Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2) in Vampires, Weres and Fae!

Aug 27, 2017 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it liked it

OMG!!!
Q:
“Are they very poor?” I ask Ana Kuya.
“Not so poor as others.”
“Then why doesn’t he buy a donkey?”
“He doesn’t need a donkey,” says Ana Kuya. “He has a wife.”
“I’m going to marry Alina,” Mal says.
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I'm sorry but is it my dirty mind playing tricks on me or is there something gone very wrong with this discussion? ...more

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Oct 19, 2016 Cee rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, new-adult

Kinda blown away by that ending. There are quite a few twists I REALLY didn't see coming and I truly appreciated that.
I'm a bit bummed about the romance aspect which seems to go around in circles...
Also, Alina says she can bring the capitol city down yet, I see no evidence supporting that. Everyone is like 'oh she's so powerful!!' and I'm reading while thinking '...in what way??'. I don't see how she is powerful especially since they have to keep making her new mirrors or contraptions in order ...more

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Apr 26, 2016 Chani rated it really liked it

Shelves: gave-4-5-stars

More like 4.5. Alina annoyed me a bit in this, as did Mal. The newish secondary characters were great, and it started and ended strong. Somewhere in the middle I got a bit bored though. It might just be that I'm twisted and missed the Darkling however, fair warning if you're reading this to decide whether or not you should. You should, in my opinion, just don't be surprised by the lack of Darkling. Even the ending, which I liked, was rushed. I would have liked for there to be more involvement wi ...more

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Jun 24, 2021 Carrie ✨ The Blinging Bibliophile✨ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romantasy, ya, audible, z2021-read

I'm not sure how I can like this book while not liking it for some many reasons, but here we are.

More my thoughts about book than an actual review.

Alina: Who are you? No really... do you know? Did you have any outside interests besides Mal? Hobbies? Friends? The "Wallflower" thing is so overdone. The "best friend doesn't know I'm in love him and he only finally SEES me when another man does" is also so gross. Do you even like Mal or is he like a security blanket you can't bear to let go? The on ...more

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