the djinn Azazel. With devils dogging her trail, she&#8217;ll do whatever she can to get the djinn back to his temple in the mountains\u2026short of revealing her identity.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of hidden identities, there&#8217;s also Hirik, whose path parallels Whisper&#8217;s in more ways than one\u2014and they could help each other, if only each knew the other&#8217;s secret. And underneath it all\u2014literally, under the ground\u2014the poor, pathos-ridden snail-demon Slomby toils as a slave, made to suffer for his tender-heartedness in caring for the last of the captive firedrakes. And if he doesn&#8217;t do his job, his ruthless Master wouldn&#8217;t think twice about making him suffer even more. To complicate matters, that same Master is on a quest of his own, to track down the Azazel for himself.<\/p>\n<p>This sequel has not only an intriguing and sympathetic cast of characters, it also masterfully weaves together a number of parallel storylines while maintaining a high level of tension and somehow combining faeries with massively swashbuckling adventure. And, as always, the illustrations by Jim DeBartolo are distinctive and fun. Ultimately, though, I guess I just like the idea that the tiniest, most seemingly innocuous creatures are destined to save the world. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/aff\/readersrant7?product=9780399246319\" target=_blank>Buy <i>Dreamdark: Silksinger<\/i> from an independent bookstore near you!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoyed the first book in Laini Taylor&#8217;s series about the Faeries of Dreamdark (which Holly Black aptly described as &#8220;whimsical and tiny,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,12,5],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-af","tag-fantasy-sci-fi","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5676,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions\/5676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}