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Seige and Storm by Leigh Bardugo Book Review

 Seige and Storm (Shadow and Bone #2)

By Leigh Bardugo 


Published year : 

Page count: 381 pages 

Medium used: Paperback 

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, 2024-read. 

Rating : 3/5 



A bit underwhelming. Alina's run from the darkling continues. The Darkling's presence and power are subdued by a lot. He should have been named the weakling instead. Alina is stolen and kidnapped, beating the darkling, twice, with him putting only a weak resistance. Alina gets one more trinket made from a sea whip(sea serpent) which she wears like a fetter around her wrist. The combined power of the stag's antlers around her neck and the whip's fetter give an unprecedented amplification to her sun summoning ability. There is one more of these amplification sources - a firebird - which must be hunted down like the two before. I am guessing this is what will occupy the next book in the series. 


I felt that the fight scenes and the chase scenes are a bit dry. They could have been better described. A lot of the stuff had to be assumed and understood that way. I also had difficulty in picturing a lot of these first person impressions and experiences on big screen. Like how would it translate on screen. The first book was a much better product. 

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