anielabooks 's review for:

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Overall great book, but I still preferred the first one. It was very slow at first, but it really picked up towards the end. Honestly, I was not expecting that many character deaths. Some of those were a but out of pocket. However, I was really excited to meet many characters and grow some old ones. I particularly loved Tamar and Nikolai. Although I wasn’t particularly fond of Zoya, I still appreciated how Bardugo developed her character in this book. I’m excited for what is to come in the next book as I am still very much in love with the world and NIKOLAI LANTSOV. Additionally, I really appreciated the bonus Genya chapter because she was always one of my favorite characters from book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation