Review by val_theburrowofstories - Siege and Storm

Did not finish book. Stopped at 81%.

(Tried to read this in May 2024)

To be honest, I wanted to DNF this from the first book. I mean I finished that one and it was okay, but I had zero interest in continuing, and yet I tried because I wanted to know this story before reading Six of Crows, but I’m not forcing myself now and I’m free lol
Reasons why I DNF this: I HATE Alina. There is no romance AT ALL, like you can’t tell me that thing with Mal is romance. Introducing Nikolai and he’s so superficial. I need Alina to shut up and use her brain for once. I felt so miserable even with the audiobook at 2x! Nothing happened in sooo many pages and I felt like I was wasting my time.
I watched a YouTube video by one of my fav booktubers and by her review I understand that basically nothing happens in Book 3 either lol what’s impressive to me is how in my mind she is such a smart girl but then she goes and calls this thing a favorite trilogy?? like girl- she threw the good taste out of the window, but alright we all have bad takes from time to time.