Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo: Novella deserves to be considered as the first instalment of the Grishaverse series because it is a back story to all the novels. This novella draws much more closely the life of an individual named Darkling, the character that was portrayed as a powerful man having origin linked to magic and gives the reader an insight to how this transformation happened. More thrilling and complex than, it evokes understanding the character’s actions, the world of the Grisha.