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Shadow and Bone: Ruin and Rising: Book 3 Paperback – 26 June 2018
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- Reading age12 - 15 years
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions12.8 x 3.4 x 19.6 cm
- PublisherOrion Children's Books
- Publication date26 June 2018
- ISBN-101510105255
- ISBN-13978-1510105256
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- Publisher : Orion Children's Books; 1st edition (26 June 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1510105255
- ISBN-13 : 978-1510105256
- Reading age : 12 - 15 years
- Dimensions : 12.8 x 3.4 x 19.6 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars—with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019) which is being developed for television by Amazon Studios.
Leigh grew up in Southern California and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles. For information on new releases and appearances, sign up for Leigh's newsletter: http://bit.ly/bardugonews.
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Betrayal, love, humour, strong plot, stronger characters and brutal Villan.
When I started book 1 I thought "what am I reading?" But still couldn't put it down.
Book 2 blew my mind with reveals and book 3 blew an already blown mind with even more depth and discovery, tears and laughs.
Awsome books, destined to stand test of time and please many readers of different tastes.
Thank you Leigh and team.
I loved the ending and also how the author does the epilogue as a narration.
Alina, Mal and Nikolai are so cool.
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The narrative is so wrapped up in Alina's boy trouble that the real issues are left to one side. The political plots could have made this really interesting and given a real look at what is at stake. Instead it's a monologue of a bratty teen who is more interested in who fancies her.
The last chapter signposted that this whole story was about "love". I never got that. Alina's relationships are all so flawed that I couldn't really root for any of them.
There is a lot of love out there for all the male characters and every one has their favourite. But each use Alina for their own gain, the plot twist about the amplifier just made it even more problematic and the end made me so angry. Can a female character not have power that is all her own? Why is it always somehow given or made greater or even suppressed and taken away by a man?
Another issue I have is that the characters never really get fleshed out. The first book got me excited about the villain who seemed like a great character, the second book made me think he was the only thing that made this book interesting as there was a real attempt to question Alina's feelings and his motives and he was a strong baddie. The third turned the ancient powerful and initially very menacing figure in to a spoilt child. Maybe that was the point?
Books like these live and die by the quality of the heroes and the aura of the baddies.
The heroes were too wrapped up in eachother to see the big picture had no real conviction and simply react to situations. The baddie was turned from a seriously creepy and charismatic villain to a pantomime figure.
The series flops down dead.

The world-building is yet again fabulous. Leigh Bardugo has created amazing imagery that enthrals the reader and she vividly portrays every scene with architectural details, local legends and stories, meticulous descriptions of landscapes and fantastic, creepy and deadly creatures. All these details give a special charm to the story.
After her last confrontation with the Darkling, Alina has transformed a lot. She is no longer the vulnerable girl from the previous volumes; she has become a skilled strategist, a fighter/a leader/ a saint who arouses admiration and fear in allies and enemies alike. The road ahead is not an easy one, but with Mal, Nikolai and her Grisha friends by her side, she always pushes on. I appreciate Mal for his devotion to Alina, though I still can't see them as lovers. He becomes the hero who sacrifices himself out of love and loyalty, driven by honour and duty. He puts Alina before anyone else, above his own life, without a second thought. As for the Darkling, he will forever be my favourite in this story. He remains true to his nature until the end. A veritable foe who does not seek redemption and won't apologize for his actions (I wouldn't imagine him in any other way). And that ending was a genuine surprise.
Magical, seductive, surprising and devastating, Ruin and Rising has definitely surpassed all my expectations. I am looking forward to reading the other books set in the Grishaverse.

The Apparat has painted Alina as a new Saint. Alina is not interested in being a saint. Her ambition lies in finding the third amplifier and defeating The Darkling.
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This book is better than the first but nowhere near as good as the second. Whilst I did enjoy a lot of the journey, Nikolai was missing for most of the book. There was so much more that could have been done with his character. I also hated the ending.


‘”Beauty was your armour. Fragile stuff, all show. But what’s inside you? That’s steel. It’s brave and unbreakable. And it doesn’t need fixing.”’
‘Ruin And Rising’ is definitely a book that will keep most readers on their toes. If you’ve read the previous books in the series then, like me, surely you’ll find yourself uncertain over exactly how things will end. Although I adore YA fantasy in general when you reach a final book as a reader you have a sense that certain characters will triumph and whatever big bad is at play will find themselves vanquished. With this book I honestly wasn’t sure whether that would be the case. ‘Siege And Storm’ left everyone in pretty intense danger and had the sort of ending that left me immensely glad that I didn’t have to wait for book three.
Everything that I loved in the previous books continued to thrill me in this final book in the trilogy. The characters are just divine and Leigh Bardugo certainly doesn’t shy away from making them suffer. Everybody is so complex and well crafted; everybody has their own faults and weaknesses. There were so many events that caught me off guard; so many twists and turns that I didn’t see coming. From the very first page the sense of danger was strong and it never really let up.
There were some moments in this novel that absolutely blew me away. One of my personal highlights was Baghara sharing her story at last. For a grouchy old woman she’s one hell of a fascinating individual. You uncover more of the Darkling’s backstory too; although surely I’m not alone in wanting his whole story in print? Even with everything that you learn I still feel that there’s more of his tale to be told; his history is one that I’m desperate to read.
Danger is present throughout this book and it’s depictions of war are certainly brutally realistic ones. Suffering is everywhere and no one is safe. As a reader it feels risky to find yourself caring for characters because you honestly don’t know whether or not they’ll survive. There are some chilling moments that I doubt will shift from my mind anytime soon yet some truly heart warming ones that made me melt also. I definitely adore Leigh Bardugo’s writing and can’t wait to devour more of it.
Truthfully the only reason that I’ve made this 4.5 stars rather than a full 5 is because there was a moment that, perhaps, felt a little too easy. There was so much that I loved that I want to stick to five stars but I can’t get past my questions over this one, vital moment. And yes it pains me to say that! Regardless of that fact I still whole heartedly recommend this series and know that I’ll also be picking up the rest of the Grisha verse books over the course of the year. I can’t wait to learn more of this lands’ glorious tales and meet more of the author’s incredible characters.