Shadow and Bone review

[Jacob]

Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
Reviewed by Jacob Munson

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo is the story of Alina Starkov and the training she undergoes to control her ability to manipulate light. Upon accidentally discovering her ability with a near-death encounter with the volcra, a race of monsters that inhabit a void known as the shadow fold, Alina gains the attention of the Darkling, leader of the grisha (essentially wizards). The darkling then takes her under his wing and, realizing the danger she will be in when the neighboring countries discover her abilities, personally escorts her to the little palace, the training grounds of all the grisha. As the war in the country of Ravka gets worse and the Shadow fold makes it impossible to unite the divided halves of it, Alina must learn to call upon her power as she prepares to take on and ultimately end the shadow fold.

I really enjoyed this book and its sequels. Leigh Bardugo is incredibly good at world and character building. The pacing of the story is done well, describing new towns or characters without slowing to a crawl, and Alina, her friend Mal, and the Darkling are all interesting characters to read about. There are also several plot twists that are performed so well that they are challenging to predict before they happen, making the story that much more interesting to read. All in all, this was a really well written book with a good story and I do recommend it to anyone who likes a good fantasy novel.

[Kam]

This sounds like a really good book. I enjoy stories with lots of world building and plot twists. How many others are in the series?

[Jacob]

Kamden wrote: "This sounds like a really good book. I enjoy stories with lots of world building and plot twists. How many others are in the series?"


This is the first group of stories in this world, called "The Grisha Trilogy", but the author wrote more novels that pertains in this world: The Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom duo and King of Scars and Language of Thorns.

[David]

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[David]

ill read and ill enjoy

[Jacob]

David wrote: "ill read and ill enjoy"

Alright, sounds pretty epic.

[Hector]

Sounds like a fun book. Fantasy books always got my attention like "Rangers Apprentice" and "The Alchemist" for example. Have you heard of either one?