Bardugo's writing style is easy and engaging. Give me something juicier, something more thoughtful, something more sophisticated. I, on the other hand, am a little weary of this lightish, breezy and superficial entertainment. It is alright, if you are into fantasy lite. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha… and the secrets of her heart. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life-a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.Īlina Starkov has never been good at anything. Blurb (GR):Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh.
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