Crooked Kingdom: Collector's Edition

Après avoir lu la trilogie grisha et avoir vu la série adaptée de cet univers, il fallait que je découvre cette duologie. 💰🗡️ J’ai beaucoup aimé ce premier tome. On découvre chaque personnage ainsi que leur histoire tout en gardant une part de mystère. 💰🗡️ L’autrice a réussi à me tenir en haleine tout au long de ce livre de 500 pages. On ne s’ennuie jamais. L’action est toujours présente. 💰🗡️ J’ai adoré les personnage de Wylan, Jesper et Dirtyhands qui ont chacun leurs qualités et leurs défauts. Cependant, mon personnage préféré reste Inej qui est un personnage incroyablement fort malgré tout ce qu’elle a vécu et tout ce qu’elle vit encore. 💰🗡️ En conclusion, ce fut presqu’un coup de coeur pour moi. J’ai préféré ce tome à l’entièreté de la saga grisha malgré l’amour que je porte au darkling. J’ai hâte de découvrir la suite ainsi que de découvrir la saga sur Nikolaï.

Six of Crows is an epic tale following the journey of 6 bandits looking to pull off the heist of their lives, with plenty of twists, turns, and some unexpected romance along the way!

This was my first foray into the universe created by this author which began with earlier novels. As such, I was a little trepidatious about not being able to fully enjoy Six of Crows due to not being aware of the lore and backstories that came before it. Thankfully, however, I didn't find that to be a barrier at all. This novel more than stands on its own in that regard with no previous knowledge of the universe being required, although I'm sure a more full knowledge of the universe may have made reading Six of Crows even more enjoyable for those who have.

Six of Crows takes us on a gritty adventure to the seedy underbelly of Ketterdam, where we meet a motley, rag-tag bunch of criminals who all find themselves aligned despite coming from very different backgrounds. One of the major strengths of Six of Crows is the depth of these characters, whose backstories are slowly revealed to the reader at appropriate intervals during the story. The interweaving of each characters' personal journeys and history is seamless alongside the main plot; the author strikes a masterful balance of introducing backstory for each character at very timely moments that help the reader understand precisely where characters are coming from and their motivations.

The plot twists and twists-on-top-of-twists are deliciously executed that will have you as a reader guessing and second guessing where the story is going. One thing is for sure though: The cunning of Kaz Brekker is never to be underestimated!

This book will have you feeling all the things and ultimately take you on an excitingly deep journey into this world filled with a lot of moral ambiguity, characters wrestling with their own emotions, struggles with past trauma, and feelings. There'll be joy, triumph, setbacks, and tears with some epic magic along the way too! There's also some awesome female badasses who were very easy for me to root for as well.

This was a top drawer fantasy novel for me, and I'll immediately be reading the second book in this series: Crooked Kingdom.

"No mourners. No funerals."