![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the second book I've read by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, the first being Vita Nostra, a book that I completely fell in love with. When I say this is an odd book, I'm not exaggerating-there's weird characters, an uncertain plot, and a variety of other elements that make this book a tough one to decode. But as outside forces begin to coalesce, threatening to finally separate them, Aspirin makes a startling discovery about himself and this ethereal, eerie child."ĭaughter from the Dark was an exceptionally odd book and I really am not sure how I feel about it. He can then return to the shallow life he led before her. Yet every attempt to get rid of her is thwarted by an unusual protector: her plush teddy bear that may just transform into a fearsome monster.Īlyona tells Aspirin that if he would just allow her do her work, she’ll leave him-and this world. Confused and wary, Aspirin knows one thing: he wants her out of his apartment and his life. Who is Alyona? A young con artist? A plant for a nefarious blackmailer? Or perhaps a long-lost daughter Aspirin never knew existed? Whoever this mysterious girl is, she now refuses to leave.Ĭlaiming that she is a musical prodigy, Alyona insists she must play a complicated violin piece to find her brother. But in the morning sinister doubts set in. After he tries to save her from imminent danger, she ends up at his apartment. " Late one night, fate brings together DJ Aspirin and ten-year-old Alyona. ![]()
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