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Grisha Trilogy 01 Shadow & Bone

by Leigh Bardugo

ISBN13: 9780805094596
ISBN10: 0805094598
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Alina Starkov doesn't expect much from life. Orphaned by the Border Wars, all she's ever been able to rely on is her best friend and fellow refugee, Mal. And lately not even that seems certain. Drafted into the army of their war-torn homeland, they've been sent on a dangerous mission into the Fold, a swath of darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh.

When their convoy is attacked, all seems lost until Alina reveals a dormant power that not even she knew existed. She is torn from everything she knows and whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. He believes that she is the answer the people have been waiting for: the Sun Summoner. Only her power can destroy the Fold.

Overwhelmed by luxury, envied as the Darklings favorite, Alina struggles to keep her wits about her without Mal by her side. But nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her mastery of her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha and the secrets of her heart.

Review

“Fast-paced and unpredictable, this debut novel will be a hit with readers who love dark fantasy.” School Library Journal, starred review

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“Mesmerizing…Bardugo's set up is shiver-inducing, of the delicious variety. This is what fantasy is for.” New York Times

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"A rich fantasy landscape, an inspired magical structure, and a gratifying emotional hook keep the pages whirring by until a final twist upends assumptions and lands us smack in the middle of a harrowing climax." Horn Book Magazine

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"Danger and duplicity abound (is the Darkling good or evil?) in this lavish portrayal of a country reminiscent of Imperial Russia." VOYA

Synopsis

The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series

Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom.

Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold--a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.

Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite--and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.

As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation.

Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.

A New York Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
An Indie Next List Book
This title has Common Core connections.

Read all the books in the Grishaverse

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising

The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom

The King of Scars Duology
King of Scars

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic

Praise for the Grishaverse

"A master of fantasy." --The Huffington Post
"Utterly, extremely bewitching." --The Guardian
"The best magic universe since Harry Potter." --Bustle
"This is what fantasy is for." --The New York Times Book Review
" A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." --NPR
"The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." --Entertainment Weekly
"Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." --USA Today
"There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." --Vanity Fair
"Unlike anything I've ever read." --Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent
"Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery " --Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series

Synopsis

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, a #1 Netflix series - Season 2 coming March 16, 2023

Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom.

Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold--a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.

As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation.

Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.

A New York Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
An Indie Next List Book
This title has Common Core connections.

Read all the books in the Grishaverse

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising

The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom

The King of Scars Duology
King of Scars
Rule of Wolves

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
The Lives of Saints

Praise for the Grishaverse

"A master of fantasy." --The Huffington Post
"Utterly, extremely bewitching." --The Guardian

Synopsis

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. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. 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. 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.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha... and the secrets of her heart.

About the Author

Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, raised in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University. She is fond of glamour, ghouls, and costuming, and gets to indulge all of these fancies in her other life as a makeup artist. She can occasionally be heard singing with her band, Captain Automatic.

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`	Disquietus , April 27, 2014 (view all comments by Disquietus) This would probably be more accurately described as a retro review. With Siege and Storm releasing tomorrow (FINALLY!!!!!!!!) I thought now would be a good time to ignore the pile of new releases I’ve got waiting for me and re-read Shadow and Bone. This in itself should tell you how much I love this series, because I never have time to re-read books anymore, especially when it has been less than a year since I read them the first time. That being said, I loved this book even more the second time around, if possible. When I first read it last September, I couldn’t read it fast enough. This time around I savored it and honestly, I could probably wax poetic about it endlessly. I LOVE THIS SERIES/AUTHOR SO MUCH YOU GUYS. Even more exciting is that if everything goes according to plan, I will be meeting her tonight after work at a signing at my local Powell’s! I love the way Leigh Bardugo writes. The world she has created is so intricate, and beautifully built that I had no problems visualizing it and imagining myself there. I WANT TO BE A GRISHA SO BAD. I loved the Russian influence, and I cannot wait to revisit it, and explore it further with Alina in the sequels. Alina is a fantastic protagonist. I found it so easy to relate to her. While she’s definitely cynical, naive, lonely, and lacks self-confidence at times, she is also smart, incredibly powerful, has a big heart, and has a backbone (I mean really, would you talk back to the Darkling?) and I just love her voice. She went through a lot of growth in this book, and I felt my heart breaking right along with hers at certain moments, but I also squeed with elation at her triumphs. This is a girl that you absolutely believe could change the world. Mal. The first time around I wasn’t enamored with him, which I know partly had to do with the fact that he is absent for a good part of this book. I may have also prepped myself to dislike him because I was absolutely (and maybe still a little bit) rooting for Alina/Darkling. At the end of my first read, I didn’t dislike him per se, but I was disinterested. However, this time around I made myself keep an open mind, and I found myself charmed by him. While I probably won’t ever find myself swooning over their romance, the strength of their love is pretty amazing, and there are a few moments that made me go awwwwww and even cry. I look forward to seeing where it all goes. I’m just so conflicted when it comes to Alina and these men. THE DARKLING. Yes, I saved the best for last. This character you guys. Never have I felt this conflicted, this emotional about a villain. He just makes me want to keyboard smash everywhere. Intellectually, I know that I should not be this invested in him. As the (surprise but not really) villain, things are probably not going to end as happily for him as I would like, but he stole my heart and I don’t want it back. On my first read, I was just as seduced by him as Alina was. How could you not be? He’s mysterious, seductive, tortured, and 120% swoon worthy and they have so many gorgeously written moments together, you just want them to be happy forever after. My heart literally (but not really because I’d be dead) shattered when his plan was revealed. I was devastated. My twitter/Goodreads status updates are pretty clear evidence of that because my whole feed from the time I was reading it was about how much love I have for him/devastation that he’s a villain. I was curious to see how I would view his early actions in the book, knowing what I know now, and whether my feelings would change but that was not the case at all. He had me sighing and yearning and swooning just as much this time around. Of course there were certain parts that had me cringing and angry and yelling NO! WHY! DON’T DO THIS BABY YOU CAN BE BETTER…and this is before the big revelation! Maybe I’m crazy, or in denial but I still refuse to believe that he is fully evil. He’s definitely a fanatic, and morally ambiguous with a sinister agenda that probably won’t end well, but if loving him (and him/Alina as a pairing) is wrong, I never want to be right. It would probably be easier to take if I didn’t absolutely believe that his feelings for Alina are real. He wouldn’t be so angered by them if they weren’t. And if you were wondering, yes, Baghra’s revelation of the truth is just as devastating the second time, as is his actions following that. He says and does some pretty terrible things that literally had tears streaming down my face, but I still can’t not love him. Even when he disappoints me. I am eager, excited and terrified to see where he, and this series, go next.
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`	gaby317 , February 19, 2013 (view all comments by gaby317) Chosen as one of Amazon's top YA books for 2012, Shadow and Bone is the sort of adventure story that I love. The heroine, Alina Starkov, was raised as an orphan with her best friend Malyen Oretsev in the house of their benefactor Duke Keramsov. As the children grew up, they were trained to serve in the army: Alina as a cartographer and Mal as a tracker. For as long as they could remember, their country had been battling a growing "Shadow Fold" of darkness with flesh eating monsters called volka. While on reconnaissance, Mal was attacked by one of the mythic volka and when Anika tried to save him, they discovered her unusual magical powers. Anika is whisked to the capital to be protected, trained, and to fight to dispel the Shadow Fold. But she discovers that her enemies are not limited to the flesh eating volka, that enemies and allies at court can be far more dangerous than monsters. Anika learns to navigate dangers and intrigues of court and seems to come into her own. But betrayal comes when she least expects it. Help comes from an unexpected source and Anika must find a way to save herself, her oldest friend, and the nation that she loves from an overpowering force. Shadow and Bone is a story about loyalty and friendship and an unimaginable challenge. It's beautifully written and deeply engrossing. I am eagerly awaiting the next two books in the series. Ages 12 and up. ISBN-10: 0805094598 - Hardcover $17.99 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition (June 5, 2012), 368 pages. Review copy courtesy of Netgalley and the publisher.
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`	nym1997 , January 03, 2013 This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It's a must-read!
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780805094596
Binding:: Hardcover
Publication date:: 06/05/2012
Publisher:: HENRY HOLT & CO
Series info:: Shadow and Bone Trilogy
Pages:: 368
Height:: 1.40IN
Width:: 5.80IN
Thickness:: 1.25
Series Number:: 1
Age Range:: 14 to 17
Grade Range:: 9 to 12
Author:: Leigh Bardugo
Author:: Leigh Bardugo
Subject:: Children s-General
Subject:: Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy

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`	SarahS WondrousReadings , May 30, 2012 (view all comments by SarahS WondrousReadings) 4.5 stars This was a completely magical book and I was under it's spell! The world that Leigh Bardugo has created was amazing. Everything was so vivid, the story line flowed good. It was well written. It had everything that I love in books; action, magic, adventure, an exotic location, some romance (no insta-love)! The characters were amazing! I loved them all. This book surprised me, I didn't know what to expect before I started it, but I'm sure glad I had the opportunity to read it. Buy the book when it comes to stores I know I will, why because it's pure awesomeness! My only question is: When is the second book coming out? Thanks so much to Henry Holt and Co. and NetGalley!
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`	shockley , January 02, 2013 I got this book on a whim without hearing anything about it and found that this was a great story and a super engaging read. The plot and characters are wonderful for all ages.
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`	hoytstreet , September 02, 2012 (view all comments by hoytstreet) This is what you want from a YA novel. It doesn't pander. It has less than perfect characters. (Not the typical "less than perfect but everyone else thinks they are perfect anyways" type- I am looking at you Bella Swan.) And a plot that keeps you turning pages. A unique spin on an age old tale of light versus dark. Full of rich details that can put you in the different grand palaces and on the barren plains of the Unsea. It didn't leave you with an extreme cliffhanger but instead just a desire to see what happens next for the characters and the world in which they live. Pick it up! It will take you a day to read it. Sure you are going to ignore your house work, skip meetings, or forget to take the dog for a walk. So plan ahead. You deserve a dark, fun, and whimsical break.
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`	Jena , August 12, 2012 (view all comments by Jena) Even with a 1yo wanting my attention pretty much 24/7 and all the other obligations of being a mom & wife, I plowed through this book in less than 24 hours. I found it refreshing that characters who I thought were going to be stock characters from any number of other teen fantasy books, made some unexpected and quick decisions, and the characters themselves are flawed make some pretty big reflective realizations. Also loved the ending. If Bardugo writes a sequel, I'll read it, but though the ending is pretty open, I feel it could stand alone (I'm relieved to say).
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`	girasolace , July 12, 2012 (view all comments by girasolace) A great, absorbing, fun read, with many surprising twists and solid, intriguing characters. It's the first in a trilogy but stands satisfyingly alone with a complete plot arc (except that you want to find out what happens next). I loved that she riffed off Slavic folklore and landscape for her fantasy world, rather than the more typical faux-British Isles approach. One of the best fantasy novels I've read in a long while. A likely contender for the Morris Award. 4.5 stars. My only quibble, really, is the title, which (although apt) sounds like every other YA fantasy title and is therefore hard to remember. And I want to remember it!
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