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Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

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sydoodle's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.25

This is a major upgrade from the first one in my opinion. I had a great time. Mal makes me viscerally angry. Alina is less insufferable I actually dig her character a lot in this one. Nikolai carried. One more yessir yessir

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filipacmiranda's review against another edition

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4.0

Although very different, the second instalment in the trilogy surpasses the first one because it brings a lot of information and (brilliant) new characters to the table.

Siege and Storm conveys new information on the political and religious elements of Ravka and the GrishaVerse, preparing the terrain for what comes next. The beginning and end of this book are fast-paced and action-packed. Meanwhile, the middle part focuses on these themes and makes for a considerably slower pace. Despite this, I never felt like there were any unnecessary parts or that the story was dragging along.

We see Alina transform and turn into a leader and are presented with Sturmhond, Prince Nikolai and the twins - Tolya and Tamar. These deeply thought-out characters change the narrative for this book and the next one. Along with some of the other secondary characters, they forward the reader's grasp on how this world works and grow Alina's support system. Bonus points because they're all witty and fascinating and contribute to how much I enjoyed this book!

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madalina0_0's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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mckiheather's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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wishyouweresober's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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3.25

"This is not the end of our story."

Honestly not that much happened in this book except for the beginning and the ending. The ending was wild. The addition of Nikolai to the cast of characters is brilliant, and he's the reason this is getting a 3.25 stars. Alina lowkey has a harem now.

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klsreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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wrappingpaper's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

IM OBSESSED with this world!! So much happened in this book - I loved the introduction of the new characters and plot development and new stakes.
The last chapter was insane!? I’m obsessed and can’t wait to find out how the story resolves itself in the last book.
Overall this trilogy is great I’m so obsessed with the world building the characters the angst the twists - read this series if you haven’t already!

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emilywemily6's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I am really enjoying this series as a whole, but you can definitely tell this is a middle book in a saga where most of the book is spent in inner/external turmoil and not a lot happens in the plot. The last 100 pages blew me away and I couldn’t put it down though! This book feels necessary to introduce important characters, show character development in Alina, and set up for the final conflict in the third book, but it felt slow and was a little bit of a slog to get through. Mal got a bit annoying but as Alina understood him better I guess I did too. And I somehow have a crush on both Nicolai and the Darkling (despite everything).

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bubbly_lara's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

In th3 second instalment of the Shadow & Bone saga, we get introduced to a new set of characters helping Alina and Mal first to support themselves in exile and then return to Ravka and fight the Darkling. We get more magical creatures (took me until I saw all covers next to each other how brilliantly the cover design ties into the story), we go back to Little Palace and are reunited with some of the Grisha we already met in the first book. I cannot wait to see ho the story unfolds and concludes in the following book.

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