A review by tiemzahra
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Surprisingly, I like the sequel. I’ve jumped to the third book atm. Still, I cannot say for sure that my opinion for the two leads is much different from before. In fact, they have infuriated me more. The one person who brought excitement to this book is Nikolai Lantsov. I’m not sure if this character has been casted yet for the Netflix series, but I love him. Both Alina and Mal exaggerated their reaction around him that I don’t understand. Especially of Mal, now I know what other readers have been talking about when they talk about him.
What a hinderer. He prevented Alina from doing anything remotely heroic, that I mistook it as jealousy, while he deemed it protective.


And because of that I see why people ship the Darkling and Alina. Not that I do, but
it's true that the Darkling saw Alina for what she is capable of, unlike Mal who saw Alina as someone to be protected and shouldn't meddle with the upcoming war, that they should just run away and lived together without interference, like that was an option to begin with!
 
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