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Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)

Leigh Bardugo

Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

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May 23, 2021 Marta Conejo rated it liked it

Mejor que el primero, tiene más profundidad pero hmmm.
La verdad es que son libros que se leen súper rápido. Es dinámico, no aburre, no entra a detalles innecesarios. Pero quizás pasa todo tan por encima que no llego a empatizar.
Hay mucho salseo, lo que siempre mola, pero hay cosas que se desvelan al final que parecen más conveniencia de la trama que otra cosa.

Con ganas de leer el tercero y ponerme con seis de cuervos ♥️

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Aug 17, 2017 Natalie rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, paranormal, young-adult, romance, adventure, fantasy, pirates, high-fantasy

4.25 / 5

So far, I'm pretty much in love with series and I'm really happy with how things are going. Having read the Six of Crows Duology first, I've definitely gone into this series knowing more than I should (though luckily not too much about the plot-line itself thanks to the fact that the spin-off duology focuses on a completely different set of characters in a completely different nation!) and I'm having such a great time reading the "original" series.

The new characters that were introduced 4.25 / 5

So far, I'm pretty much in love with series and I'm really happy with how things are going. Having read the Six of Crows Duology first, I've definitely gone into this series knowing more than I should (though luckily not too much about the plot-line itself thanks to the fact that the spin-off duology focuses on a completely different set of characters in a completely different nation!) and I'm having such a great time reading the "original" series.

The new characters that were introduced in this were really incredible and the diversity of them reminded me a lot of Six of Crows. Sturmhond was snarky, sarcastic, charismatic and had so many hidden agendas that you really had no idea what to think about him overall (view spoiler), Tolya and Tamar were both incredible and I loved how multifaceted their characters were (view spoiler), and Nikolai was just fantastic. End of story.

I definitely found myself annoyed with both Alina and Mal a LOT in this novel, while Alina seemed to be finding herself as a person in power, Mal's constant brooding and snarkiness about how he was going to lose her because she was powerful and bla bla bla was just irritating and honestly? I really don't understand why Alina put up with it. I mean, (view spoiler).

Really looking forward to finishing off this series, and finding out more about Sankta Morozova, and the three (view spoiler). Really curious as to when (view spoiler).

Great novel, really loved it overall c: ...more

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May 07, 2018 Alicia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: covers-i-love, witches-sorcerers-mages, elementals, library-books, fantasy, movies-tv-shows, audiobook, rereads

I don’t remember anything from my first read of this series, but seriously, is anyone shipping Mal right now? What a whingy little ingrate. No wonder the Darkling is everybody’s fav. Mal won’t even let Alin use her magic, like she’s not allowed to be herself and has to change and shrink herself to fit him. I’m not rooting for him. Those two together are just toxic and every interaction is a fight, then someone ignoring the other and refusing to talk to them. Guess what, the silent treatment is c ...more

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Apr 12, 2021 Jodie rated it liked it

I feel like my rating is more of a 3.5 star than 3 but I can't quite bring myself to rate it 4 stars. While I enjoyed the introduction of new characters and the build up of a war between the Darkling and Alina, I felt like the book had some slow parts. It started off with an exciting beginning and the end was fast paced and action packed, but the middle dragged and I struggled to get through it. I look forward to reading the last book, because I do want to know what happens to the story, but thi ...more

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Mar 24, 2018 Helena rated it really liked it

89/100

AUDIBLE

That last scene with the Darkling... ^^' Wow...

This book was so good. Especially scince the middle books in trilogies are often slow, but this one wasn't. So much happened.
I hope we meet back up woth Nikolja pretty early in the last book. I like him :) ...more

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Aug 28, 2021 T.J. Burns marked it as to-read

Shelves: owned-book, cali, fantasy-sci-fi, kindle-ebook, audio-book, de, audible

BUDDY READ:Paranormal/Fantasy > Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2) by Leigh Bardugo - Restarting August 16th 2021

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