Enjoyable

Great performance and great writing. l love the characters, they seem so real. l was not quite sold on the story and it did not end like l would have liked it to end, but that is personal opinion.

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Nikolai, I'll be your queen...

I struggled to be interested in this for the first half and I don't know why - possibly as I had just reread the whole series back to back and by book 6 I was a little bored? I love the characters and the story was good, so I persevered. Things started to get interesting half way through and by the last quarter the book I was hooked. I died a little in the last chapter... Keen for the next one.

I also adored the little throw back to Beauty and the beast "and whatever the grey stuff was, it was delicious"

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gripping ❣️

loved the story.
it's human and it keeps you wanting more.
the narrator is so utterly good. she has vocal variation, enough to make us believe in different characters but not too much.
I'm buying the next book too.

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Absolutely amazing how far it's come

I initially began the Shadow and Bone trilogy because of the Netflix series. I confess, I did not care at all for Shadow and Bone. I'm glad I persevered, though. The trilogy gets better, but it's the world building that is its real strength.

After finishing the Shadow & Bone trilogy, I felt the world had potential so I continued on. I made a mistake and jumped straight King of Scars, bypassing the Six of Crows duology. This means I have been slightly lost on one of the main characters, Nina, and I recommend anyone else read the series in correct order.

That said, King of Scars is AMAZING. The world bulding all pays off, multiple storylines across multiple counties, each with their own dangers and cultures etc. Each storyline is compelling. The true triumph, however, is that the characters, Nina, Zoya, Nikolai, and Hanna, and even the side characters like Issac, Genya et al are all far more interesting than Alina, from the original trilogy.

I knew that I was right about the Grishaverse. The universe is amazing, it simply needed better characters than Alina & Mal. I mean, Mal wasn't the worst, but he wasn't nearly as interesting. I haven't spoiled too much. Check this book out, it'll blow you away.

I think Netflix will most likely continue with their mix of Six of Crows and the original trilogy for season 2. of Shadow and Bone. However, I truly hope that eventually they get to the storylines of King of Scars, because it'll be out of this world. Assuming they get a crazy budget.

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Amazing

An amazing 3rd story to this universe. Definitely need to read the other books before hand to get a better understanding of the universe. As the universe and character building in the previous books really help understanding in this book.

**now for a spoiler allert**

I literally got chills when I realised that Jasper's mother was the one who healed Leoni.

My all time favourite Characters across all the books are Nina and Nikolai.

I do truly feel a bit frustrated at the fact they cast Isaak as one of the characters to follow in this story I was almost bored by him, sad to see him dead but I just wasn't as interested in the story line as much as I was with everyone else. We could of been following the same story though Genya's eyes. I hope that in rule of wolves we see the story though her eyes .. well eye.

I am also interested in how the powers and laws of the powers are changing.

I used to find zoya annoying but now alot less so since we have more of her back story and why she is they way she is I have more respect for her.

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entertaining

I already knew that this is a good book as recommended by Eva Chen. I was so excited to see this in Amazon audible. I thoroughly enjoyed the pace of building up each characters and I am now hooked. The second book is starting pretty good. I highly recommend for those who are good with imagining characters. Zoya is my favourite character. Love love this!

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Nikolai

Nikolai is a great character in the first three Grisha books so this was worth reading and Bardugo writes this world well- especially from multiple POV characters. Lots of twists and turns and the King's affection for Zoya is fabulous

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Lauren Forgang does it again

loved it so much. I'm going to miss Lauren's voicing all the characters. so vivid and dynamic.
100% recommend

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Another stunning story

I love Leigh Bardugo, her characters and plot are always moving and thrilling. Without giving away too much, I'm so excited to see an old character come back!

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Needs previous books to be read first

Complex background that has been built up through previous books.
The story is a good one, once you get into it.
The characters are full of magic and play to their strengths.
There are plots that characters play out in the same time frame which are essential to the overall story.

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