Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo: My Review

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo: My Review


ABOUT THE BOOK

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Shadow and Bone

By Leigh Bardugo

SYNOPSIS

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.

Enter the Grishaverse with book one of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas.


Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.

Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite - and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.

As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation.

Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.


MY REVIEW:

MY REVIEW: 4 STARS

Being the incredibly avid book addict that I am I couldn’t resist checking out Shadow and Bone after the amount of Hype it’s received due to the Netflix Show. I can see the appeal, and this book would have gotten a five-star rating from me if it weren’t for the incredibly YA tone of the story. I can understand why the author constructed the first novel in the GrishaVerse this way, but it made me as the reader frustrated because I found the main character somewhat predictable.

I can’t deny though, I found myself enthralled by The Darkling, as well as the magic system within this world and the political dynamics created by the fold. I loved the description, and I also loved the imagery surrounding the Stag and Alina as the Sun summoner. I read this book in two days, and the directions in the story would probably have surprised readers who were less well versed by the genre. I loved the world of Ravka, and I look forward to exploring the rest of the series and seeing how Bardugo develops not only the GrishaVerse but as a writer.


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