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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
5.0
I was not sure what to expect of this duology and which course this would take, but from the first chapters, which I've already read in a sampler, I was sucked into the Grisha verse again and realised how much I've missed my dear Nikolai.
With King of Scars Leigh Bardugo proves that she can mingle the individual qualities of her original Grisha Trilogy and the Crow duology. This book has it all. It has a mini-heist, it has surprising reveals about the Grisha lore and it gives the characters time to grow, to delve into their emotions and to be confronted with their pasts.
I read all the other books in the verse in Dutch and although the translation is amazing, it was great to read this book in English. I love the way Leigh Bardugo writes and she has a really nice balance between being descriptive and still not being side tracked TOO much. I've read in other reviews that some people find the book slow, but compared to Crooked Kingdom I found this book actually very fast paced.
Maybe it's my love for the young Lantsov King blinding me, or maybe I just really love the emotional depth, something I missed a little in the Crow books, the few glimpses of defining moments in the pasts of the characters and watching how all the pawns are placed in the right spot for the grande finale.
And what a grande finale it was! There was so much happening and so much changing. I literally cried a few tears and forgot to breath. I'm not sure how thrilled I am about the cliffhanger, but we'll see how it plays out in the next book. I keep an open mind and trust Leigh to know what she's doing.
Because if you ask me, this was her best Grisha book so far!
With King of Scars Leigh Bardugo proves that she can mingle the individual qualities of her original Grisha Trilogy and the Crow duology. This book has it all. It has a mini-heist, it has surprising reveals about the Grisha lore and it gives the characters time to grow, to delve into their emotions and to be confronted with their pasts.
I read all the other books in the verse in Dutch and although the translation is amazing, it was great to read this book in English. I love the way Leigh Bardugo writes and she has a really nice balance between being descriptive and still not being side tracked TOO much. I've read in other reviews that some people find the book slow, but compared to Crooked Kingdom I found this book actually very fast paced.
Maybe it's my love for the young Lantsov King blinding me, or maybe I just really love the emotional depth, something I missed a little in the Crow books, the few glimpses of defining moments in the pasts of the characters and watching how all the pawns are placed in the right spot for the grande finale.
And what a grande finale it was! There was so much happening and so much changing. I literally cried a few tears and forgot to breath. I'm not sure how thrilled I am about the cliffhanger, but we'll see how it plays out in the next book. I keep an open mind and trust Leigh to know what she's doing.
Because if you ask me, this was her best Grisha book so far!