However, as a fluent Russian speaker it was torture to listen to the botched words and wrong meanings. I love the idea of making it influenced by Russian/Slavic roots. The world built here is very interesting, with beautiful magical animals, different landscapes, nations, races, and powers.

I couldn't be happier in this moment.īotched Russian, stupid protagonist, beautiful world And now that I am about to listen to Nikolai's story, I am-thanks to Lauren's amazing talent- firmly reconnected to this world of Grisha that began my obsession with all things magic. Alina Starkov needed Lauren's voice to tell her story. It wasn't just the story that had me in tears, but the depth of Lauren's ability to make me feel how the characters felt.

Her ability to project the kind of feeling and emotion necessary for a story like this is second to none. The narrator, Lauren Fortgang, is a favorite of mine anyway, but I truly don't think anyone else could have come close to her perfection in regards to this series. I experienced elated devastation when I finished reading the series, but I got to experience it anew with the audiobooks. That is thanks to Leigh Bardugo and this beautiful world she created. After I read Shadow and Bone, I went on to read 60 books in just over two months. Now, however, I consider Shadow and Bone to be the book that sparked this need inside of me to read all the time. I had never heard of the series, or even the author for that matter. One day I read a random blurb from a random book titled Shadow and Bone when I was perusing the aisles of a small bookstore, and I bought the book on a whim. I had read the books years ago, and decided to listen to the audio books now, as well, as a way to become reinvested in this amazing story before delving into Leigh Bardugo's new book, 'King of Scars.' And I am so very glad I have. Ruin and Rising is the thrilling final installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction - and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.Īlina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.ĭeep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.

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