Initial Thoughts: I don't think I've squeed so much over the last half of a book since Crooked Kingdom, but honestly, despite my worries about the cohesion of the story, this one delivered. It could still have done without so much convoluted story arcs and character POVs, and I still stand by the Nina storyline [...]
Initial Thoughts UH. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING?! This was a great welcome back to Ravka and to Nikolai, who was pretty much the major reason I rated the original trilogy so high by the end. I also loved that this was a Zoya book, because I never not loved Zoya from the very beginning. Nikolai [...]
Initial Thoughts I think at this point Leigh Bardugo can do no wrong. She can write me a retelling of a lamb moussaka recipe and it'll probably be poetic. Honestly, though, this collection of fairy tales inspired by the different places in her Grishaverse is precious, and I loved every piece (some more than others). [...]
Initial Thoughts: Well hot damn. From my thoughts about the last book, I honestly didn't think I'd be won over so well and truly with the love story that became super pervasive in all three books. I mean. I GET that it had to happen, because where would the poetry be that tied all three [...]
Initial Thoughts: UGHHHHH SECOND BOOK SYNDROME WHY YOU DO THIS. There was a lot of development of characters and world building, and the plot doesn't fully escalate until the end, which then led to the drama and hijinks with Mal and Alina--which led to a lot of bookrage (because the former refused to change and [...]
Story and Somnomancy 