A review by m4r
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

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

3.25

so! i liked it. didnt love it but it was okay. the zoyalai moments carried and almost made me give this 5 stars just bc cjkdhcs they r the best grishaverse ship and i will not debate this. like the banter?? the confession??? the yearning??? delicious. hannina was also so so good. and unlike last time i didn't find nina’s chapters mind-numbingly boring. over all the characters and the relationships (friendships and romance) between them carried this book on their backs. 

now! the stuff i didn't like. there was too much going on in the book, characters where going from place to place, conflict after conflict that in the end meant close to nothing and we could do without (like that scene with nikolai almost dying flying, he said he was impacted by it once and then we moved on so why was it even there). the enemy was fjerda. and the ehri and makhi conflict made sense. And i suppose the saint storyline had to be brought over from the last book (it was annoying then too i will not lie, i don't like it) but i feel like we could do without the blight.
and talking about the blight. the fact that the darkling was brought back, did nothing, just to resolve this storyline made it feel so redundant, and just pissed me off bc i am a darkling hater till i die !! now moving on to other cameos, alina’s and mal’s was kinda disappointing bc i did not love the way they talked about the darkling. idk i cant put it into words but i didn't like it. onto the crows, i feel like there was too much of them. im not complaining about seeing more wesper (although i am complaining about kaz that man stays annoying) the heist that came out of nowhere and just added to the already “too much going”-ness of the book was … :/ 
and for the love of god please stop. why the open ending. the ending didn't need to set up soc3. we don't need soc3. i know it was already announced but let this series rest. let it go out with a bang that was zoyalai and zoya specifically ! </spoilers>

ANYWAY i had my issues but over all it was good. i enjoyed it was a fun read.