Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 3)

By Leigh Bardugo

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone. Daring rogue Nikolai finally joins the fold in Season 2 -- covering explosive events of both Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising -- streaming now! Enter the Grishaverse with Book Three of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. The nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. The Darkling rules from his shadow throne while a weakened Alina Starkov recovers from their battle under the dubious protection of the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Now her hopes lie with the magic of a long-vanished ancient creature and the chance that an outlaw prince still survives. As her allies and enemies race toward war, only Alina stands between her country and a rising tide of darkness that could destroy the world. To win this fight, she must seize a legend’s power—but claiming the firebird may be her ruin. A New York Times Bestselling Series A USA Today Bestseller This title has Common Core connections. Read all the books in the Grishaverse! The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom The King of Scars Duology King of Scars Rule of Wolves The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic The Lives of Saints Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel Praise for the Grishaverse “A master of fantasy.” —The Huffington Post “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —The Guardian “This is what fantasy is for.” —The New York Times Book Review “[A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” —NPR “The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” —Entertainment Weekly “Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” —USA Today “There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” —Vanity Fair “Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” —Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent “Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” —Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series

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Published Aug 18, 2015

480 pages

Average rating: 7.71

280 RATINGS

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Readers say *Ruin and Rising* delivers an emotionally charged conclusion with strong character growth, expanded roles for side characters, and captiva...

TheCleverReader
8/10 stars
I bummed this up a star. I still feel the ending was too quick and tied up in a nice little bow. I wanted more. I read this as a buddy this time around and I think that's why I enjoyed it more this time around.
Victoria Miller
10/10 stars
I loved this series.
_sewerwolf_
10/10 stars
and im just... supposed to go on with my life??
Chloë
6/10 stars
What a depressing series - thank goodness it’s over. I need some time to digest how it ended and whether I actually liked it or not.

Book 1: Shadow and Bone - ⭐⭐
Book 2: Siege and Storm - ⭐⭐⭐
Book 3: Ruin and Rising - ⭐⭐⭐
Jonathan Willis
6/10 stars
This is a great convergence to the trilogy. It starts off strong and keeps that momentum throughout the book. It’s very YA which is not really a negative but it does pull me out sometimes. I like the world and I like the characters and this book definitely had some great WTF moments that I wasn’t expecting. Overall I enjoyed this series a good amount, didn’t blow me away but was still a good read.