Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3) (Grishaverse, #3)

by Leigh Bardugo

*The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!*

Enter the Grishaverse with book three of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas.

Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: The Demon in the Wood (a Darkling prequel story) and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo.

Soldier. Summoner. Saint.The nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.

The Darkling rules from his shadow throne while a weakened Alina Starkov recovers from their battle under the dubious protection of the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Now her hopes lie with the magic of a long-vanished ancient creature and the chance that an outlaw prince still survives.

As her allies and enemies race toward war, only Alina stands between her country and a rising tide of darkness that could destroy the world. To win this fight, she must seize a legend's power - but claiming the firebird may be her ruin.


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

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This review was originally posted on The Bumbling Bookworm

I'm so glad I read this straight after reading Siege and Storm, rather than waiting 3 years like I did after reading Shadow and Bone!  I was on a roll and it was so great to stay in the Grishaverse, it's such an intriguing place to be.  I love this world and I'm so glad that there are more books for me to read in the Grishaverse! I can't say too much about the plot of this without spoiling books 1 and 2 for you, so I won't touch on that except to say that it kept me interested the whole way through.

As with book 2, there were some pacing issues with this one - a lot happens in the beginning and at the end, but it's rather slow in the middle.  Despite that, I still couldn't put it down and I just needed to know what happened next.  It took me a while to understand certain parts of the plot towards the end, and even now I'm not sure I fully understand but it was a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy - 4 stars
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