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The Lives of Saints
by Leigh Bardugo
Did anyone expect me not to love this?
Ever since I've read the [b:Shadow and Bone|10194157|Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)|Leigh Bardugo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1339533695l/10194157._SX50_.jpg|15093325] trilogy, I have been hoping for the istorii sankt'ya to become a real thing. I remember speaking of this desire some years ago on my Instagram stories, hoping that each tale of a Saint would come with a beautiful illustration. It took us a Netflix adaptation and some time, but here we are!
The Lives of Saints is a beautiful collection of 28 tales. Each narrating the story of a saint within the Grishaverse. Some saints we have heard of in the other books of the Grishaverse, some were completely new to me - or at least I couldn't remember hearing of them. I loved going through the book and finding out about each and everyone's story. From where they started, to what occurence made people proclaim them saints, and to their ending. Each and everyone had a bittersweet undertone, was magical, as well as dark and twisted. It was hard to not feel for them, even if we know that there are some we shouldn't be feeling for at all.
I was trying to narrow down some favorites, but as I was flipping the pages through the book, I realized how much I loved every single one in their own way.
Leigh Bardugo once again proved she knows how to capture magical tales with just the right portion of darkness in short stories. She had done so in [b:The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic|34076952|The Language of Thorns Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Grishaverse, #0.5, 2.5, 2.6)|Leigh Bardugo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1491842507l/34076952._SX50_.jpg|55087763], and she did it with The Lives of Saints.
This is a must-read for everyone who is a fan of the Grishaverse, whether you read one story at a time or binge the whole book. Whether you read it, or listen to the audiobook (which I can highly recommend as Ben Barnes - who plays The Darkling in the Netflix show - is narrating some chapters of it, and listening to him was a magic of its own). But read it. It's magical.
Ever since I've read the [b:Shadow and Bone|10194157|Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)|Leigh Bardugo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1339533695l/10194157._SX50_.jpg|15093325] trilogy, I have been hoping for the istorii sankt'ya to become a real thing. I remember speaking of this desire some years ago on my Instagram stories, hoping that each tale of a Saint would come with a beautiful illustration. It took us a Netflix adaptation and some time, but here we are!
The Lives of Saints is a beautiful collection of 28 tales. Each narrating the story of a saint within the Grishaverse. Some saints we have heard of in the other books of the Grishaverse, some were completely new to me - or at least I couldn't remember hearing of them. I loved going through the book and finding out about each and everyone's story. From where they started, to what occurence made people proclaim them saints, and to their ending. Each and everyone had a bittersweet undertone, was magical, as well as dark and twisted. It was hard to not feel for them, even if we know that there are some we shouldn't be feeling for at all.
I was trying to narrow down some favorites, but as I was flipping the pages through the book, I realized how much I loved every single one in their own way.
Leigh Bardugo once again proved she knows how to capture magical tales with just the right portion of darkness in short stories. She had done so in [b:The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic|34076952|The Language of Thorns Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Grishaverse, #0.5, 2.5, 2.6)|Leigh Bardugo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1491842507l/34076952._SX50_.jpg|55087763], and she did it with The Lives of Saints.
This is a must-read for everyone who is a fan of the Grishaverse, whether you read one story at a time or binge the whole book. Whether you read it, or listen to the audiobook (which I can highly recommend as Ben Barnes - who plays The Darkling in the Netflix show - is narrating some chapters of it, and listening to him was a magic of its own). But read it. It's magical.