Shadow and Bone (Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo

 

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SciFi/Fantasy

Shadow and Bone is the first book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy.  This book has been adapted into a Netflix series.  Check out the trailer: https://youtu.be/b1WHQTbJ7vE.

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swatch of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh.  Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything.  But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life--a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free.  Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite let by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems.  With darkness looking and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha...and the secrets of her heart. 

If you enjoy this book, there are two other books in the trilogy:  book #2 is Siege and Storm and book #3 is Ruin and Rising. Enjoy!!!