Book review: Six of Crows

Hello and welcome to another book review!!

Today’s book is one that I’m very excited to talk about and WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME IT WOULD BE THIS GOOD??! (actually a lot of ppl told me this would be good sooo the only one to blame is myself)

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Genre: YA fantasy

Blurb:

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone….

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

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Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow Pauli Murray College at Yale University. For information on new releases and appearances, sign up for her newsletter.

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There’s undoubtedly a lot of hype surrounding the Six of Crows duology, I’d like to think that’s why it took me THIS long to pick it up; the fear that it wouldn’t live to such HiGh hype. So, I decided to go in with slightly lowered expectations to be on the safe side. Fortunately, this blew all my expectations to shreds and just transformed my view completely!!

The writing style, the characters, the atmosphere, basically everything is just AMAZING!! I honestly am at a loss for words to better express myself because this was just…

By now, I think I’m officially a fan of Leigh Bardugo‘s writing, because I adored the Grishaverse as well!!

P.S. I’ve seen mixed reviews about Ninth House, which I’m nervous about, but I think I’ll eventually get to it nevertheless.

The thing that I keep thinking about is how despite having more than three POVs, I was still able to fully grasp what’s happening. It wasn’t confusing or frustrating at all!!! I actually looked forward to seeing what the next POV would be and reading the scenes from different views, which is another thing I liked about this book; how we get to know and build a bond with each character, I honestly have trouble choosing one favorite.

It was quite saddening to leave the crew at the end of the book–Thankfully, there’s a SECOND book that I’ll be getting to asap!! If you haven’t read Six of Crows and were waiting for a sign–or not, this is your sign to go pick it up!