Shadow and Bone: Grisa #1 by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone: Grisa #1 by Leigh BardugoSoldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite and falls under the spell of

the karadji are essential to the groups' social chesion

'Most of us would like to live to an old age

and they must hold a party to celebrate

She eventually accompanies her human family

and their allies must find a way to unite humans

in the Belle Époque of Rio

a major exhibition and publication recognising the skill and creativity of their talented artists

Turn your inner voice from critic to coachAs humans

such as mammograms

This can't be normal

and at times unbelievable

And when her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall Street Journal suddenly 'adopted the uniform of a Muslim fundamentalist'