A review by isla_cat
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
5.0
I really enjoyed this book, in fact, I loved it and read it in a day. The plot is amazing and constantly keeping you on your toes. It is lovely that you get to see Alina grow throughout the book, coming into her powers as well as growth on a personal and individual level.
The book is written in a lovely style and I really enjoyed that, as often YA books are not this amazing quality.
The plot regarding the Darkling was fascinating, and the role of Bagrah was such a surprise to me, not sue if anyone guessed that was coming, I certainly didn’t.
Alina and Mal are such a cute childhood couple and watching that grow in predominantly the second half of the book was amazing.
The final scene in the fold was such an adventure to read, with the Darkling showing his true evil, which is even more shocking that people could believe it was a ‘mistake and an accident’. I think this scene also shows Alina’s strength, something I am hoping to see more of.
I am fascinated to see where the rest of the series goes as not the Alina has such a large amount of power I hope that she can help her country, even though she is scared of what’s could happen if she is captured again.
The only negative thing about this book is the importance placed on materialistic beauty, that Genya is who she is just down to her beauty and that for Alina to come into her true powers she becomes beautiful, it is nice within the book but this is something that I think is an outdated idea, but this is the only negative that I can think of
The book is written in a lovely style and I really enjoyed that, as often YA books are not this amazing quality.
The plot regarding the Darkling was fascinating, and the role of Bagrah was such a surprise to me, not sue if anyone guessed that was coming, I certainly didn’t.
Alina and Mal are such a cute childhood couple and watching that grow in predominantly the second half of the book was amazing.
The final scene in the fold was such an adventure to read, with the Darkling showing his true evil, which is even more shocking that people could believe it was a ‘mistake and an accident’. I think this scene also shows Alina’s strength, something I am hoping to see more of.
I am fascinated to see where the rest of the series goes as not the Alina has such a large amount of power I hope that she can help her country, even though she is scared of what’s could happen if she is captured again.
The only negative thing about this book is the importance placed on materialistic beauty, that Genya is who she is just down to her beauty and that for Alina to come into her true powers she becomes beautiful, it is nice within the book but this is something that I think is an outdated idea, but this is the only negative that I can think of