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Siege and Storm

Siege and Storm

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  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Leigh Bardugo
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Summary

Hunted across the True Sea， haunted by the lives she took on the Fold， Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land。 She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret。 She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long。

The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world。 With the help of a notorious privateer， Alina returns to the country she abandoned， determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka。 But as her power grows， Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic， and farther away from Mal。 Somehow， she will have to choose between her country， her power， and the love she always thought would guide her--or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm。

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Reviews

Samara ，

-"Me gusta tener enemigos poderosos， me hace sentir importante"。Lo mejor del libro fue Nikolai 💖👑 me hubiera gustado que apareciera más。 -"Me gusta tener enemigos poderosos， me hace sentir importante"。Lo mejor del libro fue Nikolai 💖👑 me hubiera gustado que apareciera más。 。。。more

Lauren ，

Middle books are not my favorite。 The beginning was exciting， the end was exciting， and the middle was a slog。 Alina and Mal are sooooo boring， but Nikolai saved this book for me。 I am very curious how they will wrap it all up。

Beatriz De Andrade ，

A primeira metade foi CARREGADA pelo pobre do Nikolai que deve estar com bastante dor nas costas， n se preocupe lindo vc agora tem sua saga solo e superior。Aí na segunda metade ，meu SENHOR que tédio， serio sera que o Maly e a Alina n se cansam de serem tão chatos e rodeados de pessoas muito mais interessantes mesmo que mal sejam minimamente desenvolvidas？

Iolanda ，

"My power is yours"， I repeated。 His arms tightened around me。 "And yours is mine，" I whispered against his lips。" Cosa non è stato questo secondo volume？！L'ho amato ancor di più del primo， per non parlare di alcuni personaggi che hanno conquistato immediatamente il mio cuore。 Sì， Nikolai， sto parlando di te。 In meno di due secondi è diventato uno dei miei personaggi preferiti。 Già non riesco a ricordare la mia vita， prima di conoscerlo。 "Terribilmente noiosa" direbbe。 Concordate？ "My power is yours"， I repeated。 His arms tightened around me。 "And yours is mine，" I whispered against his lips。" Cosa non è stato questo secondo volume？！L'ho amato ancor di più del primo， per non parlare di alcuni personaggi che hanno conquistato immediatamente il mio cuore。 Sì， Nikolai， sto parlando di te。 In meno di due secondi è diventato uno dei miei personaggi preferiti。 Già non riesco a ricordare la mia vita， prima di conoscerlo。 "Terribilmente noiosa" direbbe。 Concordate？ "Watch yourself， Nikolai，” Mal said softly。 “Princes bleed just like other men。”Nikolai plucked an invisible piece of dust from his sleeve。 “Yes，” he said。 “They just do it in better clothes。" Ammetto di aver amato tutto， dall'inizio alla fine - soprattutto Nikolai - ， anche se avrei voluto un po' di più l'Oscuro， nonostante sia stato sempre presente nei pensieri di Alina e insomma， avete capito。 Ma l'unico personaggio che ancora non ho del tutto capito se mi piace o semplicemente lo tollero。。。 è Mal。 Alina。 Una protagonista meravigliosa。 Così terribilmente umana， così piena di forza e timori。 Dubbi e audacia。In bilico tra ciò che è giusto e ciò che è sbagliato。Tra luce e oscurità。 Tra odio e amore。Tra bene e male。 Tra vita e morte。 "Why won’t you leave me alone？” I whispered one night as he hovered behind me while I tried to work at my desk。Long minutes passed。 I didn’t think he would answer。 I even had time to hope he might have gone， until I felt his hand on my shoulder。“Then I’d be alone， too，" he said， and he stayed the whole night through， till the lamps burned down to nothing。" E lei e l'Oscuro。。。 così potenti。 Le loro scene sono incredibilmente potenti。 E vogliamo parlare dell'ultima scena insieme？ Avevo le palpitazioni。 L'Oscuro mi affascina sempre di più e non vedo l'ora di leggere "Rovina e Ascesa" e assistere alla resa dei conti con il cuore in gola。P。S。 Nikolai。。。 dove sei？ "When people say impossible， they usually mean improbable。" "Do you answer a question directly？""Hard to say。 Ah， there， I've done it again。" 。。。more

Preslee K ，

This was a good second book to the Shadow and Bone trilogy。 Overall I enjoyed this book， though at some points the story was moving a little to slowly。 The author did a very good job of building Alina's character。 This was a good second book to the Shadow and Bone trilogy。 Overall I enjoyed this book， though at some points the story was moving a little to slowly。 The author did a very good job of building Alina's character。 。。。more

Nicole Lee ，

This second book was SO MUCH better than the first。 Especially the dive into Ravka/Grisha politics。 I would have loved to see more of the Darkling， but we’ll blame that on my unhealthy obsession with villains。 ADORED the new band of characters brought in， specifically Nikolai。 No hesitation from Leigh Bardugo when it came to action and sacrifice。 And I was living for every second of it。

anne ，

3。75🌟Mi è piaciuto leggermente di meno del primo， l'inizio mi ha dato molto le vibes di Pirati dei Caraibi e mi è piaciuta molto， come la fine。 Ho ritenuto però la parte centrale un po' noiosetta， non so perché， ma non avevo ma voglia di continuare a leggere come per le altre parti。 Non vedo l'ora di leggere l'ultimo libro di questa trilogia e concludere questo viaggio a Ravka。😍 3。75🌟Mi è piaciuto leggermente di meno del primo， l'inizio mi ha dato molto le vibes di Pirati dei Caraibi e mi è piaciuta molto， come la fine。 Ho ritenuto però la parte centrale un po' noiosetta， non so perché， ma non avevo ma voglia di continuare a leggere come per le altre parti。 Non vedo l'ora di leggere l'ultimo libro di questa trilogia e concludere questo viaggio a Ravka。😍 。。。more

Elizabeth Nicole Schwartz ，

So freaking boring。 I can't even explain properly how hard this book was to get through So freaking boring。 I can't even explain properly how hard this book was to get through 。。。more

Imogen grace ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I loved how this is just the second book and I live the series already！ I am really loving the writing style of it， and now we have Nikolai！ Sturmhond really confused me at the start but it’s really great now I understand it！ Also there’s more amplifiers？？ That’s such a great concept！ I do know what happens with them because I have read the 3rd book， but you will just have to wait and see！ ;）Overall 3。8/5 I loved it， but ruin and rising really made this series great！

Jessica ，

This was not for me。 Will I be reading the last in the series？ No。 I just want to know what happens to Nikolai and that's it。 The main character is forgettable。 She acts like she's super powerful because she's the only Sun Summoner， but can't actually fight and hasn't learned to do more with her power besides manifest balls of light and do The Cut， which like， sure， is cool， but OBVIOUSLY not enough to defeat the Darkling， and instead of trying to learn new tricks， she just。。。doesn't， but still This was not for me。 Will I be reading the last in the series？ No。 I just want to know what happens to Nikolai and that's it。 The main character is forgettable。 She acts like she's super powerful because she's the only Sun Summoner， but can't actually fight and hasn't learned to do more with her power besides manifest balls of light and do The Cut， which like， sure， is cool， but OBVIOUSLY not enough to defeat the Darkling， and instead of trying to learn new tricks， she just。。。doesn't， but still expects everyone to follow her command and fight for her， when she doesn't really care about trying to defeat the Darkling。 She's a power-hungry character， which like， fine， but then doesn't do anything， but rather expects everyone to do all the difficult things for her。 While I'm all for the Chosen One tropes and a love triangle， she doesn't have a connection with Mal or the Darkling？ Mal just straight up sucks and the main character's （what's her name？） relationship with the Darkling is just nonexistence。 Sure， they have similar powers， but that's literally it！ Ugh， god。 This is just all the character tropes I normally like if they're done well （which， this is not）。 Thank you for coming to my rant。 。。。more

katie ，

Nikolai Lanstov ！！ Love of my life ！！！Also too much Mal， not enough of the Darkling or my girl Genya。 I really feel like this would have been a solid sequel， if the plot had moved forward at all in the middle third of the book。

Maleeha Ali ，

This was an incredibly frustrating read。 The main characters are so unlikable to the point i am honestly shocked。To start of Alina， either she wants to be bad or she wants to be good。 Just pick a side and stick with it。 I don’t mind her going either way but it is like the author is too afraid to make the decision of what she wants Alina to be and as a reader that is frustrating。On the other hand， Mal as a character has gone so wrong。 I actually liked him in the first book but in this book his ac This was an incredibly frustrating read。 The main characters are so unlikable to the point i am honestly shocked。To start of Alina， either she wants to be bad or she wants to be good。 Just pick a side and stick with it。 I don’t mind her going either way but it is like the author is too afraid to make the decision of what she wants Alina to be and as a reader that is frustrating。On the other hand， Mal as a character has gone so wrong。 I actually liked him in the first book but in this book his actions were so out of character as well as made no sense。The relationship between Mal and Alina is incredibly frustrating as much as these two characters in this book。 Just for everyone’s sake break up and go their own separate ways。My review of this book in one word is FRUSTRATING。I also wished they focused of the story of the darkling rather than Mal and Alina。 。。。more

Evelina ，

Well i think it's a thing for Bardugo to make me cry my eyes out 🤕 。 I liked it so much，the adventure the tension， the plot twists ughh master piece 👍🏻。 Well i think it's a thing for Bardugo to make me cry my eyes out 🤕 。 I liked it so much，the adventure the tension， the plot twists ughh master piece 👍🏻。 。。。more

Lisi ，

Some hot guys appear😏😂😂😂

maria ，

3。5 （the half a star is purely for nikolai）

Zoë ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 WHAT WAS THAT ENDING AHHHHHHHHHHHH *screams in for some reason i was bored for most of the book and was only reading it for Prince Nikolai but THAT ENDING WAS WOWWWWWWW*

Kim Frijters ，

Alina Starkov weet samen met Mal wederom aan de Duisterling te ontsnappen en wordt daarbij geholpen door de kaperkapitein Sturmhund。 Op weg terug naar Os Alta merkt Alina dat ze als een heilige wordt beschouwd。 Samen met haar vrienden probeert ze het Grisha leger nieuw leven in te blazen om de strijd aan te gaan met de Duisterling。Maar is het voldoende， en zijn haar krachten voldoende om op te kunnen staan tegen het Duister？ Een heerlijk vervolg op Schim en Schaduw。

Stephanie L ，

Not a single one of these characters has personality？ Alina and Mal are wet blankets， the Darkling isn't really present for most of the book， and Nikolai is so conflicted about who he wants to be it gave me whiplash。 Not a single one of these characters has personality？ Alina and Mal are wet blankets， the Darkling isn't really present for most of the book， and Nikolai is so conflicted about who he wants to be it gave me whiplash。 。。。more

Allyson Preble ，

I read Shadow and Bone awhile ago and I hopped on the bandwagon to finish the series before the Netflix show。 And now I remember why I didn't go out and finish the series right after finishing book one。I love the grishaverse and I love Bardugo's writing。 And I know these novels are from early in her writing career so they're not as good as her other novels， which doesn't mean I don't like them。 I just now know she can do so much better。 So maybe I'm being a little harsh。The storyline is creative I read Shadow and Bone awhile ago and I hopped on the bandwagon to finish the series before the Netflix show。 And now I remember why I didn't go out and finish the series right after finishing book one。I love the grishaverse and I love Bardugo's writing。 And I know these novels are from early in her writing career so they're not as good as her other novels， which doesn't mean I don't like them。 I just now know she can do so much better。 So maybe I'm being a little harsh。The storyline is creative and some of the characters are wildly captivating （hello Nickoli）， but others are kind of boring and whiney （boo， Mal）。 The conversations are amusing and funny - I love the banter between Mal， Nickoli and Alina。 Love-triangles make for great conversations。 But I have no idea how I read this book so quickly！ I felt like nothing happened。 The first book was great setting up for the world and the magic system but this book was setting up a big battle that。。。never happened？ This book was more about Mal and Alina's friendship which honestly， I don't care too much about。 Mal is holding you back， girl！ That being said I devoured the book in almost 2 sittings and I'm immediately picking up the next one， so I still love the series。 This book plays an important role， but not necessarily a fun one。 。。。more

Bookaholicar ✨ ，

Luego del enfrentamiento final en Sombra y Hueso， Alina se embarcan junto a Mal en un viaje más allá del Mar Autentico， en una desesperada búsqueda por una vida lejos de Ravka， los Grisha sobretodo。。。 su destino。 Pero más pronto de lo que ella quisiera， se dará cuenta que el destino no es algo de lo que se pueda huir。Creo que este libro cumple muy bien la función de ser "el libro del medio"， el preludio antes del gran final， y aunque comienza y termina de esa INCREIBLE manera a la que ya nos tie Luego del enfrentamiento final en Sombra y Hueso， Alina se embarcan junto a Mal en un viaje más allá del Mar Autentico， en una desesperada búsqueda por una vida lejos de Ravka， los Grisha sobretodo。。。 su destino。 Pero más pronto de lo que ella quisiera， se dará cuenta que el destino no es algo de lo que se pueda huir。Creo que este libro cumple muy bien la función de ser "el libro del medio"， el preludio antes del gran final， y aunque comienza y termina de esa INCREIBLE manera a la que ya nos tiene acostumbrada la autora， en la mitad del libro tuve un mínimo estancamiento que hizo que le restara esa última estrella。 Pero más allá de eso， ¡ME GUSTO MUCHISIMO！ ¡Incluso tanto como el primero！ Cuando la gente dice que algo es imposible， normalmente se refiere a que es improbable。La evolución de los personajes es notable; Alina me gustó muchísimo en esta entrega y no puedo negar que comencé a tomarle mucho cariño a Mal y la relación que tienen entre ellos。Otra no-tan-sorpresa fue David， creo muy necesario nombrarlo ya que definitivamente me encanto conocerlo un poco más en esta segunda parte。Sin embargo， quienes verdaderamente se llevaron mi corazón fueron los nuevos personajes: conocer a Nikolai fue todo lo que me prometieron y más， pero lo que me sorprende es que NADIE se digne a hablar de la maravilla que son también mis hermanos favoritos: Tamar y Tolya。 ¡¿POR QUÉ NADIE HABLA DE MIS BEBES？！ Son ese par quienes se encaminan a convertirse en mis favs。 Sé brutal。 Sé cruel。Con respecto a la historia， no estoy segura de nada y no voy a mentirles， me asusta un poco lo oscuro que comienza a volverse todo。 Los últimos capítulos me dieron un paro cardiaco que no les cuento， me lloré la vida misma en unas pocas paginas y después -obviamente- me apresuré a comenzar el final。 Todas las cosas que merecen la pena hacer empiezan siempre por una mala idea。Pd。 Aunque no lo haya nombrado， The Darkling siempre estará en primer lugar para mi en esta historia。 Fin del comunicado。 。。。more

Karen Carazas ，

Estuve dando muchas vueltas para escribir esto y esque me esperaba algo diferente。 Al leer fantasía lo que me espero es acción y entiendo que este libro es un segundo que da paso a un final。 Se me hizo realmente pesado leerlo y siento que lo bueno comenzó realmente a dos capítulos de terminar el libro。No todo estuvo malo por eso la calificación， apareció un nuevo personaje y lo amé， podría decirse que se convirtió en uno de mis favoritos。En general no fue divertido leerlo。

Jossellin ，

Rating: 3。5/5 stars Review: Following my review of SAB， I will say that the second was a bit better， but not for the reasons you might think。 I did find it hard to get through this book because of how political and strategic everything was in this book to prepare for the attacks of the Darkling。 The only saving grace that I think got me through this book was Nikolai。 He is so witty， smart， strategic， and most importantly， funny in situations when it was boring and made it easier to keep reading。 Rating: 3。5/5 stars Review: Following my review of SAB， I will say that the second was a bit better， but not for the reasons you might think。 I did find it hard to get through this book because of how political and strategic everything was in this book to prepare for the attacks of the Darkling。 The only saving grace that I think got me through this book was Nikolai。 He is so witty， smart， strategic， and most importantly， funny in situations when it was boring and made it easier to keep reading。 I think Leigh Bardugo lacks what I think most YA authors have when writing and that is making the reader anticipate and *want* to continue reading to know what happens next。 I found myself lacking that motivation and only continued reading simply to finish the book。 It can get tiring waiting until the very last second of the book to have everything happen at once。 I didn't like it in SAB， and I didn't like it in this book and hope that this won't be the case for Rising and Ruin。 I have a hard time falling in love with many of the characters in this series， which almost never happens because I fall in love with many of them within the first/second book， and that comes to show that I'm just not a fan of Bardugo's style of writing。 I do have to say that I loved Nikolai and the twins， and although I want to love Mal， I found his whining and emotional rollercoaster annoying。 I do admire his loyalty to Alina， though。 Favorite Quote:"I was surrounded by people， but I almost felt like they couldn't see me， only what they needed from me。" 。。。more

krose ，

4。5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨i have SO much to say but i know once i start i’ll never be able to stop complaining AND admiring nikolai。 ive already spoiled myself of what will happen because of reading the six of crows duology BEFORE reading siege and storm， and as far as the love interests go， i also already know who ends with who because of the characters in king of scars and i will forever loathe myself for that and for looking up fanart ONLY TO FIND SPOILERS。 kids lesson learned NEVER LOOK UP FANART。 everyon 4。5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨i have SO much to say but i know once i start i’ll never be able to stop complaining AND admiring nikolai。 ive already spoiled myself of what will happen because of reading the six of crows duology BEFORE reading siege and storm， and as far as the love interests go， i also already know who ends with who because of the characters in king of scars and i will forever loathe myself for that and for looking up fanart ONLY TO FIND SPOILERS。 kids lesson learned NEVER LOOK UP FANART。 everyone who has finished the shadow and bone trilogy seems to be disappointed with alina’s chosen “ENDGAME”， which already itself tells me who she will end up with。 if you plan on starting this trilogy， one: NO FANART， two: STAY OFF OF TIKTOK because like i did you will piece it all out and spoil yourself， three: read this trilogy before any of the grishaverse books。despite my complaints， i love leigh bardugo and my heart cant take rating her books less than 5 stars and it’s not like i have a rating system yet anyways。 it was good， im always so amazed with the structure of the grishaverse。 x 。。。more

Nishant Sharma ，

Alina。 Baby。 Just what happened to you？

Pauline ，

De l'action， de nouveaux personnages， une histoire qui se complexifie。 Un second tome bien meilleur que le premier même s'il fallait en passer pas là pour introduire l'univers。 J'ai hâte de découvrir le final de cette trilogie De l'action， de nouveaux personnages， une histoire qui se complexifie。 Un second tome bien meilleur que le premier même s'il fallait en passer pas là pour introduire l'univers。 J'ai hâte de découvrir le final de cette trilogie 。。。more

Marimiranda ，

La chica volverá a ascender。

Timothy Dempsey ，

Good sequel， took us out of the new setting way to fast in chapter one to return us to the old one

Charvi ，

I only have two reasons for giving this book three stars: Nikolai and that ending。 I really liked the ending where things went a bit more unexpectedly。 And yes Nikolai is such a great character， at least he kept me entertained throughout this book。I honestly might have liked this book more if there were less of Malina， like all that tension between Mal and Alina cause it was so boring and everyone knew what would happen to them。 But like also， Mal could die for all I care， I'm so not invested in I only have two reasons for giving this book three stars: Nikolai and that ending。 I really liked the ending where things went a bit more unexpectedly。 And yes Nikolai is such a great character， at least he kept me entertained throughout this book。I honestly might have liked this book more if there were less of Malina， like all that tension between Mal and Alina cause it was so boring and everyone knew what would happen to them。 But like also， Mal could die for all I care， I'm so not invested in him。 Will I read book 3？ Maybe。 I don't know， if the mood strikes in the future。 。。。more

Clarabel ，

Ce deuxième tome est d'abord celui de la transition。 Les incidences du passé sont à réparer avant de prévenir les nouveaux coups durs。 L'Invocatrice de Lumière est au centre de toutes les attentions。 Une sainte ？ martyre ？ une imposture ？ traîtresse ？Alina Starkov n'a plus sa place nulle part。 Elle se sent trahie et sans repère。 Seul son ami d'enfance l'empêche de perdre pied même si leur fuite est vouée à l'échec。 Le royaume est désormais fragilisé。 Les ennemis et les alliés ont inversé les rôl Ce deuxième tome est d'abord celui de la transition。 Les incidences du passé sont à réparer avant de prévenir les nouveaux coups durs。 L'Invocatrice de Lumière est au centre de toutes les attentions。 Une sainte ？ martyre ？ une imposture ？ traîtresse ？Alina Starkov n'a plus sa place nulle part。 Elle se sent trahie et sans repère。 Seul son ami d'enfance l'empêche de perdre pied même si leur fuite est vouée à l'échec。 Le royaume est désormais fragilisé。 Les ennemis et les alliés ont inversé les rôles。Il plane un climat de doute et de suspicion sur tout le livre， lequel traîne un peu en longueur en manquant parfois d'action。 On nous explique cependant qu'il faut reconstruire， qu'il faut consolider les liens。 Qu'il faut asseoir un souverain digne de ce nom sur le trône。 C'est politique et stratégique。 Mais la question d'acceptation se pose aussi pour l'héroïne。 Avec ses nouveaux pouvoirs， les convoitises toquent à sa porte。 Ça se bouscule， parfois les mauvais intentions sont aussi les meilleures。 Elle sent néanmoins qu'une part d'elle-même se brise chaque fois qu'elle cède à l'appel de la lumière。Et que dire de sa relation avec Mal qui est malmenée et qui n'est plus que le souvenir d'un rêve envolé ！ Un gouffre se creuse entre eux， hélas en leur âme et conscience。 On assiste au massacre avec beaucoup de chagrin et d'impuissance。 Tsss。 Vraiment， ils m'ont déchiré le cœur。 Surtout qu'une présence dans l'ombre nuit grandement à leur bonheur。 Une omniscience， mais également le poids de la destinée。 Argh。 C'est terrible。 Tout ça nous donne un roman avec peu de Darkling - entendons-nous bien : je suis frustrée ！ Mais un certain Sturmhond - rouquin， arrogant， et rebelle - corsaire de son état， fait son entrée。 Et mon cœur fait boum ！ Cette série pose brique par brique son univers， ses personnages。 Elle étend sa toile et enjôle le lecteur avec une rouerie que je trouve fabuleuse。 Oui， je suis accro。 。。。more

Veronica ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This was honestly so much better than the first book。 I find this more exciting and the plot is actually finally going somewhere。 This is going to be a lengthy review but I don't care I will write it down while the story is still fresh in my mind。 What I love : 1。 Nikolai。 Nikolai。 Nikolai。 Do I even have to elaborate？ I felt more chemistry between him and Alina more than the whole chemistry of Alina and Mal in the two books。 Nikolai won't even have to try and charm me I would lay my life down f This was honestly so much better than the first book。 I find this more exciting and the plot is actually finally going somewhere。 This is going to be a lengthy review but I don't care I will write it down while the story is still fresh in my mind。 What I love : 1。 Nikolai。 Nikolai。 Nikolai。 Do I even have to elaborate？ I felt more chemistry between him and Alina more than the whole chemistry of Alina and Mal in the two books。 Nikolai won't even have to try and charm me I would lay my life down for him in an instant。 He easily became a favorite character and I would drop everything and everyone for him。 I would propose to him myself。2。 Alina character DevelopmentWe love good character development and I really think Alina’s was good。 She finally started thinking properly without the influence of Mal （although she occasionally still did which I am tired of rolling my eyes at） but she is getting smarter， more in tune with who she is。 I can also feel her insecurity wearing off （I thank Nikolai for that）。 No more annoying helpless little girl who gets swayed easily by men。 She is getting stronger and more independent and we always love a queen who is finally realizing her crown is sharp enough to kill。 3。 The twinsI am genuinely very interested in them。 They do not depend on their Grisha powers， can hold their own in a fight without it， and are undoubtedly loyal。 4。 The Castle Siege Epic。 I was reading through it like an arrow I didn’t even have time to mourn the fallen。 I love good writing， but I love it， even more， when the author hurts me。 5。 David。 Nadia。 Zoya。 And all the other Grisha who fought with Alina。 Finally getting a sneak peek into new characters。 I actually love Zoya and how haughty and smart she is。 I also love David but I still need more from all of them。 By more I mean more appearances。 6。 Darkling I really can’t find it in my heart to hate him just yet。 Burn me at the stake， I don’t care。 What I don’t like: 1。 Mal’s actions and emotions towards AlinaI don’t hate Mal do not get me wrong。 I love his character but separately。 As an individual。 Not when he is， as Nikolai my love has put it， playing the role of。 a jealous and possessive lover。 He could NEVER be happy or supportive of Alina （the healthy kind）。 It takes two to tango and it should always be 50/50 and he could not give Alina what Alina gave him all those years she hid her power。 2。 Mal and Alina Relationship One order of red flags， and a side of toxic dependency anyone？ I would definitely pass。 I wish they had just stayed friends？ but I understand it is a good plot。 It is sad to see people grow apart BECAUSE they are just growing in different directions。 It happens。 Even in real-life relationships。 You think this person would be the person you spend forever with when in reality it was just the person who was there at that time。 I won’t delve into that but I do hope that they would either call it quits， or grow back together in a HEALTHY way。 All in all， it was a wonderful book。 Better than the first and it’s got me riled up for the third。 。。。more

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