it's hacked off, the brunt of the war, the terror and violence lessoned by every single thing leigh throws in in between. only in the last quarter of the book do the armies meet on the battlefield again.

there's no retaliation until about halfway through when fjerda bombs os alta and then the violent conflict disappears again. Within the first few chapters ravka is meeting fjerda on the battlefield and after a first victory for ravka the war suddenly disappears. at some point in the book nikolai has a nearly deadly accident with one of his flying ships but it is glaced over within a page even though leigh supposes nikolai is deeply shaken by it. there's too many things happening, so much so, that some lose their significance in the grand scheme of things, e.g. The last time i sighed so hard at a book was when i read acotar.

I'll try to make this as coherent as possible. Heads up: if you're a die-hard fan of leigh or king of scars, you won't like this. I know this is 4 days before the official release date, but my copy got shipped early. but there aren’t enough hours in the day and patience in me to discuss it all. from both of leigh’s heroines (old and new) being shoehorned into a maternal role that fits neither of them, to nina’s rushed romance with hanne and the way leigh handled zoya’s suli heritage. Or watch a nation fall.ĮDIT: after a couple of hours of sleep there’s honestly so much more i could talk about. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible.

As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm-and even the monster within-to win this fight. The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times-bestselling King of Scars Duology. The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!

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