This book is set in the same universe as Bardugo’s Grisha Trilogy, which I haven’t read yet because I’ve heard from friends that it isn’t as good as Six of Crows—I was a bit apprehensive about reading this before reading the Grisha Trilogy for fear of getting confused, but I was fine.
This book is amazing, and I’m incredibly excited about the sequel, Crooked Kingdom, which is due for release this September: it’s about Kaz Brekker, criminal prodigy, and his crew, who are offered millions if they manage to pull off a near-impossible heist. They have to break into the Ice Court, which is supposed to be impossible to breach, and rescue a prisoner who
holds the secret to “jurda parem”, a dangerous drug, to stop it getting into the wrong hands—and the job’s been given to this group of teenage criminals. It’s told through the third perspective point-of-view of each of the characters, and usually this kind of switching gets irritating but it was brilliantly done—each character had their own backstory and you grow to love all of them. There’s Kaz, the sort-of leader, whose backstory is heartbreaking—he’s snarky and closed off and awful and a brilliant thief; Inej, his thief of secrets, the level-headed fighter; Jesper, the sharpshooter; Wylan, the runaway; Nina, the Heartrender, sassy and brilliant; and Matthias, the ex-soldier, straight from prison. The way the characters develop and grow together is brilliant. They’re pretty diverse, which is another plus point, and they all mesh together really well; the
writing is really good, too. The first chapter is a little slow, but after that it goes straight into one of the best scenes in the book.
The one thing that annoyed me about Six of Crows is how the author tried to pair off all the characters into couples: what romance there was felt really forced and unnecessary, and the way the book ended has me kind of worried that the next book will focus too much on the characters’ relationships rather than the actual plot, which is what made this book shine. Apart from that, though, it was incredible!
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is one of the last two remaining magicians who can travel between them. He’s officially the ambassador of Red London, carrying correspondence between worlds, but unofficially he also smuggles items between worlds, and while in Grey London he ends up being given a stone that came from Black London: the dead world, the only world Kell’s never visited. He also encounters a girl, Lila, who is stubborn and amazing and one of my favorite characters ever—and Kell ends up bringing both the stone and Lila back to Red London. Chaos ensues and Kell and Lila travel across worlds, are nearly killed on several occasions, and somehow have to save the world (and themselves).
hooked from the first few pages. You’d expect it to get boring quite quickly after what you’d assume to be the most climatic event in the book happens so soon, but the 800 pages are filled with very, very gripping writing.
I’ve been told to read this by a number of people but I’ve been putting it off for ages, mostly because I read Stiefvater’s Shiver and absolutely loathed it. This, on the other hand, was fab, I adored it. I devoured it in a day or two and I”m now onto the sequel—it’s a series of four—which is, so far, just as wonderful as the first.
end and it made me want to go out and buy the sequel, and it’s been a while since that happened. On the other hand…it’s been called the next Harry Potter, and I’ve got to say I disagree. Strongly.
Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden.
This book was fairly short, and while it wasn’t my favorite book in the world, it was a nice read. It was translated beautifully, and I liked the way it was divided—short, easy chapters that could probably suffice as standalone short stories. It’s about Tsukiko, 40 years old, who meets her old high school teacher in a bar one night—she only ever calls him ‘Sensei’—and they become friends over frequent, sporadic meetings, which then develops into an awkward sort of love. It’s very sweet, and very differently styled when you compare it to Western writing—some chapters, short as they are, read like poetry, with a sort of sense of rhythm you don’t get very often in books; they felt like long, flowing haikus, and I liked that about it. Another thing about the styling is that it was very abrupt, especially the ending, but the random jolts of plot development were there throughout. It felt very weird, but at the same time the writing had a smooth, dreamlike quality with phrases like “the moon was once again enveloped in haze” to end chapters.
“WICKED has taken everything from Thomas: his life, his memories, and now his only friends—the Gladers. But it’s finally over. The trials are complete, after one final test. What WICKED doesn’t know is that Thomas remembers far more than they think. And it’s enough to prove that he can’t believe a word of what they say. Thomas beat the Maze. He survived the Scorch. He’ll risk anything to save his friends. But the truth might be what ends it all.” ~blurb of “the death cure”
But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list with thirteen bizarre tasks that Emily would never try. But what if they can lead her to Sloane?
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