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whenever I read a book I find myself always comparing the world building to this world. the grisha and the culture is just so immersive and I ate every bit of it up. the characters however were pretty bland and the plot was just good.

creative_dallas's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I expected this book to be boring just because it is a three book series and I feel like the first book in a fantasy’s series is always the most boring just cause there’s so much world building but the end had me raging so much for Alina like I physically had the to put the book down, but the little romance we got in the book at the end was nice. When I finished this book I wanted to hop right into the next book I’m curious how the second book is going to go and how much romance is going to be in it which always very exciting.

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3.0

I love me some Leigh Bardugo, but this was a little too tropey for my taste. Will definitely be continuing the series, though.

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5.0

Ok but before I start the notes the chapter things are so pretty

page 9: Yass queen tell him off
page 10: Mal you don't have to baby miss queen she knows how to walk
page 14: Yasssss the Darkling is here(and Zoya?)
page 17: Alexei besty
page 19: Eva you smart girl you will probably never be mentioned again but you go girl. Also, why did Alexei call Eva a peasant
page 21: Wow when people are praying to you but you don't know that your a living saint
page 25: Shut the fuck up Mal
page 26: Ok girl now your thinking
page 28: The kife
page 29: Would the sand actually burn them
page 32: Nooooooo Alexei. Good job on hitting Mal though
page 33: Yasssss queen use you powers
page 41: I just burst out laughing oh my saints
page 42: Girl why are you crying over Mal
page 45: Period girl
page 48: Deal with it Mal
page 52: Girl you have better balls than Mal who would not stick up for you and you go and grab the Darkling by his arm like shit girl
page 60: that is a nice symbol
page 72: this whole page is so soft
page 73: did he just make her fall asleep
page 81: misdirect
page 85: sir that was hilarious
page 91: Genya besty
page 120: I love how she said for her Kefta to be blue and it is a dark blue and not a normal blue jut little thing like that always get me
page 128: David your here now yay
page 133: Kaz and Bahra ould start a cane club. Also, she has a cool Kefta
page 140: same girl
page 142: I just got so much second hand embarrassment
page 187: Fist mention of Nicolai
page 206: Oh my gosh the Kefta sounds beautiful
page 230: Shut the fuck up Mal you can't stand the Darkling and it's funny
page 231: Bitch how dare you make my girl feel sad she can love whoever she wants
page 240: I mean same girl
page 266-267: Honey you don't have to be worried about how Mal is feeling love you've been through so much
page 298: Noooooo Mal and queen kissed
page 299: James yasss
page 303: Nooooooo James
page 304: David the betrayal
page 325: Sutch a god quote right there
page 345: She can do the cut

quote: "Fine. Make me your villain"

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5.0

I think this book get better and better every time i read it. I really enjoy this time. And now that i have read it again, Alina isn't wishy-washy, she is just look for her niche in life, granted she is easly give in because of this reason, but lucky for her, her friend Mal was able to help her out.

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2.0

From Goodread:

I started to read this when it just got out on Netflix, because the show on Netflix left with me some unanswered questions. Luckily, most of my questions got answered here.

In some ways Netflix did it better, but they also some stuff out you would have to know what was. So I’m happy I gave it a go.

The story itself isn’t bad but not great either in my opinion.

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