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2025 me would not have picked up the second book. I remember immensely enjoying Books 2 and 3 in the series, so I will give the whole series a re-read again. Reading it 13 years after it was published, and in the era of Crescent City and Fourth Wing, it's plain to see how much the genre has evolved and how sophisticated, complex and action-driven those new worlds are in comparison to earlier romantasy book series. I do think Xaden owes something to the Darkling. The mysterious and all ...more
2025 me would not have picked up the second book. I remember immensely enjoying Books 2 and 3 in the series, so I will give the whole series a re-read again. Reading it 13 years after it was published, and in the era of Crescent City and Fourth Wing, it's plain to see how much the genre has evolved and how sophisticated, complex and action-driven those new worlds are in comparison to earlier romantasy book series. I do think Xaden owes something to the Darkling. The mysterious and all ...more
This is pretty formulaic YA, which I figured out within the first couple chapters. Nothing in this book really surprised me unfortunately. But the world was really interesting, and I wanted to read this before Six of Crows which most reviews seem to think is far superior. (Although I am DESPERATE to learn more about how being a Grisha actually works, how does a country split in half by shadows still function properly, what are the surrounding countries like? After just reading A Darker Shade of
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I very much enjoyed the first book in Bardugo's saga of "Small Science" (magical system in which certain people can control, wind, fire, metals and other materials, the human body and even light and dark). I have already read Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom and loved the heist meets magic feel. This is more heist meets palace intrigue but the world building and character development are still just as strong and compelling. I will be reading the next two books.
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I was tricked by my kindle on this book because it said I was 58% done when in fact the book had finished. But, that's why I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 because I did really like it and couldn't put it down, but as I write in almost every YA series/trilogy review, I HATE it when authors end the book just clearly in the middle of the story.
Other than that, I would recommend it. The whole trilogy is published now so it's no problem that it ended. It's kind of a twist on the "plain girl becom ...more
Other than that, I would recommend it. The whole trilogy is published now so it's no problem that it ended. It's kind of a twist on the "plain girl becom ...more
Oct 17, 2012
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