A review by melike
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

3.0

i‘m conflicted about this. i did not like it as much as i thought i would. there are a few things things that bothered me: one, nina‘s parts did not fit into the main plot at all. i wish she would‘ve gotten her own novella instead. secondly, i felt like the story barely focused on nikolai even though this was supposed to be his book. the plot and development were mainly focused on zoya and nina, and as much as i love them, i wish we would have got more of nikolai himself. i would have loved to read more from his point of view, how he handled being king, about the trauma he has to endure and how exactly he handled the aftermath of what has happened to him. i think this was just a minor part of the story even though it should have been the main part. the last thing does not have anything to do with the story itself but the fact that i saw a huge spoiler before i read the book. the development and then the twist that resulted in the ending was PHENOMENAL and i know that i would‘ve been absolutely blown away by it if only i had not seen that damn spoiler. i enjoyed the book for the most part though. i adore this world and the characters, and the plot was great and as i said, i would’ve been mindblown if it hadn’t been for that. also, i love you nikolai lantsov.