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A review by votesforwomen
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
3.0
I'm genuinely uncertain how to rate this book.
On the one hand, it's a pounding, heart-stopping, amazing adventure packed with amazing characters, one in particular very wonderful romance, and so many plot twists my mind exploded a couple of times.
On the other, it's about a group of lowlife thieves fighting their way to a reward they were double-crossed out of. And as such, they're playing very, very dirty to get their money. Six main characters, against the world--and it sort of seems like there is genuinely no telling who's in the right. Everyone is wrong. Everyone is right. That was sort of mind-exploding too, but not in a good way.
There's a lot of content in this book. I don't think I could really recommend it on that count. But surprisingly, it didn't feel as bad as did Six of Crows, which is...interesting, I guess. I don't know. Because this sequel is a whole lot darker.
The characters are still amazing. Kaz has grown on me a lot--I don't adore him like a lot of the SoC fangirls seem to, but he's definitely not as REPULSIVE as he was in the first one, if I may. XD Inej was a little more meh in this book than the last, but that's okay, I still loved her. Nina was still my waffle queen. Matthias was just plain wonderful. I actually appreciated Wylan and Jesper a little more this time around. :P Kuwei was...really not my favorite. Talk about flat filler characters. XD
I think I'll settle with three stars. A good series, but not one I can recommend without a lot of content caveats. If you'd like to know more about that, feel free to PM me.
On the one hand, it's a pounding, heart-stopping, amazing adventure packed with amazing characters, one in particular very wonderful romance, and so many plot twists my mind exploded a couple of times.
On the other, it's about a group of lowlife thieves fighting their way to a reward they were double-crossed out of. And as such, they're playing very, very dirty to get their money. Six main characters, against the world--and it sort of seems like there is genuinely no telling who's in the right. Everyone is wrong. Everyone is right. That was sort of mind-exploding too, but not in a good way.
There's a lot of content in this book. I don't think I could really recommend it on that count. But surprisingly, it didn't feel as bad as did Six of Crows, which is...interesting, I guess. I don't know. Because this sequel is a whole lot darker.
The characters are still amazing. Kaz has grown on me a lot--I don't adore him like a lot of the SoC fangirls seem to, but he's definitely not as REPULSIVE as he was in the first one, if I may. XD Inej was a little more meh in this book than the last, but that's okay, I still loved her. Nina was still my waffle queen. Matthias was just plain wonderful. I actually appreciated Wylan and Jesper a little more this time around. :P Kuwei was...really not my favorite. Talk about flat filler characters. XD
I think I'll settle with three stars. A good series, but not one I can recommend without a lot of content caveats. If you'd like to know more about that, feel free to PM me.