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fifi9527 's review for:
Crooked Kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom is the second book in the Six of Crows series. There’s always a lot of pressure on a second book when the first one was such a success. Yet Crooked Kingdom is even better. While Six of Crows was slow to get going and it took me a little while to warm to the characters, Crooked Kingdom hits the ground running.
In Six of Crows, we see our gang travel to Fjerda for their heist, but in Crooked Kingdom the action is focused on Ketterdam. Leigh Bardugo does an amazing job of making the city come alive. The detail in the world building is phenomenal. There was a grittiness to this sequel which came from the setting and the closeness of that setting added to the intensity and suspense.
Most of the time I have a favorited character but, I don’t think I could possibly pick a favourite in this book. As I enjoyed all the main characters, something which I feel rarely happens. Leigh Bardugo crafts each of their backstories expertly, weaving their past into their present and taking the time to give each a solid arc. Kaz, Inej, Nina, Jesper, Wylan and Matthias are all such great characters. I loved seeing them all grow over the course of the two books. Their interactions and dialogue are brilliant as well, I just loved the scenes where they were all together.
It's tough to talk about the plot without starting to give things away, and that wouldn't be fair, because so much of the joy of Crooked Kingdom is in the disparate but interlocking narratives and their coordinated, clockwork reveals. Bardugo has a stage magician's flair for misdirection, but I can say this: I didn’t think it was possible for this book to surprise me more than Six of Crows did, but there were so many twists and turns. Kaz is in his element in Ketterdam and at his cunning, scheming best. I was hooked all the way through and was never quite sure what was going to happen next.
I was very hesitant to read this book after the torture of the shadow and bone series, yet now I wish I read it early. As it’s one of few YA fantasy series that I enjoyed. This is a book I will 100% be returning to Ketterdam.
In Six of Crows, we see our gang travel to Fjerda for their heist, but in Crooked Kingdom the action is focused on Ketterdam. Leigh Bardugo does an amazing job of making the city come alive. The detail in the world building is phenomenal. There was a grittiness to this sequel which came from the setting and the closeness of that setting added to the intensity and suspense.
Most of the time I have a favorited character but, I don’t think I could possibly pick a favourite in this book. As I enjoyed all the main characters, something which I feel rarely happens. Leigh Bardugo crafts each of their backstories expertly, weaving their past into their present and taking the time to give each a solid arc. Kaz, Inej, Nina, Jesper, Wylan and Matthias are all such great characters. I loved seeing them all grow over the course of the two books. Their interactions and dialogue are brilliant as well, I just loved the scenes where they were all together.
It's tough to talk about the plot without starting to give things away, and that wouldn't be fair, because so much of the joy of Crooked Kingdom is in the disparate but interlocking narratives and their coordinated, clockwork reveals. Bardugo has a stage magician's flair for misdirection, but I can say this: I didn’t think it was possible for this book to surprise me more than Six of Crows did, but there were so many twists and turns. Kaz is in his element in Ketterdam and at his cunning, scheming best. I was hooked all the way through and was never quite sure what was going to happen next.
I was very hesitant to read this book after the torture of the shadow and bone series, yet now I wish I read it early. As it’s one of few YA fantasy series that I enjoyed. This is a book I will 100% be returning to Ketterdam.