I feel like Gabe from The Office when he says “Shut up about the sun” but with the firebird. For two novels, we hear about the damn firebird. The plot twists aren’t obvious and do surprise you. It was too obvious and that kind of took the surprise factor out of the equation for me. I would like to say I was right about the plot twist. That part could have been handled better by the author. Even after that, she never comes to terms with her feelings for the Darkling. Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the number. She never chooses and is basically given an out when Mal ends up being special. Grisha: Ruin and Rising: Book 3 : Bardugo, Leigh: : Books.

Wow, there are a lot more similarities than I realized.īesides that, the love interests don’t really get settled. Can’t forget Nikolai saving the day and also changing appearances. And the same apparition and ghost visits followed up with an epic battle. The same escaping from the Darkling and his army to be only found by him again sprinkled with a lot of love interest monologue. I have to say that book three felt a lot like book two. All of this leads up to the final confrontation and the epic battle between Alina and the Darkling with the future of Ravka hanging in the balance. He will do anything to find Alina including making her make difficult choices in who to protect. All while a war between the Grisha and regular people is dividing the country and killing anyone who gets caught in the middle.Īs Alina and company make camp in a new place, the Darkling becomes even more powerful.

And she has to choose between her love for Mal, Nikolai and Lantsov. She has to find the firebird to be able to fight against the Darkling. Finding Nikolai is a challenge on its own but that is one of many obstacles for Alina.

Grisha ruin and rising