

It’s real, though, and Alina is going to realize the only way to beat the Darkling is to beat him at his own game. Alina finds out in this book too that the Darkling is after another amplifier, and it involves another mythical creature called the sea whip. It takes a privateer (pirate) to save Alina and Mal and get them out of the Darkling’s radar. The Darkling is not someone to mess with within this book even his own Grisha are scared of him. Unfortunately, he finds her, and he has a new scary power that ends up hurting her. This book picks up where the first book left off with Alina and Mal on the run and hiding from the Darkling and his Grisha. I love when authors do something different.

I don’t think I’ve ever read books that involved Russian culture before and in a made-up world. I love how she has the trilogy based on Tsarist Russia of the early 1800s. I love this trilogy by Leigh Bardugo due to the writing style, world-building, and characters. Although this book only received four stars, I still did like it. Sometimes I get overzealous in my review, especially if I enjoyed the book. I don’t usually spoil, but just in case, I wanted to give a forewarning. Storyline/My Thoughts: Do not read this review unless you have read the book(s) in the Shadow and Bone Trilogy. I needed to know what would happen to Alina and Mal after they escaped the Darkling in the Fold. I couldn’t wait to dive into the trilogy’s second book after I finished the first book. If you are thinking about reading the Grishaverse series, I would recommend reading the Shadow and Bone Trilogy first and then the Six of Crows Duology. This book is also apart of the Grishaverse series written by Leigh Bardugo. Siege and Stormis the second book to Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone Trilogy. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her-or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. Purchase at Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Published by Square Fish on June 17, 2017 Series: Shadow and Bone #2, Grishaverse #2
