Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil warand he intends to keep it that way. With regards to the Nina storyline, I felt it was very empowering for Nina to discover her new powers, and for her to make the choice to help the Fjerdans, but her perspective was hard to read at times because she was still grieving for Matthias. 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 duologyand much more. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible.

Other old favourites include Genya, David, Tolya, and Tamar, who it is nice to meet again. “ Face your demons… or feed them”Īnother surprising aspect was Zoya Nazyalensky, another old character, whom I did not originally like much nevertheless, I found that her character grew on me, particuarly once she reached her true potential at the end He is the perfect example of a king with many faces, someone who puts on a front for his country while he slowly suffers for them. My favourite character from the original Shadow and Bone series – Nikolai Lantsov – was explored in more depth in this novel, and it was entertaining but also heartbreaking to read from his perspective. However, I found that King of Scars did not live up to my high expectations of it, which made for a slightly disappointing read.ĭon’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the book for the most part. The combination of Leigh’s beautiful writing style and some of my favourite characters from the Grishaverse made this novel my most highly anticipated of the year – particularly after the masterpiece that is Six of Crows. Whilst King of Scarsis a brand new story, so can be read separately, it’s best to read the other books in the Grishaverse first, starting with book one Shadow and Bone.Going into this book, I thought I would love it. The story follows young king Nikolai Lantsov as he tries to rebuild Ravka and fight the dark magic within him. The King of Scars books pick up back in Ravka, one year after the end of the Six of Crows series.

Leigh Bardugo's books will be coming to Netflix this April, with an exciting new adaptation which covers both the Shadow and Bones (formerly known as the Grisha trilogy) and Six of Crows series. Each series follows a different set of characters and story, set in the same fantasy universe. They started with The Shadow and Bone trilogy and the story continued in the Six of Crows and then the King of Scars duologies. The epic adventures of the Grishaverse take place in Ravka - a world in which magic and science collide. King of Scars is a duology (series of two books) by American author Leigh Bardugo, set in the fantasy world of the Grishaverse.

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