SPOILER ALERT: This is the second and final book in the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. There are spoilers in this review, so if you have not read the first book of the series, go and read it! This review will be here when you come back!
Started: January 18, 2017
Finished: February 24, 2017
Rating: 5 stars
Summary (from Goodreads): Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and left crippled by the kidnapping of a valuable team member, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city’s dark and twisting streets―a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of magic in the Grisha world.
Well.
I made it through.
And I already miss it.
Six of Crows was amazingly good. And while this book didn’t beat it in terms of how much I enjoyed it, it came pretty damn close.
I love this world. I desperately want more of this series, but sadly it’s only a duology. Leigh Bardugo’s world building is second to none. I don’t have much interest in the Grisha trilogy, but I may just read it for Leigh’s writing and world. She takes her complex world and writes it beautifully to create vivid pictures in a reader’s mind. I had such a complete mental picture of Ketterdam that I was completely immersed in the world from the beginning.
The story of this novel was riveting. It took me a long time to read it, but that doesn’t mean it was any less exciting and enthralling than the first one. This novel was gorgeous storytelling and gorgeous writing and it had me hooked. The story of this gang of outcasts taking on the person who wronged them was so completely entrancing to me. I felt like I was there watching it all take place.
Another thing that had me hooked was the characters.
Oh my goodness, the characters.
Every character was extraordinarily written. I felt like I understood them, I felt like I knew them, at some points I felt like I was them. I felt every emotion they felt and I can’t believe how well written every single on of them is. But there’s one in particular that I still have to mention specifically.
Come on, you all know that I have to talk about Kaz Brekker.
Kaz Brekker may be the Bastard of the Barrel, but he’s also the love of my life. I can’t handle how much I love Kaz, and this book just amplified that love. His character arc, his actions, the way he speaks. Everything had me hanging on to every word that Leigh writes about him. I need more Kaz Brekker, please.
All in all, this book made me laugh and it made me cry. I loved it, and I love this series, and that’s really all I can say. I need more of the Dregs. I need more Kaz Brekker. Please. Anything, Leigh. I’ll take anything.
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