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Assedio e Tempesta by Leigh Bardugo

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angelsfw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

! SPOILERS !

”she would rise.”

honestly, this book surprised me with how enthralled it had me, especially with the plot. i went in expecting to hate it because everyone else did, but its only proven to be another favorite of mine. i really loved the character growth in the book. the progression of the plot never felt too slow or too fast to me. it was so easy to read and i loved it.

of course, my favorite part of the whole book was nikolai. he’s simply the perfect book character and i fell in love.

i was a fan of mal for most of the book; however, at the end he started acting selfish when it came to alina. she carried so much ok her shoulders during the whole book and he never even stopped to consider how she felt.

and the darkling - i simply hate him. he’s disgusting, gross, vile, and manipulative. he spent most of the book tormenting alina and making her think she was losing her grip on sanity. i have no clue how people continue to ship them together, especially after he SAs her ?!?!?!?!?!?! nasty gross vile man.

my main take away from this book really was: men should shut up (not nikolai) and alina should girlboss more.

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lee8's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Firstly, I’m gonna say Shadow and Bone was infinitely better than this book. The only exciting parts were at the beginning and very end which is why it took me SO LONG to get through the middle. Nothing happened for over 100 pages however one part towards the end kept me on the edge of my seat. If it weren’t for Nikolai I would not have been able to get through this book. Hoping the third one makes up for it.

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mustnotblink's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

While the first book of the trilogy set up the universe Siege and Storm upped the anti and took no prisoners. There is a lot of death, shifting alliances, and revealing of untruths between moments of hope.

If the first book was about Alina figuring out who she was then this volume was about her struggle to accept/follow through with her destiny. More players are added to the board and bring with with them their own complications as Alina tries to figure out how to save Ravka.

One of my favorite things is that

despite Nikolai entering in the picture it never falls into the girl caught between two love interest tropes. Alina is very clear with where her regard lies, even if she has to consider other options.

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