bumblingbookworm's Review of Siege and Storm (Grishaverse, #2) (Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)

by Leigh Bardugo

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Enter the Grishaverse with book two 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.

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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 review was originally posted on The Bumbling Bookworm

I'm currently making my way through the unread books on my shelf, and Leigh Bardugo's books make up a nice chunk of them. Until this week, I've owned all of her books and only read Shadow and Bone, which I read more than 3 years ago. My goal this month is to read the rest of Leigh Bardugo's books, and I can now knock Siege and Storm off that list. I tried to read this after I read Shadow and Bone, and I struggled a bit to get through it, but this time I didn't have any issues - I read it quite quickly and found I really enjoyed it.

I won't say too much about this, because it's the second in the series and I don't want to give too much away. All I'll say is that Mal is so annoying and needs to disappear, but Sturmhond is so precious! I love the Grishaverse, what Bardugo has created is simply amazing. I can't wait to read more books set in this world, including Ruin and Rising and the Six of Crows duology. The pacing in this book was quite good to begin with, but as I continued it dragged a bit in the middle, before picking back up again towards the end. A solid middle book, and I can't wait to see how it ends - 4 stars.

Check out the rest of my review here!

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

by Leigh Bardugo

Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on Feb 2, 2018

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