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This book didn’t live up to my expectations. Maybe I clung too much to my love of Nikolai but I found many parts of this book slow and I resisted the urge to skip Nina’s sections altogether. It was all too easy to put the book down and it meant that it took me ages to finish it.
Firstly, I love Nikolai and he was maybe the one thing that kept me reading. I also loved Zoya. I hated her in the original trilogy, but it was great to read in her perspective and see her perception of the world. I’m also a hardcore shipper of Nikolai and Zoya- they’re perfect for each other! They’re also a total power couple- they have the brains, power and devastating good looks. I’d give anything to see them go up against Kanej.
Nina’s storyline is what really held up the book. Sure, I’d like the introduction of Hanne and I ship her with Nina but their journey in Fjerda didn’t keep me gripped. I often put the book down when I saw a Nina chapter was next.
King of Scars did have a wealth of side characters that I loved. We saw old favourites- Genya, Tamar, Tolya, Adrik- and also met new people that I loved- Leoni, Isaak, Juris. The character interactions were my favourite scenes in the book.
I enjoyed King of Scars more than the Grisha trilogy but it definitely did not reach the perfection of the Six of Crows duology. I’m excited that the Darkling is back, though- hopefully, that will make things more interesting. I don’t have too high expectations for the next book but I do think it will be action -packed- there’s a lot of plot threads that need to resolved! And I can’t even begin to figure out how Nikolai and Nina’s separate storylines are going to link and converge.
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