Siege and Storm has a good beginning and ending, but the middle is pretty boring.

I really like Nikolai. Alina is kind of frustrating. Mal is annoying for most of the book, and he just makes Alina annoying by association. The Darkling is interesting.

I'm excited to find out what happens in the last book of the series. ( )

Pretty good, more world-building than the first book and obviously the sophomore in the bunch. The growth builds to something promising though. The beginning was extremely abrupt though, and there were a few plot lines that were suddenly dropped. ( )

I was blown away by the ending of the book. The middle of the story felt a little long and a few scenes could have been a bit shorter in my opinion but then the end was sooo fast. Everything happened within like 30 pages and I couldn't stop reading.

Now excuse me while I read Ruin and Rising. ( )

Liked the book a lot, but another not-too-smart YA protagonist.

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3.75 ( )