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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
2.0

2.5 stars.

Read again to annotate S&B for a friend and lord it was just as painful the second time. This book is by far the weakest of the three. Weak on plot and solid leads.

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“There is nothing wrong with being a mapmaker.”
“Of course not. And there’s nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this read. I really struggled with the leads, Alina was incredibly flat and Mal was just the worst.

I love the world Bardugo created, reading about how the different Grisha orders interact is so terribly interesting. I wish I had a clearer description of how Grisha use their powers? Baghra and Genya are beyond my favorites.

Six of Crows is a far stronger book and I’m pleased I read that first. The map is awesome and I love the art at the start of each chapter.