A review by booksandlemonsquash
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
4.0
Ahhhhh oh Nikolai, let me count the ways I love you.
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So first things - the early parts of the book are pretty slow. And my darling glorious Nina only made me love her at the end. Her parts didnโt really connect with the rest until right at the end, and only because interesting slightly before that. Despite the fact I love her SO MUCH, I missed my sassy waffle eating madam from SoC. She reappeared more near the end and Iโm all up for more of that please.
However, Nikolai and Zoya were great throughout and Zoya really grew on me as character!! She is so haughty and fierce and wonderful. I particularly loved everything in the shadow fold too.
Thereโs so many amazing bits - the secret labs, the relationships with all the characters (like every time David looked up from his books lol, I LOVE HIM OKAY), deception and country running and and and...
*flails*
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Also Adrik! I loved him in the trilogy, and this was fab.
And THAT ENDING OMG. Iโm not sure I can wait for what comes next - to see that, to have Ninaโs story fold into the main more, for Zoya to learn more about what she can do, for Ravka to beat back all the nasty other countries ;) ๐
I loved King of Scars in the end, and I give it 4.5 stars. I canโt wait for book 2, and Iโm devastated that I apparently have to.
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So first things - the early parts of the book are pretty slow. And my darling glorious Nina only made me love her at the end. Her parts didnโt really connect with the rest until right at the end, and only because interesting slightly before that. Despite the fact I love her SO MUCH, I missed my sassy waffle eating madam from SoC. She reappeared more near the end and Iโm all up for more of that please.
However, Nikolai and Zoya were great throughout and Zoya really grew on me as character!! She is so haughty and fierce and wonderful. I particularly loved everything in the shadow fold too.
Thereโs so many amazing bits - the secret labs, the relationships with all the characters (like every time David looked up from his books lol, I LOVE HIM OKAY), deception and country running and and and...
*flails*
๐๐๐
Also Adrik! I loved him in the trilogy, and this was fab.
And THAT ENDING OMG. Iโm not sure I can wait for what comes next - to see that, to have Ninaโs story fold into the main more, for Zoya to learn more about what she can do, for Ravka to beat back all the nasty other countries ;) ๐
I loved King of Scars in the end, and I give it 4.5 stars. I canโt wait for book 2, and Iโm devastated that I apparently have to.