SLAB Ideas!

Okay, SLAB members! Let's test this out and see if it works. If you have ideas for things we should do in SLAB the rest of this year, please post them here! If you aren't able to comment, let me know when we get back from Thanksgiving, and I'll get it fixed. Have a wonderful holiday!

Shadow and Bone

by Leigh Bardugo

Alina and Mal grow up together as orphans, thinking they are just average kids. Alina soon discovers, though, that she is a member of the Grisha, an elite group with magical powers. She's a "sun summoner," and the Darkling, leader of the Grisha, needs her power, so takes her under his wing.

Of course, there is a love triangle. And Alina is insecure, goes back and forth on who she wants to be with, and claims to despise the attention she gets from men.

I was so disappointed in this book, especially since it was on this year's Lone Star list, but I truly found little here to recommend. A worn out plot, a whiny, wishy-washy female protagonist that we are supposed to think is "strong," and two guys, neither of whom would make a good boyfriend in any world. There is action, and the plot moves along at a decent clip, which makes for an easy read, but I just did not find this one to live up to the hype.