Siege and Storm
Leigh Bardugo, 2013
Young adult FantasyRomanceContemporary fiction
A sun-summoner is hunted, a kingdom fractures, and every alliance asks what she will trade for power.
Feels like longing and tenderness. About power and love.
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The loneliest thing anyone can say is that they stayed.
Why won’t you leave me alone?” I whispered one night as he hovered behind me while I tried to work at my desk.Long minutes passed. I didn’t think he would answer. I even had time to hope he might have gone, until I felt his hand on my shoulder.“Then I’d be alone, too," he said, and he stayed the whole night through, till the lamps burned down to nothing. Leigh Bardugo.Siege and Storm is the second Grishaverse novel; Bardugo's world later expanded into Six of Crows, King of Scars and a Netflix series.
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- What is Siege and Storm like?
- Feels like longing and tenderness. About power and love.
- What should I read after Siege and Storm?
- If you liked Siege and Storm, try Queen of Shadows (Sarah J. Maas), The Wicked King (Holly Black) and Twisted Love (Ana Huang).
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Immortal warriors are not immune to a well-cut nightgown.
Thirty minutes later, Rowan was still staring up at the ceiling, teeth gritted as he calmed the roaring in his veins that was steadily shredding through his self-control. That gods-damned nightgown. Shit. He was in such deep, unending shit.
Queen of Shadows · Sarah J. Maas
Power dressed as a joke, and everyone in the room knows it.
The three of you have one solution to every problem. Murder. No key fits every lock.” Cardan gives us all a stern look, holding up a long-fingered hand with my stolen ruby ring still on one finger. “Someone tries to betray the High King, murder. Someone gives you a harsh look, murder. Someone disrespects you, murder. Someone ruins your laundry, murder.
The Wicked King · Holly Black
The hardest sacrifice might not be death.
Love.” The word floated between us on a soft gust of air. “Deep, abiding, unconditional love. You want it so much you’re willing to live for it.” Most people thought the biggest sacrifice they could make was to die for something. They were wrong. The biggest sacrifice someone could make was to live for something—to allow it to consume you and turn you into a version of yourself you didn’t recognize. Death was oblivion; life was reality, the harshest truth that had ever existed.
Twisted Love · Ana Huang
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