King of Scars
Ratings48
Average rating4.1
If this book was entirely Zoya and Nikolai, it would be an easy 5 stars. But I just didn't care for Nina's storyline. I was hoping for an emotional story about grief and loss that would make me reevaluate my perspective on love and death. I didn't get that. Not even close.
Nina, if you're reading this, I still love you. Please don't take this personally. I'm free on Wednesday night for a waffle date. Hmu.
I think I might actually write a review for this so rtc???
This book was 500 stars! For all the great dialogues that had me laughing so much. Slow-buuurn was brutal. Ending was crazy. Buuuut, Nikolai's still here so here's to witty planning in the next part. Loved every part of this book.
Hmm... I am really disappointed... If not for the ending I would probably give this one 2 stars and that is rare for me! And I really loved the Six of Crows duology, but King of Scars did nothing for me. Will still try the second book and I hope the story gets better!
An emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. I fell more and more in love with familiar characters and some new ones. I got very angry at other familiar characters. Spectacular writing from Leigh Bardugo as usual.
Another solid entry in the Grishaverse. Not as good as the Six of Crows duology, but better than the original Shadow and Bone trilogy.
I initially found Nina's story slow, but it built up pretty well as the series went on. Zoya had some pretty good character development in this book I thought. I'm looking forward to jumping right into the second book.
The narration for this is really good. I think Lauren Fortgang did the previous ones as well, so if you liked those in audio, you should like this too.
-two stars just because of the ending. spoilers ofc i think eliza wouldve made a much better antagonist. i HATE when authors resurrect old villans it feels cheap and boring. eliza wouldve made an incredible villan with her abilities. like rewrite it so they dont lose their powers if they leave the shadow dimension, have all things go to plan, nik gets cleansed, every1s happy and like oh good we did it and then eliza is like haha You've Met With A Terrible Fate, Haven't You? and then all hell breaks loose.
I was quite excited to get back to the grishaverse but this one didn't do it for me. The plot was meh (the loooong trip to The Fold) , and the beginning of flirtious romance between Zoya and Nikolai was unnecessary.
Nikolai is written as this bad boy with gorgeous hair and a knack for making jokes whatever the situation is. But I found the king wasn't sufficiently written. I had no empathy for his backstory as a bastard and how his love for Ravka is what is driving him. Plus, most of his jokes fell flat.
On the other hand, the storyline of Nina was really interesting to follow, can't wait to see what happened to her in the next book!
Fantastic book, I read this right after the Shadow and Bone Trillogy having started with the 6 of Crows duology. This was a return to what made 6 of Crows so great, back to 3rd person (THANK GOD) and multiple different perspectives with intricate backstories and clever political intrigue. Altogether fantastic book, can't wait for Rule of Wolves.