The main character Alina Starkov is an orphan and works for the First Army as a mapmaker. I found myself imagining I was in the world with the characters because of how detailed Leigh was in this book. Leigh’s Bardugo’s world-building in this Grishaverse is fantastic, especially since the setting and world are all made-up. I even forgot to eat lunch because of this book. I had a hard time putting down this book to do anything else. Leigh Bardugo had me from the first page to the last page. I love having the actual books to look at throughout the day in our office area.) (My husband keeps shaking his head because my library has gone overboard at home. I’m already buying all her books to add to my library at home. I’ve found a new author who is becoming an auto-buy author. I gave the first book to the Shadow and Bone Trilogy five stars and can’t wait to continue reading this trilogy/series. It’s been a LONG time I read a book in one day. Storyline/My Thoughts: First, let me say I finished Shadow and Bone in one day. (Yup, it’s that good that I couldn’t wait to start the second book.) (The trailer had me intrigued the minute I saw it and knew I had to push this series up on my TBR to read.) I’m so glad I made time to read it, and now I’m onto the second book. I needed to finally read it since the book series has been adapted into a Netflix series. I’ve had Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo on my TBR for a while now.

Shadow and Bone is the first installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. 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. 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. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.Īlina Starkov has never been good at anything. 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. Purchase at Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Series: Shadow and Bone #1, Grishaverse #1

The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo