Tink's Book Reviews

The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. A weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives. Alina knows no fury, she has become Sankta Alina - but at what cost?  To free Ravka and all other borders, she must fight to survive, even if it's against a former lover, to save the current one from ruin.   The Darkling will stop at nothing to find the remaining firebird and leave no one standing in his path.   She will get the last remaining amplifier, fight the strongest man in Ravka, even if it means losing the ones she holds so dear. Before it's too late. Though what if the amplifier has been under her nose the entire time?  As A...

Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long. Meanwhile, The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. Alina is free from The Darkling, and new life with Mal in an unfamiliar town seems to be working. Though news has spread of her new gift, she just needs to find a way to keep it under wraps.  Soon Alina and Mal find themselves back aboard a ship on their way to Os Alta, much to their disapproval. The rumours say he has returned, though he is not the man Alina once knew, he has changed and not for the better.   With the fate of the Kingdom in the balance, Alina must find a way to keep everyone safe, have Mal by her side bu...

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 led by the mysterious Darkling. Alina Starkov isn't your average girl, she's a mapmaker for the Second Army. With her best and only friend Mal by her side, nothing can go wrong.  Until they venture into the Unsea, a place where few have returned, but when their ship is doomed and they somehow find their way home. The only person they have to thank is Alina, and her hidden gift.   Soon her old life is quickly taken away from her when she is thrust into the unknown world of the Grisha. But with the watchful eye on her from the beautiful Darkling, can Alina really be the hope for all...