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#### Author and Book Introduction **Crooked Kingdom** is a second book in **Six of Crows** duology written by fantasy author *Leigh Bardugo*. The author is well-known for her creation of a fictional world, *Grishaverse*. She has written multiple books whose stories revolve around that world. I have only read the Six of Crow duology yet and just finished the second and last book *Crooked Kingdom* so will be sharing my few cents about it in this post. ![dividers-06.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/event-horizon/23swXujpQf5exswWZKkMXeWwdYjFskUT7XZSUKsdc3ffZE5dNq8jT9f3xibVfraERgL6Z.png) #### Summary Like mentioned in the introduction, *Crooked Kingdom* is a sequel to *Six of Crows*. The prequel was all about a grand heist at *Ice Court* pulled by *Kaz* and his crew. The sequel begins when the heist ends. What happens at the end of heist would be a big spoiler, but I must tell you there's a great twist waiting for the *crows* which makes them run for their life. Just when you think it's the end, you will find out that things are more complicated than they sound. Re-evaluation of plans, deadly schemes, lots of brainstorming at a hideout is all what we get to read in the beginning. ![IMG_20221015_171836.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/event-horizon/23xefxCoEnVDW8UT14HrjUd9BSSU9oyJVjAfvCQaT8j8er6LxbHNxphDhkDAYDLeEePf8.jpg) This book is all about taking revenge from all those who tried to con the protagonists in any way. *Kaz, Inej, Jasper, Nina, Mathias, Wylan*. Each one of them has a troubled past which binds them together as an unbeatable gang. They are too deadly and vicious to be protagonists. This book is a mix of love, hate, care, friendship, revenge, loyalty and greed. There's heartbreak and there's tragedy which makes this book an emotional read. ![dividers-06.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/event-horizon/23swXujpQf5exswWZKkMXeWwdYjFskUT7XZSUKsdc3ffZE5dNq8jT9f3xibVfraERgL6Z.png) #### Critical Analysis As much as I love this book, there are some **negative points** which I want to highlight. Please note that these are merely my opinion, and you are free to differ with me. - The story buildup is quite slow. It took me ages to read the first half of the book. Not saying the events in the beginning are unnecessary; everything is linked. But it's just slow which can make you leave the book unfinished if you are an impatient reader like me. However, I am glad that I didn't listen to myself and finished the book, nonetheless. It was a good decision and I almost forgot that it was slow. I couldn't put it down when the second half began and the things accelerated. - Who doesn't love *Kaz Brekker's* wits? It was all good and fascinating till the first part of the duology but to me it seemed a little far-fetched in the second book. How can any person have a solution to every single problem in the world. I know it's fiction, the author is free to create anything, but a little failure would've done no harm. The character would have been a little more relatable and less surreal. - It's not a critisim to book but I have to vent out. The very reason I bought this book was because of this statement by *Los Angeles Times* written at the back cover. > Harry Potter meets Game of Thrones with a dash of 19th century Europe and a caper twist. I felt it was nothing remotely close to Harry Potter and Game of Thrones so it was a little disappointment for me being a fan of both series. Although there was magic like HP and scheming like GOT in this book, probably that's what the paper meant and I got my hopes unreasonably high. ![dividers-06.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/event-horizon/23swXujpQf5exswWZKkMXeWwdYjFskUT7XZSUKsdc3ffZE5dNq8jT9f3xibVfraERgL6Z.png) #### Final Verdict I love when authors manage to create a fictional world which feels almost real like till date we quote Harry Potter. I think I can quote *Grishaverse* the same way. The book was great overall. If you are fantasy and fiction lover then you won't regret reading it. It's an easily 5 star book and I only gave it 4 on *Goodreads* because during the first half I felt like leaving it hundred times which I already told you would have been a wrong decision. ![dividers-06.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/event-horizon/23swXujpQf5exswWZKkMXeWwdYjFskUT7XZSUKsdc3ffZE5dNq8jT9f3xibVfraERgL6Z.png) I hope I didn't gave away any spoilers. Do share your views if you have read this book or if you haven't then what are you waiting for? 🙂