A review by ashley_elizabeth
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I've been away from the Grishaverse for quite a while and was almost hesitant to pick up KoS, worried I wouldn't remember enough from the previous entries to really follow. A worry I got over quite quickly! Bardugo throws in plenty of snippets of backstop for a refresher while also leading us along this new journey, split (mostly) between Nikolai/Zoya and Nina. I really loved all the action, intrigue, and layers of emotion. I'd say my biggest qualm is that there's a lot of exposition - basically everything that happens is both shared and then explained, which I found kind of tedious after a while. Also,
the passages about Grisha girls being forced to carry children while also being forcefully drugged was particularly hard to read
. All in all, great fun and what a cliffhanger ending!
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