Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone is the captivating first book in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. In this atmospheric YA fantasy, the once-great nation of Ravka is torn apart by the Shadow Fold, a near-impenetrable darkness inhabited by flesh-eating monsters. Alina Starkov, a lonely refugee, discovers a dormant power that could change her war-ravaged country’s fate.

Whisked away to the royal court, Alina trains as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems.