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A review by thebakerbookworm
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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? Yes
4.5
It was a bit long and there was a lot of fan service—but I am a fan and I loved it haha. Really great character development throughout, and I'm a huge fan of the ending. All the spoilers and specifics below.
The Six of Crows books are my fave so I LOVED all the Crows scenes in this one, even though the plotting was a little forced around some of them. And then the ending—give me more SoC books ASAP please! I was about to be real mad at this book for showing everyone except Inej but then she popped up at the end gloriously. I liked the Alina and Mal cameos too, even though it seemed out of character for them to not be fighting in the war...like I know it would have been a lot of characters to juggle if they were main characters in this story, but it seemed off to me that they would just choose not to be involved in finding/fighting the Darkling and then fighting for Ravka's freedom.
As for the main characters of this book, I love all three of them. Zoya really grew even more on me this book, and her character arc was fantastic. I love her relationship with Nikolai. And Nikolai and Nina I'll love forever and I'm glad they each got a happy ending here. Though will Nina pop up in the Crows book?? I'm kinda thinking not, or it'll just be a cameo, since she's about to be a queen and can't exactly go galivanting on a heist mission lol.
The Darkling chapters were probably my least favorite part of this book. I've never really understood the obsession with the Darkling (maybe the tv show will change my mind haha), but he was quite boring in this, and I'm still not sure how I should feel about him. I guess I'm ambivalent. I don't love him but I don't exactly hate him either.
Genya better appear in future books and get a happy ending. Did not appreciate her having to go through more trauma!! That was the only part I cried at. Let her be happy!!
The plot was a bit all over the place. It wasn't as slow as King of Scars, but still had some slow parts while also bouncing around everywhere. But I think some of this was to fit in all the cameos, so I forgive it. :)
Lastly, the title....doesn't make sense to me lol. I saw another review that was hoping the book would be called Queen of Mourning and I can't stop thinking about that title because I like it a lot more!
Basically, not quite as great as the Six of Crows books but so much better than King of Scars!
As for the main characters of this book, I love all three of them. Zoya really grew even more on me this book, and her character arc was fantastic. I love her relationship with Nikolai. And Nikolai and Nina I'll love forever and I'm glad they each got a happy ending here. Though will Nina pop up in the Crows book?? I'm kinda thinking not, or it'll just be a cameo, since she's about to be a queen and can't exactly go galivanting on a heist mission lol.
The Darkling chapters were probably my least favorite part of this book. I've never really understood the obsession with the Darkling (maybe the tv show will change my mind haha), but he was quite boring in this, and I'm still not sure how I should feel about him. I guess I'm ambivalent. I don't love him but I don't exactly hate him either.
Genya better appear in future books and get a happy ending. Did not appreciate her having to go through more trauma!! That was the only part I cried at. Let her be happy!!
The plot was a bit all over the place. It wasn't as slow as King of Scars, but still had some slow parts while also bouncing around everywhere. But I think some of this was to fit in all the cameos, so I forgive it. :)
Lastly, the title....doesn't make sense to me lol. I saw another review that was hoping the book would be called Queen of Mourning and I can't stop thinking about that title because I like it a lot more!
Basically, not quite as great as the Six of Crows books but so much better than King of Scars!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Rape