Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) in TBR

Mar 02, 2019 Bon rated it it was ok

Shelves: witches, fantasy

(First off, very disoriented by the kindle e-library version I read. NO clue I was near the end because I guess six of crows and sequel excerpts form the bulk of this version? wtf)

*Clears throat* Yeah, I think I'm team unpopular opinion on this one. Love and made the mistake of reading the Six of Crows duology first, so...... I muchhhhhh prefer those. Inej and Nina totally own Alina - at least this introduction to her, and first impressions COUNT.

Frankly, this felt very vanilla. Protagonist, de ...more

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Feb 09, 2019 Bri rated it it was amazing

I’m late to the Grishaverse fandom but here I am drooling over this book.
I devoured Shadow and Bone in two days seeing that it was becoming a Netflix series gave me the push to FINALLY pick up the first book in the Grishaverse series. It took me long enough but now I am hooked!

I am not a fan of Fantasy that contains a ton of talking animals, mythical creatures, or over the top magic. Shadow and Bone definitely had the right amount of Fantasy to keep me entertained and wanting more. I didn’t wan ...more

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Apr 06, 2019 Melissa rated it it was amazing

SO good!

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Jun 05, 2012 Kelly rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-series, ya, borrowed-it

New to me author and I'm lovin' it! I love the world of the Grisha and have high hopes for the rest of the series. This has such an interesting tie-in to old time Russia with layers of complexity. This may be a series I read again. Alina and Mal are childhood friends who grow up and grow apart but are both a part of amazing world events. I would like to know more about Mal, what he is thinking and feeling but I can wait in anticipation (at least until tomorrow when the next book in the series wi ...more

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