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

by Leigh Bardugo

all men can be made fools.

“I don’t think—” “Clearly. Why start now?”

Besides, I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.” Mal crossed his arms and considered the privateer. “I can’t decide if you’re crazy or stupid.” “I have so many good qualities,” Sturmhond said. “It can be hard to choose.”

“Do you take anything seriously?” “Not if I can help it. Makes life so tedious.”

At least I knew why the crew were always howling and yapping.

Bahaha

“Of course not,” said Sturmhond. “Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.”

his faced pressed to my hair,

Grammatical error :/

monotonous

Vocab word

“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.” With the moonlight gleaming off the lenses of his goggles and his greatcoat billowing around him, he looked like a complete madman.

I couldn’t help myself. I hauled off and punched him in the face.

Yaaaas girl <3

“Every time you say ‘trust me,’ I trust you a little less,” I hissed.

“I tried, I really did. But I’ve never been good at sitting still.

“Come back to Os Alta with me.” “Why? So you can show me off like some kind of prize goat?”

“Enough!” I threw out a bright shard of light that blinded them both. They put up their hands against the glare, momentarily distracted. “Sturmhond, sheathe that weapon, or you’ll be the one who gets gutted. Mal, stand down.”

Already talking like a queen

“You don’t have a right to her.”

“Your highness—” “Nikolai,” he corrected. “But I’ve also been known to answer to ‘sweetheart’ or ‘handsome.’”

“No,” Mal said. “It’s too dangerous. It would be like painting a target on your back.”

Red flag, he's too overprotective

We dined with war veterans and applauded girls’ choirs.

Sexist much?

“What do you mean?” he asked, genuinely puzzled. “The people love you.” “You mean they love your prize goat,”

The less you say, the more weight your words will carry. Don’t argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.

Weakness is a guise. Wear it when they need to know you’re human, but never when you feel it.

Being a leader means someone is always watching you.

I wanted to throttle him so badly my fingers itched.

“Is it so hard to believe I might actually care what happens to this country?” “Honestly? Yes.”

Reallll

Pauper or prince, every man can be bought.”

“You don’t have to pay attention, but you do have to look like you’re paying attention.”

“Just be careful who you trust.”

“I’m ambitious, Alina. I’m driven. But I hope … I hope I still know the difference between right and wrong.”

If tomorrow you decided to run back to Novyi Zem with Mal, I’d put you on a ship and let the sea take you.” He held my gaze, his hazel eyes steady. “But I’d be sorry to see you go.”

“I’m an idiot. I’m a fool. I’m hopeless.

The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?

a chipped tooth that whistled slightly when he talked.

*cringe*

What did you and Tolya play with?” “The skulls of our enemies.”

I hit big girl same as little girl.” “That’s very egalitarian of you,”

CHAPTER 16

Uggh I'm so done with this book

No matter what I said, we both knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try. And usually, it makes no difference at all.

“You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai?” I asked as I closed the book’s cover and headed for the door. “They always end up dead.”