A review by grace_muriithi
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

5.0

okay, so it's definitely been a while since I've read Six of Crows but I never got around to reading Crooked Kingdom because it was always gone at my library...well, now I finally got my chance!! (thank you to my friend who drove over and demanded that I read the book over break.) I will say, this duology is very detail-heavy, so the gap in time did not really help with my recollection about where our favorite characters were when the book started (except for poor Inej...I remembered her predicament at the end of the first book). Similar to the first book, I struggled to get into the first 50 (compared to around the first 100) pages, but after that the plot picked up significantly and I could not put down the book. Chapter 40 will definitely haunt me, but this was a well-written conclusion for the duology- also KANEJ YESSSS. The way Leigh Bardugo writes fighting scenes makes them incredibly vivid and fascinating t0 read, and I truly appreciated that. I would say this book gets a solid 4.5-4.75 stars, but it was well done!