"Fine, make me your villain." 
 3.5 stars 
 Since I've already read (and loved) Six of Crows, it's clear that this was the first book written by Leigh Bardugo. The writing style was much more simple and less profound, the story uncomplicated and the characters enjoyable: I liked Alina despite her ups and downs, I didn't care at all about Mal and I never will (sorrynotsorry), and I LOOVED The Darkling He was the main reason I kept reading (and the future appearance of Nikolai in Siege and Storm). Overall, it was a good book but compared with SoC, paled.