Item: Siege and Storm
Rating: 2.00
Author: keking

by Leigh Bardugo

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Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Alina Starkov's power has grown, but not without a price. She is the Sun Summoner - hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Shadow Fold. But she and Mal can't outrun their enemies for long.

The Darkling is more determined than ever to claim Alina's magic and use it to take the Ravkan throne. With nowhere else to turn, Alina enlists the help of an infamous privateer and sets out to lead the Grisha army.

But as the truth of Alina's destiny unfolds, she slips deeper into the Darkling's deadly game of forbidden magic, and further away from her humanity. To save her country, Alina will have to choose between her power and the love she thought would always be her shelter. No victory can come without sacrifice - and only she can face the oncoming storm.

Read all the books in the Grishaverse!

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising

The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

This was quite disappointing. I surprisingly enjoyed Shadow and Bone, after resisting reading it for a while. I naturally picked up Siege and Storm but I had a completely different experience.

This felt like crap to me. She has these little kerfuffles with the Darkling but most of the time she just sits in the Little Palace doing nothing. Engaging in petty drama I guess. Fighting over different boys, one I absolutely hate but can tell she will end up with. The other one I like much better but you barely see him and clearly it's not happening. Even the Darkling is a better love interest.

I guess I might be confused on this but why is there all this hate for the Darkling? Obviously he is a.major antagonist but he doesn't seem super villainous to me. His followers talk about whatever he's doing is for the good of Ravka....getting rid of the Fold. I agree....that would be good. Sure he's not handling it in the best way but isn't what hes trying to something good? I'm not sure why everyone is against that. It seems to me like it's just Alina battling an ex over their failed relationship. Idk.

Siege and Storm (Grishaverse, #2) (Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)

by Leigh Bardugo

Reviewed by Katie King on Jun 29, 2016

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