I, myself is guilty of writing this supposed 'review' about the Siege and Storm, but happened to seem more of a feature post/ fangirling comment about the characters. 
 Mal and Alina are TOO PERFECT for each other that they completely cancelled out the chemistry between them, and their 'romance' partnership is too unnerving for me to read. 
 4 stars given, because I personally liked Sturmhound/ Nikolai, and I just need to see more of that sass... we need more of it than the two lovebirds cringe worthy, declarations of love. 
 We all love the world of Grisha (really, we do), but the PUPPET royal family is not so bad, just 'cause of Nikolai. 
 PS We need more of Nikolai's chicness 'cause he has the most credible character out of everyone, and also for the reason that he glorifies the means of being the nameless hero, and lastly- it comes down to just being needy of his sass...