Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha trilogy #3) [Review]

Title: Ruin and Rising

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Publishing date: June 17th 2014

Pages: 422

Rating

★★★★☆

Previous reviews:

Shadow and Bone

Siege and Storm

Hello! Today I’m reviewing Ruin and Rising, the third and final book of the Grisha trilogy.

I was hesitant to continue with the trilogy because I didn’t like Siege and Storm at all, but I already had the book, so I gave it a try.

Mal.

The book starts just where the second one ended, with Alina weak and defeated hiding from

the Darkling, she has lost her power and has been undergrounds for a while, so the book is a bit slow at the beginning but then the pace pick up when Alina, Mal and company decide to leave the Apparat and look for the help of Nikolai, who they don’t even know if he’s alive or not.

I know a lot of people love Nikolai, but I wasn’t fond of him in the previous book. I thought he only served with the purpose of being a powerful ally to Alina and an obstacle in her relationship with Mal, but I liked him more in this book, I think his character developed a lot.  

I’ve never been a fan of Alina, in my fist review I said I liked her because she wasn’t the typical perfect character, but she became annoying in my opinion, she is kind of selfish and power hungry, and I felt she created obstacles between her and others, mainly Mal.

Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha trilogy #2) [Review]

Title: Siege and Storm

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction.

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Publishing date: June 4th 2013

Pages: 435

Rating

★★★☆☆

Previous books in the series:
Shadow and Bone

Hello! I can finally review this book, this is actually the last book I read last year, and I’ll post my review of Ruin and Rising soon. I decided to read the Grisha trilogy first before starting Six of Crows, which I know is a really loved book.

Siege and Storm is the second book in the Grisha trilogy, the story starts immediately where

Nikolai fanart.

the first book ended, Mal and Alina escaped from the Shadow Fold to start a new life, but their dream doesn’t last long, they’re being hunted by the Darkling’s men. The Darkling emerged from the Shadow Fold with a new and terrifying power that dooms everyone. 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.

This is definitely my least favorite book in the trilogy. The beginning is interesting because the Darkling appeared faster than I thought, but then the pace slowed down drastically when the Darkling disappeared again.

There are new characters in this one, one of the most important are Nikolai, Tolya and Tamar. Nikolai is the most important one because he becomes a new love interest for Alina.

Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) - Leigh Bardugo [Review]

Title: Shadow and Bone [The Grisha Trilogy #1]

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

Publisher: MacMillian

Publishing date: June 5th 2012

Pages: 358

Rating

★★★★✩

Hello! It’s been a while since my last review, this time I’m reviewing Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, a book I was really curious about due the good reviews I’ve read about it.

            Shadow and Bone is set in the nation of Ravka, a nation surrounded by enemies and torn by

Alina Starkov

the Shadow Fold, a darkness filled with monsters that eat humans. In this world some people have different abilities of some sort of magic, those people are known as the Grisha and they’re lead by a mysterious man known as the Darlkling.

            The protagonist of this story is Alina Starkov, a refugee and orphan girl that has never been good at anything. One day her regiment is attacked on the fold, during the attack she discovers that within her there is a hidden power that could be the key to set her country free. After this discovery, Alina is ordered by the Darkling to leave her friends and join the royal court to be trained as a Grisha, but there are several lessons Alina will learn, not only about her power, but about her and the world full of secrets she lives in.   

            I have a lot of things to say about this book, most of them are positive. When I started reading it I didn’t know what to expect, I’ve read very good reviews about this book but everyone seemed to agree that Six of Crows is better than The Grisha Trilogy, so I debated a lot with myself about what book buy, Six of Crows or this one, in the end I chose this one because it was cheaper, I have my copy signed by the author.

Entrevista: Leigh Bardugo (Sombra y Hueso)

Hola chicos, les traigo la traducción de esta entrevista a Leigh Bardugo que aparece en los extras de la edición paperback de Shadow and Bone (Sombra y Hueso), espero la disfruten y puedan conocer más sobre esta autora.

Leigh Bardugo nació en Jerusalén, creció en Los Ángeles y se graduó de la universidad Yale. Ella consiente su gusto por el glamour, ghouls, y vestuarios en su otra vida como una artista de maquillaje en Hollywood, y ocasionalmente se le puede escuchar cantando con su banda, Captain Automatic. Sombra y hueso es su primera novela.

¿Qué querías ser al crecer?

Más que nada quería escribir, pero después de que vi la producción de Twelfth Night, quería unirme a la Royal Shakespeare Company.

¿Cuándo te diste cuenta de que querías ser escritora?

No estoy segura de haberme dado cuenta. Soy hija única, así que pasé mucho tiempo hablándome a mí misma y creando historias, entonces, cuando entré a la secundaria, escribir se volvió un mecanismo de supervivencia. Las cosas eran difíciles en la escuela y en casa, pero escribir me permitía inventar mundos más grandes y mejores que en el que yo vivía.