Siege and Storm

Executive Summary: I struggled a lot with this book. The beginning kind of annoyed me, but then things picked up only to get bogged down again. I'm definitely not enjoying this as much as the sequel series. 2.5 stars

Audiobook: Lauren Fortgang does another good job. Her narration definitely helped keep me going during the slow parts. There is only so much that can be done with so much melodrama though.

Full Review
I'm still interested in the Netflix series coming out later this month, but I'm becoming less interested in the book series the further in I get. I find Mal pretty insufferable. I find the Darkling pretty cartoonish. I find Alina OK, but not particularly endearing.

I feel like not much actually happens in this book, and most of what does happens either fairly early on in the book, or right near the end. The rest is just a lot of waiting and melodrama.

I'm going to finish the series, but mostly since I already bought it. I'm hoping things pick up in the final book, and if not hopefully I enjoy the TV series more.