In the previous book, Alina was a cartographer for the First Army and the man she had grown up with was a tracker. They were assigned to the Fold with the First Army where nothing grows and volcra attack you and kill you. Their skift gets attacked by the volcra and Mal saves Alica's life by shooting one of them then Mal gets hurt and Alina covers his body with hers and a bright light shines out. It turns out that Alina is a Sun Summoner and that she would be able to heal the Fold and reunite Ravka. The Apparat, or religious leader, has taken to calling her Saint Alina and the people have taken to worshipping her. The Darkling is in charge of the Second Army of Grisha and he takes Alina to the Little Palace to train but he wants her to have a special amplifier that comes from Morovo's stag, a mythical beast. Soon, however, Alina becomes disenchanted with the Darkling, especially after talking to Bhangra his mother who says there has only been one Darkling and that he created the Fold. So she and Mal escape the palace and head toward the Zemeni frontier.
Since Alina isn't using her power she is weak again, though she insists on working in a Jurda factory. Mal gets some work too and soon they'll have enough to disappear into the wilds of the country. But before that can happen, the Darkling finds them and attacks them with dark monsters that cost him to create. Alina cuts them down until they overtake her and one bites her.
They go back on a whaler ship captained by the famous privateer Sturmhond and his crew of secret Grisha. The Darkling is keeping Mal alive not just to keep her in line but because he needs Mal's tracking abilities to find the Rusalye, the sea whip. Alina looks at the book the Apparat gave her had a picture of one of the saints that had the stag, the sea whip, and the firebird. The Darkling wants het to wear all three when its been a common practice to only wear one amplifier. On top of that Genya is there and it turns out that she has lied to her the whole time. Genya was her only friend other than Mal and when Mal wasn't there she was a comfort.
Once the Rusalye is speared, Sturmhond makes his move with his other ship there he kidnaps Alina and Mal and takes the Rusalye for Alina to use. He tells Alina she is free to go wherever she wants to go but first he wants her to meet someone and hear what he has to say. If she doesn't like it he will take her anywhere but she should consider the fact that she has no powerful allies. Tonya and Tolya, twins become her bodyguards.
This was a fabulous book. The relationship between Mal and Alina is tested to its limit. Especially when Alina begins to see the Darkling everywhere. And Alina is beginning to act differently with the two power amplifiers. How will she act with a third? But how will she defeat the Darkling without it? This is a great series and I can't wait to see how it ends. I give this book five out of five stars.
Quotes
You two have a bad habit of acitng like fools and calling it heroic.
-Leigh Bardugo (Siege and Storm p 32)
Ivan scowled. “I don’t think—” “Clearly. So why start
now.”
-Leigh Bardugo (Siege and Storm p 36)
Fear is a powerful ally. And loyal.
-Leigh Bardugo (Siege and Storm p 51)
Anything worth doing always starts with a bad idea.
-Leigh Bardugo (Siege and Storm p 101)
Perfect night for tearing a hole in the universe, no?
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 101)
“I’m more of a weed,” I said dryly. “I like weeds,” she said. “They’re survivors.”
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 111)
“Were you always this much trouble?” “I like to think of
myself as delightfully complex.”
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 116)
When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Strom p 120)
The less you say the more your words will carry.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 187)
Weakness is a guise.
Wear it when they need to know you’re human, but never when you feel it.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 187)
Being a leader means someone is always watching you.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 187)
Get them to follow the little orders and they’ll follow
the big ones
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 187)
Scars make good reminders.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 236)
“Watch yourself, Nikolai,”
Mal said softly. “Princes bleed just like other men.”
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 249)
I’d rather fight a traitor than a zealot.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 264)
Fearless is another word for stupid.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 302)
David looked at me then, the regret plain on his
face. No matter what I said, we both
knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try, And usually, it makes no
difference at all.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 334)
You know the problem with heroes and saints, NikolaixCZV?
They always end up dead.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 388)
I have loved you all my life, Mal. There is no end to our
story.
-Leigh Bardugo (Seige and Storm p 417)
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