Reviews with content warning for Grief - Rule of Wolves

For me, this book was an emotional roller coaster. Love the character development, how everything worked out in the end (in ways I never expected)!

It left you on a slight cliffhanger where the author has the option too write where she left off if she chooses too. Amazing book, amazing series, amazing author!

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jupitermond's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

First of all, all hail Dragon Queen Zoya

I really liked this one, probably in my top three grishaverse books (it was a little slow getting into but that final battle scene was absolutely amazing) BUT THE END FELT LIKE A CLIFFHANGER SO Leigh is there going to be another book because if there isn’t going to be another one I might cry

I need more Zoyalai and Nina/Hanne (I wish we knew what name they picked because I don’t want to be deadnaming but there was no decision so) also I need to see what shenanigans Kaz and his besties get up to next because that ending was definitely setting up a SoC 3/ KoS 3 (even though Leigh’s probably gonna kill someone else I NEED MORE)

Anyway that was great but I need to read something short next because Leigh certainly loves writing long chapters

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nightfell's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book was too long and too plot heavy for me. King of Scars intertwined plot and character in a way that told the story in an enjoyable way whilst building character arcs and telling their backstories. Rule of Wolves was mostly building plot, which was ok, but there were many storylines that I didn't feel had to be included. These storylines limited the amount of time spent fleshing out the main characters even more, which I wanted since this book is the last book (I think) with these characters. Overall, this book was ok, I did want more character focus and more scenes between Nikoli and Zoya.

Why did Leigh Bardugo kill David? What was the reason? I've thought about it, and I genuinely don't know. I'm not even that attached to the man but why?

I loved Nikolai, Zoya and Nina throughout the duology. I love Leigh for including a trans character in the Grishaverse (Hanne/Ilya?) - sidenote, I love him but his name is NOT ILYA WTF NOOO. Wasn't the darkling's ancestor named ilya???

I did like the darkling's character arc, they didn't forgive him out of obligation, and it seemed like they healed from the trauma he inflicted. In the end he did the right thing, and now we can all finally stop talking about him.

I LOVE that in the end Zoya became the Queen, and Nikolai gave up his crown for her. No other male love interest can ascend to his level of simp (apart from cardan). However, I wish that she gained her title through her own maneuvering and power and not as a result of a man giving it to her.

I loved Nikolai and Zoya's relationship throughout the duology, I just wish they had more scenes or an arc that showed progression in their relationship. Form the beginning, I got a sense that they could have gotten together if Leigh wanted them to at any point, basically: they both seemed to want each other from the beginning, and the conflicts preventing them from being together were obviously not going to pose a serious threat to their relationship.

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britgirlreading's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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blueberry0531's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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saskiamal's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Mayu and the monk's chapters were boring. Nikolai and Zoya were great.

I liked wlw Nina and Hanne so I was a bit bummed by that but it makes sense. Not really the ending I wanted Nina to have.

I found the set-up for the next book a bit annoying since it seems Leigh won't get to it for quite a while. A lot of loose-ish ends from previous books were tied up.

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ali_debookness's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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