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Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

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butterfly_bombshell's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked this book but I didn’t like it as much as the first one.

ameringya's review against another edition

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5.0

This book threw me back and forth between soaring hopes and the deepest despair for the main character and their mission. I liked how it hints at the twists around the bend that make you afraid of reading on and still wouldn't let me put it aside - I simply had to know what would happen and what they would make of it.

The story travels beyond the borders of the country in the first book, introduces us to new and faceted characters, and shows us new faces and sides of the characters that we have met before.

I ate this book up within a couple of days (much like the first one). I loved most that the characters are complex - although some have very clear motivations and straightforward characteristics, most will either evolve throughout the story or in some cases we simply learn more about them and chisel free more information. Characters that we start out seeing as purely good or purely evil reveal layers over time and don't (necessarily) stay within their stereotypes.

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adventurous dark informative tense 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? Yes

4.5

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

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4.0

Now that I sit back and write the review and must decide on a rating and what to say I realize how much of a love- hate relationship I had with this book.

I really, really love the Grishaverse that Bardugo created in this and Six of Crows.

This book while so good and a lot of happened also seemed not much happened, or not much new,. But yet there was a lot of things, new things that happened and yet it gave me a bit of déjà vu from book one.

A lot of time we spend in court, learning new things and getting ready for the big war with the Darkling. At court we see some familiar faces and find out their fate from the veers in last book.

Now to the characters.

I really enjoyed the Darkling for the most part last book and some in this but I come to the point where I’m just” …mmm ugh, yeah no” I don’t totally dislike him but defiantly don’t love him.

Mal. I really wanted to like him , I really did, I tried so hard and after all he gave up and lost for Alina I just wanted to like him, but I can’t ….. I really, really can’t. I’m not even sure why I dislike him. I just do him and his whiny behavior.

Alina is another one that I can’t stand, she is selfish (she says she isn’t but she totally is), she is power-hungry and can’t even be honest with herself it seems. The only thing for me, that she had going for her was her humor and snark.

Now the two people I care about the most in this entire series so far.

Genya, we don’t see too much of her but that didn’t matter I still lover her and hope we get more of her next book.

And someone new, Nikolai. I really enjoyed Nikolai from the very first time we meet him, and hopefully we learn a lot more about him in next book. I love that he has so many layers to him but also felt bad for him at times.

Tolya and Tamar are also high up on my favorite list and hope to see more. While I would love to say the the end was surprising and shocking it really wasn’t. I saw it coming from the half way mark of the book .

Overall, love the magic and world and can’t get enough of the Grisha world. Love Nikolai and Genya and a few others but really could care less what happens to Mal, Alina and maybe even the Darkling, but I still like him better than Alina.

I have a hard time rating this, but I think I go with 4 . I had some dislikes, yes but overall I still really enjoyed it.

4 ★