JCPL Teens

Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

This book had everything: a compelling, engaging heroine, believable love story, gruesome monsters, devious villains, fascinating landscape, the whole shebang. Bardugo takes a lot from Russian culture and infuses it in a completely unique way creating a fantastic new world. She has a wonderful style to her writing and really brings you into Alina's doubts about herself and her burgeoning confidence and power. Good, good stuff. Really looking forward to the next one!