#BookReview: Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1) by @Lbardugo

Synopsis: 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. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. 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. 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.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. 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.



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Rating: 5 Stars
My Review: So reading this again so close after watching the TV show might have been the wrong thing to do.  I still die hard loved this book, but it was a little weird to know things that went on in the background of the show vs. in the book.  I am so looking forward to reading the rest of the series that go with this one.  I loved the cast of characters and couldn't put this one down.  I hope that it gets darker as it goes along.  The entire world was amazing and breathtaking. 

Amazon.com Review

Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2012: Alina Starkov has never been anything more than yet another orphan of her country’s ongoing wars...until she channels magic not seen in centuries to protect her best friend, Mal. Her newfound powers attract the attention of the Darkling, the most powerful of the country’s magic wielders. He tells Alina that her magic can heal the Shadow Fold, if she can only learn to control it--and if she agrees to trust the Darkling, despite the mystery that surrounds his very existence. Leigh Bardugo brings a cast of well-defined characters and a unique magic system to her lavishly imagined world, where light doesn’t always conquer dark and deception runs so deep that it becomes truth. And yet, against all expectations, the bonds of sacrifice and friendship remain too strong to be severed in this thrilling debut. --Malissa Kent

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Posted in: 5 Stars, Henry Holt and Co., Jessica P., Review, Young Adult