A review by ong
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


how do I even begin. the beginning of the book. heartwrenching. the team slowly building up and actually built a team bond. nikolai. my sweet sweet nikolai. zoyalai seeds being planted. the darkling finally losing everything. the damage of the survivors. the remnants of all of it. but the real champ here is the after. i haven’t read the bonus yet but the after was so good i have to give some time before i read aleksander’s extra something something.
but the last chapter got me torn between malina and nikolina. like my brain knows it’s gonna be malina from the start but since siege & storm my heart is nikolina’s idc.