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“I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter but mine.”

Ruin & Rising (Shadow and Bone #3) by Leigh Bardugo

November 14, 2022 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In one word: Predictable Cannonball Read Bingo: Verse Leigh Bardugo created a detailed YA universe with interesting magical elements, warring factions, and all the trappings of a good fantasy tale; however, my time spent in Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse has been uneven. Though I loved her original duology, this trilogy didn’t do it for me. But I finished it. YAY! Or I should say we finished it, as I read the last half of this novel aloud to my teen. Unbeknownst to me, he still likes […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14bingo, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, the shadow and bone trilogy

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14bingo, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, the shadow and bone trilogy ·
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“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”

Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo

November 5, 2022 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In one word: Fine Cannonball Read Bingo: Adapt I don’t read a lot of YA so I’m a late adopter of what’s hot in the genre, so I first heard of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse books on a Cannonball Read Zoom meet-up. My CBR buddies told me I could skip the trilogy (which chronologically takes place first) and go right to the duology, as the duology was better, and doesn’t really build on the action of the trilogy. Other than a romance novel, I have never […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo ·
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A Satisfying Conclusion (For Now…)

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

October 23, 2022 by anana Leave a Comment

After watching the Shadow and Bone series on Netflix, 2022 became the year of Leigh Bardugo for me – and although I didn’t connect equally to all of her work, overall I’ve very much enjoyed this adventure. I started out with the original Shadow and Bone trilogy, then moved on to the Six of Crows duology, took a brief detour to read the first of the Alex Stern Series, and now I’ve rounded out the year with the King of Scars duology.  For me, these […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #YAFiction, cbr14bingo, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo

anana's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #YAFiction, cbr14bingo, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo ·
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Are we not all things?

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

July 23, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR14 BINGO: Series (first in a duology and part of the Grishaverse series of books) I have probably already sufficiently raved about the Grishaverse books written after the initial triology, but here I go again. Nikolai was a favorite character from those books so I was excited to revisit him and spend more time with his wink-filled antics. If you haven’t read the Shadow and Bone trilogy or Six of Crows duology, stop right there. Go to the library and get cracking. From here it gets spoilery. King Nikolai is trying to create the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, grishaverse, King of Scars duology, Leigh Bardugo

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, grishaverse, King of Scars duology, Leigh Bardugo ·
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We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary.

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

May 19, 2022 by Leedock 6 Comments

The second book in the Six of Crows duology is the best book that I have read this year. Now, I REALLY want Bardugo to go back and rewrite the Shadow and Bone books. I want to care about those characters the way that I care about these crazy kids. The, ahem, bones are there in the Shadow and Bonebooks but the depth of the characters is not. I understand that Bardugo grew as a writer but the difference between the first trilogy and this duology is startling. The misfits from Six of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, Fiction, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, six of crows duology

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, Fiction, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, six of crows duology ·
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I will have you without armor…Or I will not have you at all.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

May 19, 2022 by Leedock 3 Comments

Okay. This cannot be the same person that wrote the Shadow and Bone trilogy. It just cannot be. While I did like those books, I didn’t love those books. I adore this one. Honestly, I decided to read this first book in the Six of Crows duology just to catch up before watching the Netflix show which apparently blends both series. I had read that these books were better but was flabbergasted by how much better. I don’t mean to harp on Bardugo here but where was this level of writing in the trilogy? […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, Fiction, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, six of crows duology

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, Fiction, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, six of crows duology ·
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