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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
My first fantasy read in world building. First of all, I
was hesitant about reading fantasy bcs i thought i
would DNFed it. Imo reading this genre takes a lot of
creativity to read and to be able to imagine
something that is apart from our reality. As soon as i
read it, this book wasnt that difficult at all to imagine.
It's literally based on a war and places just like
reading classic historicals.
Rating: 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Spoiler alert.
I like the Grishaverse, their uniforms: purple, dark
blue, red and how each colour can be treated
differently by their kefta. I love our female
protagonist, Alina Starkov. I love her character
development throughout the book, how she became
stronger and being the sun summoner. Ngl my
predictions were all the way wrong. Here's what i
thought would have happened:
1 . She rules the kingdom
2. Mal died
3. She ends up with the Darkling
DIDN'T HAPPEN!
I never would've expected she ended up with her best
friend, Mal bcs he's less narrated than the Darkling.
Also, he didn't even made a move on Alina, he just
confessed to her.
And the Darkling, i love his charms and his powers. I
did not expect they would kiss so soon. I was like
"Wait where's your pov on all this? Why are you kissing her?!" and i realized i got used to reading 2 or
3 person povs. Also, that was a bad move the part
where he put on Alina's stag collar. I searched it and
felt bad for her Didn't liked him after that. Also
what happened to his mother?!
The book kinda left me hanging. I noticed when im at
90% percent and Alina still haven't ruled the kingdom
but i like the way the author left it hanging like that.
Overall, i only love Alina's character development. My
first fantasy read was enjoyable and 11m omw to read
the sequel.
was hesitant about reading fantasy bcs i thought i
would DNFed it. Imo reading this genre takes a lot of
creativity to read and to be able to imagine
something that is apart from our reality. As soon as i
read it, this book wasnt that difficult at all to imagine.
It's literally based on a war and places just like
reading classic historicals.
Rating: 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Spoiler alert.
I like the Grishaverse, their uniforms: purple, dark
blue, red and how each colour can be treated
differently by their kefta. I love our female
protagonist, Alina Starkov. I love her character
development throughout the book, how she became
stronger and being the sun summoner. Ngl my
predictions were all the way wrong. Here's what i
thought would have happened:
1 . She rules the kingdom
2. Mal died
3. She ends up with the Darkling
DIDN'T HAPPEN!
I never would've expected she ended up with her best
friend, Mal bcs he's less narrated than the Darkling.
Also, he didn't even made a move on Alina, he just
confessed to her.
And the Darkling, i love his charms and his powers. I
did not expect they would kiss so soon. I was like
"Wait where's your pov on all this? Why are you kissing her?!" and i realized i got used to reading 2 or
3 person povs. Also, that was a bad move the part
where he put on Alina's stag collar. I searched it and
felt bad for her Didn't liked him after that. Also
what happened to his mother?!
The book kinda left me hanging. I noticed when im at
90% percent and Alina still haven't ruled the kingdom
but i like the way the author left it hanging like that.
Overall, i only love Alina's character development. My
first fantasy read was enjoyable and 11m omw to read
the sequel.