[Originally published on my Medium page: link here]
This is the second part of a two book series (the first I reviewed here)
The gang is back again and I have to say that this sequel maintained my interest just as well as the first book. Again, I can’t stress how much I love the characters, each one providing the right amount of comfort to soothe my anxiety in the face of all this danger. While the first book focused on breaking in and out of a highly secured military base, this time the location stays in Ketterdam, where the home battles/war becomes much more personal. This was far more intricate in writing than in the first book and for different reasons. The characters are developing and that includes the bad guys! Most times it felt like all fronts of battle were under attack and they were being closed in; flipping the score was more difficult for the gang this time. I want to emphasize that this time it’s not just a job, many things expanded, one being character interaction, and the other is the amount of chest-pounded plans Kaz comes up with. Bardugo, again, creates a steady flow of events while still keeping us on our toes, waiting anxiously for how things will unfold.
Read this book if you read the first book, want revenge, AND want more Jesper making Wylan blush scenes.
Rate: 4.5/5
Time: Took 24 hours
Book-shelf Worthy: Yes! Gotta get the collection
Quoteworthy
I told you, I like your stupid face.
You don’t win by running one game.
You will see me once more, but only once.
The really bad monsters never look like monsters.
When fear arrives, something is about to happen.
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.
so i have just finished reading Crooked Kingdom and all i have to say is: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Hi i’m at episode 4 now and i’m just gonna share some of my thoughts bc SO FAR THEY’VE FIXED EVERY ISSUE I HAD WITH SHADOW AND BONE ?!
Mal is PERFECT what the heck I can’t believe that I love him now
I LOVE what they did with Alina’s character. Instead of going with the ‘i’m not like other girls’ shtick they focused on how different she feels for being half-shu which leaves such a more powerful impact on her storyline (I know they had said that was the direction they were going for in interviews but I was septic. I’m so glad to see they pulled it off extremely well)
The crows. Nothing needed to be fixed for them of course. Just happy they stayed as incredible as they are. I love them so much.
Not specifically about the show but I just peaked at twitter and the first thing I saw was a Mal fancam by someone that didn’t read the books? This is great right?
Anyways I feel like I have so much more to say but I can’t remember anything rn. I’ll come back after i’ll have watched a couple more episodes.
THE SHOW IS DROPPING IN THREE DAYS IM SO UNSTABLE AND OVERWHELMED
I’m soooooo busy with school this week but i’m gonna work my ass off so i’m free on friday and can binge watch with you all !!! i’m so freaking excited I can’t believe this is actually happening !!!
“I messed up,” he found himself dumbly repeating, and as if weighed down by this realization, he plopped unceremoniously in the chair on the opposite side of Kaz’s desk. His shoulders hunched in defection. “And what do you want me to do about that?” Kaz rasped, throwing him a quick glance before returning his attention on the damn ledger he was consulting. Yeah, Wylan should have thought about this through.“
I’m rewatching Shadow and Bone, and in episode 5 when Kaz is walking down the hall at the Little Palace and he stops for a sec to rub his leg cause it hurts, we hear Inej saying “You should have one of us with you.” And Kaz is like “I’ll manage,” but he says it in a very hard tone, doesn’t he? And then the catches himself (cause, hey, that’s INEJ you’re talking to, sir, better watch your tone) and says in a softer tone, “You can’t blow your cover this early, and Jesper needs to plot our escape route.” PLEASE I love this show and I love these characters and LOVE AMITA AND FREDDY FOR BEING THE PERFECT INEJ AND KAZ!!
