Rule of Wolves: 2 (The King of Scars, 2) Paperback – 7 March 2023

After six of crows this is my next favourite book from the grishaverse series.Before reading the this duology I feel it is advisable to read the previous two series (shadow and bone & six of crows) as the story picks up with almost all the characters from shadow and bone especially. I This book is one of my all time favourite although it does feel like a conclusion to this series.

If I have to review the book in just one word OUTSTANDING is just the right one. I see many grunts with this book about multiple POV, many side characters along with new and old characters and then Darkling not having the strong presence as he had in Grisha trilogy, or Zoya being in the lead for the most part, and Nikolai for what he did in the end… I can only say (many would not agree with me), I don’t want to change any of the things. I loved each and every aspect of this book and the author made this come very very close to her masterpiece Six of Crows so it’s easy to say I love this book much as Six of Crows.As soon as I finish the book, I knew it would be hard to review as there is so many things happening here, so many layers, characters, and then all the twists and turns.While King of Scars was all about building tension and setting the base for duology, this is a rollercoaster ride of actions, emotions, tension, thrill, politics, and scheme within schemes with countless nail-biting scenes. I loved every second of this book is enough to say how amazing the plot is.There is no question this book has lots of characters. We see the depth in old characters in King of Scars, and here we know newly introduced characters in the series better and we also meet more new characters. What I love most is how author makes villains a human.Nikolai and Zoya are amazing. All twists and turn are mindblowing and battle scenes are just the best. Climax and end was spectacular. I was anticipating something at the end of the climax but it was an interesting surprise what Nikolai did, what Hanne did, and what the Darkling did as well.

Although the story feels stretched and extended and the writer reminds you of the same thing over and over again i.e the threats faced by the nation of Ravka after the Civil War and thr Ravkan king due to the risk of war with neighboring countries.But still , you will enjoy the story

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Leigh bardugo uses the same formula that she used for SoC and KoS books. Have a main storyline. Have 5-6 other small arc. All of them weave effortlessly in the end.A lot happens in this book. Storyline is quite fast paced unlike the slow paced nature of KoS. The way there book ended, we may end up with SoC part 3 as the end to the Grishaverse.I liked the ending but I will miss the entire series. Nikolai, Zoya and Nina - 3 amazing characters will be missed.

I chose 5 cuz I couldn't put down the book! From start to the end there are so many twists and turns!The characters are simply too addictive. I Dunno whom I love more.