Title: Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Pages: 358
Synopsis: (from GoodReads)
Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
Rating: 5 /5 stars
My older sister loves the Grishaverse and now so do I. She constantly talks about Leigh
Bardugo and her books. I mean she even got a tattoo based on the Grishaverse symbol.
I loved this book, once again a strong female character. Alina and Mal both orphans who
end up in the army of Ravka, Mal as a Tracker, Alina as a Mapmaker, on their way to battle
the Shadow Fold. Mal gets hurt while their regiment is in the fold and it is discovered that
Alina has Grisha powers. Actually rare powers, she is a Sun Summoner. Later Alina is drawn
into a trap with the Darkling and she doesn’t know it until her best friend appears in her life
again when she really needs him. Mal was hired by the Darkling to track Morozova’s Stag.
The Darkling wants the Stag’s antlers to create an amplifier for Alina’s power- which also puts
her under his control at all times. Thanks to Alina’s teacher Baghra (who happens to also be
the Darkling’s mother!) sending Alina away, she may have a fighting chance against the
Darkling and his twisted plan.
Bardugo and her books. I mean she even got a tattoo based on the Grishaverse symbol.
I loved this book, once again a strong female character. Alina and Mal both orphans who
end up in the army of Ravka, Mal as a Tracker, Alina as a Mapmaker, on their way to battle
the Shadow Fold. Mal gets hurt while their regiment is in the fold and it is discovered that
Alina has Grisha powers. Actually rare powers, she is a Sun Summoner. Later Alina is drawn
into a trap with the Darkling and she doesn’t know it until her best friend appears in her life
again when she really needs him. Mal was hired by the Darkling to track Morozova’s Stag.
The Darkling wants the Stag’s antlers to create an amplifier for Alina’s power- which also puts
her under his control at all times. Thanks to Alina’s teacher Baghra (who happens to also be
the Darkling’s mother!) sending Alina away, she may have a fighting chance against the
Darkling and his twisted plan.
~Michaela
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