Two things: 1. Not really sure why this is called Shadow and Bone? Sounds very dramatic, but not super relevant to actual plot or theme. Things with “bone” in the title were very in in 2012, I guess? 2. Very glad this series wasn’t my first exposure to Bardugo’s writing. I said this in a Goodreads status update, but although it’s not badly written, it’s nothing special either. Pretty standard YA fantasy with attending tropes and such, with flairs here and there of interesting worldbuilding. I’m giving it a little slack for being published in 2012 before I OD’ed on […]
Great author forcing herself into the confines of a genre=middling book.
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
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