Power, powerful, powerless. If one has power and is oblivious of the power, its fine. But when one has power and ones own power is used by someone else, that is something nobody can stand.

An easy read, gripping fantasy novel. Part one of the Shadow and bone trilogy. I am awed by the imaginativeness of Leigh.

Alina and Mal are orphans. Alina grows up to be a cartographer while Mal becomes a tracker. She has the power of creating luminance, or so called the sun summoner.

The book is about Alinas struggle with her power, its use and its misuse, once she realises her potential.