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Shadow and Bone

By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
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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 her 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.

©2012 Leigh Bardugo (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction Royalty Heartfelt Suspenseful Magic Teen Fiction
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Good, but not a fan of the focus on relationships, of there was more fantasy and action it would be better.

It's alright

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I read this after the Six of crows books and it wasn't as impressive. Some beautiful bits but not a completely beloved protagonist and sometimes a bit boring - especially when compared with Six of Crows. I didn't dislike it - I just didn't love it.

It was okay

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Narration was great, story was great, what else do you want with an audio book?

Good story

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such a great book, and the narrator is perfect in her telling of this wonderful story

it's one of those books that just can't put down

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narrator was good and the story I enjoyed. about to buy the next one

loved this book

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I love the sound of her voice the way she can change it to fit the character

I love the first book

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I read this in anticipation for the Netflix series coming out in April and it was great. Would recommend

Great

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I would have thoroughly enjoyed the book had I been 15 years old, I wish I was, then I could have claimed this book as enjoyable fiction.

Young adult fiction

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I tried this book as it was offered in the Plus Catalogue. There are some good and interesting elements, certainly a richly detailed world. But the plot line is fairly stereotypical, one fantasy trope after another. Still enjoyable if you put your analytical thinking aside.

Decent but definitely for younger audiences

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the Narrator has done an amazingly impressive job with this one. I listened to this one in one go.
Downloaded the second book in an instant.

A book that I have thoroughly enjoyed

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