
Alina and Mal travelled the True Sea and were living in slum area of one of the cities of Novyi Zem but they were being hunted and circumstances brought Alina back to where everything started- once again prisoner of Darkling on famous pirate/Privateer’s ship, Darkling looking for a way to gain control over Alina’s power of sun summoner. Plot was interesting and like most readers said it was like cat-and-mouse game with miscommunication or rather lack of proper communication trope.īook started few months after the end of first book. Author sure knew how to keep her reader engaging from the very first page.

It was written in first person narrative from Alina’s POV.

Writing was fabulous, vivid, engaging and fast paced. The story was about politics, power, love, friendship, betrayal, accepting power and strength, and not let anyone change who you’re. Siege and Storm was enjoyable sequel to Shadow and Bone that revolved around Alina and Mal’s life on the run, their struggling relationship, Darkling on their tail, and Ravka’s situation making things complicated. Previous book I read in Shadow and Bone Trilogy Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her–or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.

She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land.
