A review by lagiven
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

If I wasn't such a fan of Six of Crows, I wouldn't have read King of Scars. I loved returning to the Grishaverse and Bardugo's detailed worldbuilding and complicated plots. However, this book started out incredibly slow, and much of the last third of the book was too weird to enjoy much less understand. Zoya and Nina are amazing characters and stole the show from Nikolai which was great. The ending is so terrible that it cancels out most of the book's positives. 
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