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One of my very good friends, Amanda, really loved this series. I actually remember being at her house years ago and grabbing this book because of the cover and her talking about how much she absolutely loved this series. I couldn't really focus at that point so I, unfortunately, didn't get to it until October of this year. I was supposed to read it for the Reading Glasses Book Club that I run, but life has kind of eaten me alive this year.

When I finally sat down to read this I was somewhat disappointed. Someone mentioned this was like a Russian Harry Potter and I started to see the correlations quickly. Oh my gosh, Alina can save everyone! She's being mentored by the more powerful wizard person, and I was kind of disappointed. However, this book gave me a twist I really wasn't expecting and that is what kept me reading.

I know that Leigh Bardugo is someone most people REALLY enjoy in the YA world, and people can't stop raving over "Six of Crows" but because I'm weird and feel like I really need to read things in published order, I'll get to it eventually. Now that the world building has been done to a decent extent, I'm settling in to enjoy the others much more.

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