Author: Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Dates Read: 10/9/2017-10/14/2017
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series: Six of Crows (book 2)
Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.
To be honest, I don't know how to write this. It's probably going to be incoherent rambling since I finished 5 minutes ago and haven't recovered.
I'm not going to give a summary of the book, since it would spoil Six of Crows. Crooked Kingdom does, however, pick up just a few days after the events of Six of Crows. I have mixed emotions about this one. On one hand, I loved some things, but on the other, I didn't like some things.
I loved how the characters were portrayed in this book. Is just as good, if not better than their portrayal in Six of Crows. Sometimes, in series, the character development tends to go downhill, but not in this series.
I also grew to like Matthias more. I didn't like him very much in Six of Crows, but now I like him.
My favorite quote, though, is a little familiar from book one.
“Where do think the money went?" he repeated.
"Guns?" asked Jesper.
"Ships?" queried Inej.
"Bombs?" suggested Wylan.
"Political bribes?" offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. "This is where you tell us how awful we are," she whispered.
He shrugged. "They all seem like practical choices.”
There was only one thing I didn't like, however. That was the storyline. It started off very fast paced, but it dragged through most of the story until the end. This is not enough to deter a reader, but it doesn't have the action like Six of Crows.
I don't want to let these characters go, but I'm glad to see it end, as we get a feel of justice and finality. Who knows, maybe she will write a third one ;).
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