Shadow and Bone

4/5 ⭐
It started really slow. There were a lot of made-up words which made the beginning super hard to follow. I love me a good friends-to-lovers and slow burn. The Darkling was super well written. I was pretty convinced that it would be a morally gray bf type romance. It got really good after The Darkling betrayed her. I loved the parts with Alina trekking through the mountains and villages and stuff especially after Mal joined her. Although I must say, I feel like she got her powers too easily. After all of the struggles they just appeared easily for no reason at all. Side note: why was almost half the book acknowledgments and previews? It was really weird. Anyway, the book would have been better if it had been a little less confusing at the beginning. But it was overall a pretty good fantasy book. I can't wait to continue the series and see how the romance and plot will develop.