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Author: Leigh
Bardugo
Pages: 368
Rating: ★★★★★
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Synopsis:
Surrounded by
enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow
Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on
human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has
never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and
her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves
his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free.
Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to
be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious
Darkling.
Yet nothing in
this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom
depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the
Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.
Shadow and Bone is
the first installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy.
thoughts:
How am I supposed
to describe my thought on this book?! It was so amazing and I totally loved it!
Alina was really
awesome but for some reason I could not bring myself to feel connected to her.
even though in the book they don't talk a lot about how she could not get her
powers at a young age and that is a good thing I suppose but it made you wonder
more and more about it. the way she saw the shadow fold was different than I
expected actually. of course she would fear it when so many people died but at
the same time the got me more the moment she protected Mal. it made you feel
closer to her and through the book she got better and better.
The Darkling was
one of the characters that got my attention. I really liked his even though he
turned out evil as hell but I still liked him. I think that there is more to
him than what they said about him. behind his action must be a reason right?
and I want to know really badly why he does certain things. he started of as a
'' nice '' person and very distant. he got closer to Alina in the book but
still you could feel that there was something wrong about him and that is such
a shame.
Mal wasn't in the
book that much actually ( at least in my opinion) but he was a nice guy who
knew Alina since they were kids. I think that is pretty awesome but also that
they bond became less when they grew up is a shame. his reasons for being who
he was at the end of the book made no sense at first and Leigh Bardugo did a
great job so keep it a secret.
the encounter
between the three of them was actually something I expected. At the same time
it was different than I thought it would be. the only thing I didn't like that
much about it was the love between Mal and Aline, it was rather weird for me
that childhood friends become lovers. maybe they just are convinced they love
each other because of the fact they grew up together.
overall I liked
this book a lot and I really want to read the second book, Siege and Storm. I
can't wait for October 31th and meet Leigh Bardugo!
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