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book review: Siege and Storm, by Leigh Bardugo

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Short Book Review: Siege and Storm, by Leigh Bardugo

Premise from Goodreads.com: Darkness never dies.

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. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.

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. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. 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.



Warning: There are unmarked spoilers for the previous book and its ending in the following part:

In the end I still can't understand what's so awesome or attractive about The Darkling and I still can't find a suitable photo for Alina  Starkov, but at least I manage to find one name which would be perfectly suitable for Alina, our main character of the series.

So, we have an important character who's called The Darkling; as to Alina, the name which would suit her character and strength is...

The Weakling.

Guess what? The Darkling, even though he's the bad guy, but he still manages to display a lot of determination and he actually is making himself stronger by using his own willpower and pain. On the other hand, Alina's power is also increased, but instead of using her willpower to strengthen herself, Alina relies on magical objects to make herself more powerful.

Dear Goodness, it seems to speak volumes of Alina and the strength of her willpower, which isn't much as far as I can see.

To be fair, Alina gets a bit better in the end, but her tiny improvement still can't justify the annoyance and boredom I'd suffered when reading through an entire book.

Don't even get me started with the stupid romance between Mal and Alina, these two are just as equally annoying and idiotic that they really do deserve each other.

Did I mention that aside from Mal, Alina also gets extra two suitors: The Darkling and Nicolai?

Alright...in every stupid YA book, the heroine needs to be desired by Every. Single. Man. In. The. Story.

Not to mention, the supporting characters (e.g. Zoya, Nicolai etc) are in fact a great deal more badass and interesting than Alina, Mal and The Darkling adding together?

Again, to be fair the ending part of the book is nice and if the main characters aren't so annoying and the story was excised a lot more skillfully, Siege and Storm can easily become a four stars book, but sadly it isn't the case.
Review for book 1 of the series Shadow and Bone www.goodreads.com/review/show/…
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