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Title: Siege and Storm (The Grisha Book 2)
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Published: New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 435
Total Page Count: 185,125
Text Number: 545
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Alina discovers ways to expand her power, both magical and political, while Ravka faces attack by the Darkling's monstrous creations. The two things I hate most in stories are miscommunication narratives and relationships fueled primarily by jealousy, and both of these are present here and compose the emotional thrust of the book. Even when characters are well-drawn, their interactions are often laborious. The politics fare better: they're not particularly subtle, but then neither are they bogged down by detail, and set against the developing magic system they make for an engaging world with high stakes. So, as with the first book in the series, Siege and Storm is quite readable when it gains momentum—but the surrounding trappings, YA tropes, and underwhelming narrative voice make it merely mediocre.
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Published: New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 435
Total Page Count: 185,125
Text Number: 545
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Alina discovers ways to expand her power, both magical and political, while Ravka faces attack by the Darkling's monstrous creations. The two things I hate most in stories are miscommunication narratives and relationships fueled primarily by jealousy, and both of these are present here and compose the emotional thrust of the book. Even when characters are well-drawn, their interactions are often laborious. The politics fare better: they're not particularly subtle, but then neither are they bogged down by detail, and set against the developing magic system they make for an engaging world with high stakes. So, as with the first book in the series, Siege and Storm is quite readable when it gains momentum—but the surrounding trappings, YA tropes, and underwhelming narrative voice make it merely mediocre.
