Shadow and Bone - Book Review

 I read Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo because of the Netflix series, which I watched and liked.

It is pretty much the same in most aspects - as usual, some of the explanations made more sense in the book. It does not include the whole Crow crew, which I understand they pulled from another book series - Six of Crows.

As a vague summary, in this universe there are people that are born with various powers. In the book it sounds like they could be trained for specific powers, instead of just being fixed - darkness, telekinesis, fires, light, etc.

The main character (Alina Sarkov) is the first since times of legend with light powers, and is expected to destroy a big barrier in the middle of the fictional country (Ravka), which is tearing it apart (and killing many that try to pass it). There is also a boy she grew up with that she really is close.

There is a nice twist on what is happening near the end, and it ends well enough but unresolved (just like the series, but different).

Overall, I really liked it.