hardcover, 592 pages
Published March 29, 2021 by Imprint.
The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible.
The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. …
The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible.
The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.
The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times-bestselling King of Scars Duology.
Leigh Bardugo's grishaverse is a fun universe to dip back into, with some really memorable characters. While most of the story lines from the previous books are resolved are there as well seeds for new stories as well.
What a lovely book and brilliant end to the duology. Obviously would like to read more stories set in this universe, but I think it was a very fair ending. Some parts of the book felt rushed—whereas parts of the first one felt very slow—but overall I very much enjoyed it. Some nice twists which could have easily been predicted but all in all very entertaining.
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Way too long and repetitive. I was utterly bored. Almost dnf. But glad I did, bc the ending was satisfying ,albeit too long.
Not as good as the six of crows series.
Great characters and writing. Good resolutions to things, while still laying groundwork for further books in the setting.
As for my concerns stemming from the previous volume:
I still think bringing back the Darkling was a mistake, but the handling of his character and fate in this book was largely well done, to the point of partially redeeming that mistake.
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I'm having the time of my life in the GrishaVerse right now^^
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I caaaant believe the superiority of Zoya being literally a Queen, Nina too i really enjoyed her chapters more in this sequel. All the characters from the GrishaVerse appearing in one book i can't, even if I would have liked more of some, it's such a treat. Nikolai is the best as always, the politics were on point, we got more Shu, more Suli, more Fjerda...
And I actually can't believe that Aleksander is really being set up on a redemption arc, can't wait to see what will happen in the next crows book !!
