Strange the Dreamer

About Strange the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer is the first romantasy novel in Laini Taylor's breathtaking two-book series set in the mythic city of Weep. Lazlo Strange is a junior librarian and dreamer with an obsession: the lost city whose name was stolen from the world's memory two hundred years ago. When a legendary warrior called the Godslayer arrives seeking volunteers for a strange and secret mission, Lazlo joins the expedition and is transported to a place beyond imagination—a city suspended beneath a great floating citadel, haunted by the half-god children who live in its shadow. Sarai is one of those children, a girl with blue skin and wings of moths, condemned to haunt the dreams of the city's sleeping humans. When she finds her way into Lazlo's dreams, something unprecedented begins. Taylor writes with an intoxicating lyrical prose style that transforms every page into an act of world-building. The romance is tender and slow-burning, the mythology is original and immersive, and the stakes grow to world-ending heights by the final act. Strange the Dreamer is the kind of romantasy novel that reminds you why the genre exists—to dream of worlds more beautiful and more terrible than our own. A stunning, unforgettable read.

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