Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

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

by Leigh Bardugo

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

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.

Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: Nikolai Lantsov character art and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo.

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

Reviewed by pamela on

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Instead of suffering from middle-book syndrome Siege and Storm vastly surpassed the mediocrity of Shadow and Bone. Alina really came into her own, and she turned out to be a really interesting character with many, many shades of grey.

There were moments when Siege and Storm was still a little tropey, but the story was strong enough, and Leigh Bardugo's writing mature and developed enough that it didn't matter so much. I also felt like this book gave a better sense of the world and the internal mythology (although I still feel like there would have been a lot more scope for world-building had this been a High Fantasy novel, rather than YA).

I'm looking forward to reading book three now, and I'm glad I didn't give up after the first book. Let's see if the trilogy can keep up the new pace.

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