Ruin and Rising (Grishaverse Book 3)

Annnnnd, I've decided to re-read Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse series instead of starting one of my many, many (many) TBR piles. So here we are. Re-reading "Storm and Siege". SPOILERS if you saw Season One but never actually read the entire trilogy.

["The capital has fallen.

The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.

Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.

Deep 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. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.

Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. 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. 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. "]

I just gotta say, staying up waaaay late on a school/work night was soooo worth it. I forgot a lot of the plot and subplot of this series because it’s just been so long and I read it soo damn fast last time. Either way, I bawled. A lot. And I remember Oncat having his own subplot, but I guess I made that up. :/ 

Still a fucking huge Nikolai fan. Heart eyes forever. I can’t wait to read his books (first The Crows though) and see even more of him and Zoya (they already have some plot together which I didn’t remember or think would be there)

Also, might have totally squealed and contemplated a tattoo for “I am not ruined. I am ruination.” #iamnotruinediamruination Like fuuuuuck I forgot how powerful that was. 

Alll of the ships. All of the deaths. All of the built up suspense for a book series that hasn’t even been renewed for a second season on Netflix yet. :/ Boo 

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