Rayleigh is a small town, Texas girl who has only a slight addiction to books *wink*. I give it 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it with caution to fans of Shadow and Bone and the Red Queen series. So I listened to half and read half, and both were great experiences! The audiobook is expertly narrated! I'm very glad that I started the book listening to the audio so I knew how to pronounce their names, but I finished the book reading my copy because I didn't know how to spell their names. Resolved, yes, but there is still a very long way to go before these characters get a chance at happiness. This is most definitely not a 'happy ending'. I don't know that I can talk about Serefin and Malachiasz without mentioning spoilers, so I'll just suffice it to say that one left me heartbroken and the other.also left me heartbroken. I was just as confused as she was for most of the book, and I think her decisions reflected that internal turmoil very well. I felt for her her entire world was upturned and she had to pull every string to find the one solid truth. Nadya challenged her beliefs and struggled to understand the truth, all the while doing her best to mask her questions and appear to remain sure of her decisions so as to not become vulnerable.

The story is very skillfully written to mask the twists and turns, and more than once I smacked my own forehead and muttered 'duh!' But it is also unique enough that I thought I knew what was happening, but even up to the epilogue, I didn't know who to trust. The biggest difference is that it is much darker than Shadow and Bone with its use of blood magic and how other characters try to extract that magic from others. So much so, that I can recommend that if you liked Shadow and Bone, there is a high probability that you may like Wicked Saints.

Wicked Saints has a LOT in common with Shadow and Bone. That being said, once I started it, I couldn't put it down!

It came in a book box subscription with some incredible book goodies (and a cloth map that is epic!) and though it looked interesting, I knew that it was going to be a pretty dark read so I put off reading it. Wicked Saints is one of the books that I've had on my shelves for a couple of years (at least) and I have to say that it's not one that I would've purchased for myself.

Shadow and Bone meets Red us a little bit of Avatar The Last Airbender sprinkled in *ahem, Soka*.

Wicked saints review