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Reading age12 - 15 years
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherOrion Children's Books
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Publication date27 September 2016
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ISBN-13978-1780622316
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About the Author
Leigh Bardugo is the number one New York Times bestselling author fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse. With over one million copies sold, her Grishaverse spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology and The Language of Thorns. She was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from Yale University, and has worked in advertising, journalism, and most recently, makeup and special effects. These days, she lives and writes in Hollywood, where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band.
Find her website at www.leighbardugo.com and follow her on Twitter @lbardugo.
Review
Unputdownable excitement from beginning to end, KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW
Praise for Six of Crows:
Bardugo outdoes herself with this book, creating the gorgeously built backdrop of Ketterdam and populating it with a sophisticated cast of rogues and criminals. Six of Crows is a twisty and elegantly crafted masterpiece that thrilled me from beginning to end
Ocean's Eleven set in a Game of Thrones-esque world . . . a pacey read with electric prose, INDEPENDENT
Crackling dialogue and sumptuous description. Bardugo dives deep into this world . . . If you're not careful, it'll steal all your time, NEW YORK TIMES
Cracking page-turner with a multi-ethnic band of misfits with differing sexual orientations who satisfyingly, believably jell into a family, KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW
Fantasy at its absolute best, METRO
This has all the right elements to keep readers enthralled: a cunning leader with a plan for every occasion, nigh-impossible odds, an entertaining combative team of skilled misfits, a twisty plot, and a nerve-wracking cliffhanger, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bardugo outdoes herself with this book, creating the gorgeously built backdrop of Ketterdam and populating it with a sophisticated cast of rogues and criminals. Six of Crows is a twisty and elegantly crafted masterpiece that thrilled me from beginning to end., Holly Black on SIX OF CROWS
Cracking page-turner with a multiethnic band of misfits with differing sexual orientations who satisfyingly, believably jell into a family., Kirkus Reviews, starred review on SIX OF CROWS --This text refers to the paperback edition.
From the Back Cover
Jesper tapped his fingers restlessly. 'Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?'
'So?' said Kaz.
'Well, usually it's just half the city.'
Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off the most daring heist imaginable. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're fighting for their lives.
As old enemies and new rivals descend on the city, a war will be waged in the streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the future of magic.
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- ASIN : B0117K9N3Q
- Publisher : Orion Children's Books; 1st edition (27 September 2016)
- Language : English
- File size : 8015 KB
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- Screen Reader : Supported
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- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 561 pages
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This books picks up right where Six of Crows ended. The crew is making plans and setting everything in motion to get back Inej back and wreak havoc on Van Eck who dared to cross them. Everything seems to be going according to plan but then suddenly out of nowhere, things start falling apart.
“What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren’t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.”
SoC started out a little slow because I had to get used to the world and all the different characters. Crooked Kingdom on the other hand is jam packed with action from the very first page. It was a crazy roller coaster ride of twists and turns, highs and lows and crossings and double crossings. It was dark, complex, multilayered and hands down one of the best reads of 2018
Told in multiple POVs, each and every character leaves an unforgettable mark on you. If SoC was an introduction, Crooked Kingdom guves you an indepth character study of all the members in the gang. Right along with the action, seamlessly incorporated into each page, is the past and future, dreams and fears, strength and weakness of each member of the gang. I didn’t think I could fall any more in love with the characters of JKaz, Inej, Nina , Mathias, Jesper and Wylan but I was proved wrong again.
It was a beast of a book with more than 500 pages in the hardcover but I still finished it in under a day. I literally couldn’t stop turning the pages. I knew there would be twists upon teists but even then I could never predict what was going to happen next. It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout and not even for a second, was I bored. The ending completely destroyed me. I was not expecting it and it gave me such a whiplash that I am still not completely over my shock.
“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.”
So people, if you havent read this one yet, it would be like missing the ride of your life. Seriously, get this book now and start reading!!!
Rating : not even a 1000 stars would do this book justice.
I literally binged this series and I couldn't get this enough. I so want to read this again and again. And I don't know if that'll be enough and I'm not a person who actually re-reads any book that often. Leigh Bardugo has done an extremely brilliant job with this book .
This is a sequel to the six of crows series , obviously. It was way better than the 1st book itself, though the first book was also one of the best, it toped that.
The stroy revolves around , what happens after the deadliest heists which was the story line of the first book , when one the six members of the crew is taken away due to the deal gone wrong and how each will will try to fight their own fears and come out of it and bring them to justice to all those who wronged them.It's so damn well written and the story itself is told by all 6 of them in their way. It's exhilarating, heart breaking , funny and surprising. I recommend it to everyone.
PS: I listened to audiobook for the most part , and I totally recommend it. It gives one hell of a experience.
📖Author: Leigh Bardugo
📖Genre: Fantasy thriller
📖Pages: 536
📖Publisher: Orion Books
REVIEW:
This book is the sequel of The Six Of Crows. It had the same pace of the previous book and is equally thrilling keeping the readers at their edge. Though it is a long read for me of about two weeks justice was made for the time. The story was not monotonous at any point through out.
Kaz Brekkar and his crew wanted to get their side of deal from one of the member of the Merchant Council in Ketterdam. The Six member crew undergoes various plots and twists as and not a part of their plan. Will they succeed in claiming their fair deal?
Will they succeed to the lives they dreamnt of? The story also brings in the bond shared by the crew beyond the trade and warfare chaos of the city. I was astonished that such a thriller brought tears in my eyes. The characters are so close to my heart and the part at the end was just wow. It is the evidence that however cruel or selfish one may be he/she can't help his heart from loving the ones staying with them through all odds. The world may show the hell in front of you but it is also equally beautiful on the other hand. However stone hearted one may be there will always be a soft end within. It is really a world where one can get lost in reading. I recommend for every fantasy lover. A must try guys don't miss it.
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Other than that the edition is beautiful.
EDIT: Yeah, the second copy sent had the same misprint. Be sure to check your copy.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2019
Other than that the edition is beautiful.
EDIT: Yeah, the second copy sent had the same misprint. Be sure to check your copy.


It’s no secret that I adore everything that Leigh Bardugo writes and of course this book did not disappoint. This was a reread via audiobook and I highly recommend listening as it’s a full cast and amazing!
This book starts where Six of Crows ends and it’s set entirely in Ketterdam unlike Six of Crows where they travel to Fjerda and back. So this story is a little different but no less enthralling and action packed. As usual the characters are absolutely wonderful and I love seeing their character development. I also loved seeing cameos by some of my favourite characters from the Grisha trilogy!
Once again I was completely enthralled by the story and the characters. The banter between the characters is my favourite thing ever! They always seem so much older because of what they’ve been through but then they squabble and fight and sass each other just like your regular teen and it would just remind you how young they really are.
The development of my ships was another thing I absolutely loved! The angst and the slow burn between them and how each couple is so different from the others and each go through their own journey and together as a couple and then on another growth in their gang together. Leigh had their character developments in all different areas of their life and did it so well.
My favourite ship is of course Kaz and Inej. The slow burn between them and their own hardships and barriers they’ve built that makes it hard for them to even admit their feelings for each other. It just killed me! But I really love how Leigh handles Kaz’s PTSD. He cannot touch people and I loved that he wasn’t “magically cured” because he wanted to be with Inej. He struggled with it, it prevented him from being able to be close to Inej and it felt so much more real.
This story is quite different from Six of Crows as it isn’t just one quest that they go on throughout the book. They have to make multiple plans and deal with lots of different groups of people. It was absolutely amazing to see how their plans came together. This book will take you on a wild ride!
The ending of this book is so satisfying in so many ways but will also break your heart and drag it through the mud and run it over with a truck. I first read this book in 2016 and I have never gotten over a particular thing that happens at the end. They had so much potential and it was ripped away from them. BRB going to go cry.
Anyways I highly recommend you go read this duology and all the Grishaverse books because they are amazing! I absolutely love all the grisha books but this duology will forever be my favourite!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2019
It’s no secret that I adore everything that Leigh Bardugo writes and of course this book did not disappoint. This was a reread via audiobook and I highly recommend listening as it’s a full cast and amazing!
This book starts where Six of Crows ends and it’s set entirely in Ketterdam unlike Six of Crows where they travel to Fjerda and back. So this story is a little different but no less enthralling and action packed. As usual the characters are absolutely wonderful and I love seeing their character development. I also loved seeing cameos by some of my favourite characters from the Grisha trilogy!
Once again I was completely enthralled by the story and the characters. The banter between the characters is my favourite thing ever! They always seem so much older because of what they’ve been through but then they squabble and fight and sass each other just like your regular teen and it would just remind you how young they really are.
The development of my ships was another thing I absolutely loved! The angst and the slow burn between them and how each couple is so different from the others and each go through their own journey and together as a couple and then on another growth in their gang together. Leigh had their character developments in all different areas of their life and did it so well.
My favourite ship is of course Kaz and Inej. The slow burn between them and their own hardships and barriers they’ve built that makes it hard for them to even admit their feelings for each other. It just killed me! But I really love how Leigh handles Kaz’s PTSD. He cannot touch people and I loved that he wasn’t “magically cured” because he wanted to be with Inej. He struggled with it, it prevented him from being able to be close to Inej and it felt so much more real.
This story is quite different from Six of Crows as it isn’t just one quest that they go on throughout the book. They have to make multiple plans and deal with lots of different groups of people. It was absolutely amazing to see how their plans came together. This book will take you on a wild ride!
The ending of this book is so satisfying in so many ways but will also break your heart and drag it through the mud and run it over with a truck. I first read this book in 2016 and I have never gotten over a particular thing that happens at the end. They had so much potential and it was ripped away from them. BRB going to go cry.
Anyways I highly recommend you go read this duology and all the Grishaverse books because they are amazing! I absolutely love all the grisha books but this duology will forever be my favourite!


First of all, I have to comment on the author’s sheer skill with words. The writing itself is just so beautiful and gloriously visual. Bardugo crafts her sentences in a way that’s so smooth and sweet I could drink them down in one and ask for another glass. There are so many powerful, quotable lines and there were more than a few moments where I found myself thinking ‘I need all the fanart of this right now’.
The pacing is brilliant as well - I’ve hardly been reading lately and I’ve been really restless and finding it hard to focus on books, yet this had me not wanting to put it down.
One of my comments about the Shadow and Bone trilogy was that I loved the hints of darkness in it and wanted it to be even more ruthless, and I feel like Bardugo has well and truly achieved that. The tone is perfect, with it being properly gritty, yet still incredibly fun, with lighter moments and some excellent humour to cut through the murderiness.
On top of the fact that she’s such a beautiful writer, the plot consistently surprised me and had me completely hooked. I loved how Bardugo would reveal nuggets of information at a time, just enough to keep you interested but never enough to work things out. And with the way she writes the characters, it’s often as if you’re finding out the plan along with them, with the only person knowing everything and holding all the cards being Kaz. I was constantly impressed by how clever he is and how everything is so meticulously planned in a way that feels both incredibly farfetched but also completely believable.
Part of what kept me so invested was that it always feels genuinely perilous. The gang keep finding themselves in scrapes that I think there’s no possible way out of, and I’m absolutely hooked and worried about them all, with no idea how it’s going to play out. And usually when characters repeatedly escape situations like that, it starts to lose its edge a bit and I just get bored with it, but this was always done so imaginatively and cleverly that it stayed interesting.
As much as I loved the scheming, peril, action, and darkness, I was so glad to see that even amongst all that, attention was still consistently given to the character development for each of the gang members, their relationships with one another, and revealing more of their backstories. It’s one of the most compelling plots I’ve read in a long time, but even that means nothing if the characters aren’t up to scratch, so building in that time to make me care about them made a huge difference.
I felt something for every single member of the crew, but I don’t think I’ve ever read a character like Kaz. He is absolutely despicable, and I don’t like him in the slightest, but I... kind of love him? I respect him totally and I was hanging on his every action because he’s such a compelling character. I feel like if I was living in the Barrel I would follow him without hesitation and gladly put my life on the line to prove myself to him, all while knowing the monster he is and being more than a little disgusted and terrified of him. It’s a very complicated feeling.
Finally, and kind of on a separate note, I’d just like a round of applause for Bardugo’s approach to diversity please. Different ethnicity? Couldn’t care less. Not heterosexual? Whatever bro. Differently abled? Who gives? Even with this being a fantasy world and obviously very different to real life experiences, there is so much brilliant representation in there. But the best thing about that is that it doesn’t shout about it in any way; all the characters are just judged on what they can do rather than what they are, and the respect and equality demonstrated feels completely natural. It just felt so positive and like an excellent example to other books.
I now definitely understand why this is one of my best friend’s favourite duologies, and I’m kicking myself that it took me this long to read it. I think this is one that will stay with me for a long time and kind of resets the bar for all books for me a little bit.

No funerals
After finishing Crooked Kingdom this morning I realised 2 things:
1. My own headcanon is the only thing that's keeping me going today.
2. I wish I read this sooner - so I would have recovered by now!
After finishing Six of Crows a few weeks back - my plan was to jump right in to Crooked Kingdom. I knew I would love it, so I held off reading it in a bid to savour it.
It certainly lived up to my expectations (though SoC is my fave).
There were times when I thought the plot was too slow and nothing was really happening. But - overall I think that help build the tension for the climax at the end. I certainly wished I could flip back a few pages and stay in the safety of the previous chapters, before Leigh Bardugo ripped my heart out and squeezed every last bit of hope out of it.
I laughed out loud at Jesper's and Nina's banter with the rest of the gang. It was needed in an other wise fairly bleak to and fro between everyone.
When you're fed crumbs of hope on one page and then given a slap in the face back to reality on another - my emotions were frayed for the second half of this book.
As most of you know - I love a good romance. And, although I couldn't say that the main 'romance' in this is even that - the bitter sweet affection that could be something more in time is the only hope I have. I'm filling in the gaps myself.
Through all the scheming, distrust and harsh reality of life in the barrel - whether Kaz would ever admit it or not - he is the reason that all of them came together and he was used as a buffer as they all bonded. He's the reason for their friendships/relationships and I bet that just makes him feel all warm and fuzzy lol.
I truly hope that one day we get another story from the Barrel because I'm not ready for this to be the ending.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2020
No funerals
After finishing Crooked Kingdom this morning I realised 2 things:
1. My own headcanon is the only thing that's keeping me going today.
2. I wish I read this sooner - so I would have recovered by now!
After finishing Six of Crows a few weeks back - my plan was to jump right in to Crooked Kingdom. I knew I would love it, so I held off reading it in a bid to savour it.
It certainly lived up to my expectations (though SoC is my fave).
There were times when I thought the plot was too slow and nothing was really happening. But - overall I think that help build the tension for the climax at the end. I certainly wished I could flip back a few pages and stay in the safety of the previous chapters, before Leigh Bardugo ripped my heart out and squeezed every last bit of hope out of it.
I laughed out loud at Jesper's and Nina's banter with the rest of the gang. It was needed in an other wise fairly bleak to and fro between everyone.
When you're fed crumbs of hope on one page and then given a slap in the face back to reality on another - my emotions were frayed for the second half of this book.
As most of you know - I love a good romance. And, although I couldn't say that the main 'romance' in this is even that - the bitter sweet affection that could be something more in time is the only hope I have. I'm filling in the gaps myself.
Through all the scheming, distrust and harsh reality of life in the barrel - whether Kaz would ever admit it or not - he is the reason that all of them came together and he was used as a buffer as they all bonded. He's the reason for their friendships/relationships and I bet that just makes him feel all warm and fuzzy lol.
I truly hope that one day we get another story from the Barrel because I'm not ready for this to be the ending.

