Shadow and Bone

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3.8

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Leigh Bardugo

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold—a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country’s magical military elite—and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift. As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. A New York Times Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller An Indie Next List Book This title has Common Core connections.Read all the books in the Grishaverse!The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked KingdomThe King of Scars DuologyKing of ScarsRule of Wolves The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous MagicThe Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of MagicThe Lives of SaintsDemon in the Wood Graphic NovelPraise for the Grishaverse “A master of fantasy.” —The Huffington Post “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —The Guardian

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Author

Leigh Bardugo

Pages

358

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

2013-05-07

ISBN

1250027438 9781250027436

Ratings

Google: 5

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"So I watched the show first and loved it. Now that I read the book, I love them both equally! They definitely added things in the show but this book was still good. I loved the descriptions of everything and everyone. The storyline was amazing and the character development was also great. Can't wait to read Siege and Storm!"

Anna

"A mysterious story filled with adventure and emotion. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and seeing the surprising plot twists play out. The ending was quite good and totally different than what I had expected."

haven

"A little annoying but really good"

Annabeth

"4.75 stars. Would be 5 if not for the very predictable plot. Very much looking forward to reading the next book. So glad I bought the trilogy all together. "

RanchyFinch

"Didn’t expect to like it that much. This might be one of my new favorite series now 😭 BUT we’ll see how the other ones go and I’ll prob be picking up the rest of the Grishaverse too !! Honestly didn’t like the cover or really anything about it at first (one of my fav booktuber said it was really bad and too tropey) but I loved it sm and the cover really grew on me, like I love it now‼️Plus I totally binged this in one day (prob not good because I ignored all my schoolwork and overdues… but that’s how much I liked this.)"

Sam

"SO GOOD!!!!! I LOVE THE PLOT. I love that Mal and Alina are together. But I hate their situation…it’s so complicated and sad. This book is some what like Cruel Prince combined with Sarah J. Mass and Blood and Ash. It’s an interesting read, and I’m always hooked (which is surprising because all of the other books I tried from this author were pretty hard to get into.) DEFINITELY reading Six of Crows and Storms and Siege :)"

J L

"I'm a sucker for a good "chosen one" trope- and this book does it right. It hooked me early on and held my attention until the explosive ending. It played out like a movie in my head- epic soundtrack included. Though I haven't watched the show, I see why this novel got Netflix's attention."

Alexia Hollis

"3.75 stars. I know the book is YA but OMG the characters are annoying. I can barely stand the MC, she just irks me. So does everybody else. Besides from that there isn’t much to say. It’s an okay story that feels like almost every other YA book. SPOILERS: I actually liked some of the show elements more than I did from the book. (I hope that makes sense? I don’t know how to word it). Like how in the movie the antlers infuse with her collarbone and it isn’t just a necklace. I’m also aging them up because WTF? I searched it the MCs age in google and it said she was 17??? No thank you! "

KyKy

"4.25 ⭐️ This was an excellent first book. I was drawn in, given a taste of this world, started to get a feeling of where it was going and then had the rug ripped out from underneath me. The FMC is struggling to find her place in the world after hers is turned upside down and the Darkling is intriguing, mysterious and brooding. With such typical trope characters I thought I knew what I was getting myself into but was pleasantly surprised. Moving on to the next book in the trilogy immediately."

CeeCee

"It was good but kinda mediocre. I'm probably going to continue the series and read the other books in the Grishaverse(I think that's how you spell it). It was a solid 3 stars."