Dual Review with Spoilers: Grisha Book 2 &3

Thi is review of Book Two and Three of the Grisha Trilogy. Spoilers are ahead

Title: Siege and Storm

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Pages:435

Synopsis:(from GoodReads)

Darkness never dies. 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.

Rating: 5/5

Oh my lord, I don’t think I could have read a book any faster! Alina and Mal

are in hiding from the Darkling, but sadly he finds them. He’s left the fold

with a new power and a deadly plan to take the throne of Ravka. Soon Alina

ends up with a second amplifier and an alliance with Sturmhond, a privateer

who turns out to be Nikolai Lantsov the Grand Duke of Udova. AKA a prince

that is second in line to the throne of Ravka and a major of the first army.

With the alliance of Alina and Nikolai, she gets control of the Second Army,

the Grisha who all have mixed feelings about Alina being in command. I still

don’t like the Darkling and Mal is still up in the air, but I love Nikolai. He

provides some much needed comedic relief to the storyline, as well as his

craftiness playing well into his character.

Title: Ruin and Rising

Author:Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Pages:422

Synopsis:(from GoodReads)

The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.

Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker,

and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient

network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious

protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint.

Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope

that an outlaw prince still survives.

Rating: 5/5

The Darkling is high on my needs to die list! The apparat is also on that list.

After almost dying in her attempt to defeat the Darkling, Alina finds herself

hidden in a network of tunnels without the ability to summon her powers. She

seeks the third and final amplifier of Morozova, the Firebird. The Darkling is

currently sitting on the Ravkan Throne, Alina is desperately hoping Nikolai still lives

and unraveling the Darkling’s deepest secrets, including ones about her own powers.

~Michaela