Nina aids the Ravkan war effort by turning the Fjerdans to worship the Grisha saints, creating divide in the ranks of the drüskelle. She gains the favor of Fjerda's Prince Rasmus when she uses her Grisha healing power to lessen his chronic illness. The pair decide that Hanne must enter herself into the Heartwood, a competition between women to decide who they will marry. Nina Zenik has successfully infiltrated the Ice Court under the alias Mila Jandersdat, serving as Hanne Brum's courtier. Shu Han's ruler, Queen Makhi Kir-Taban, plots to kill her sister Ehri from taking the throne when a blot of darkness with a likeness to the Shadow Fold spreads past the Unsea and into Shu Han. The story takes place several weeks after the end of King of Scars and follows the third-person perspectives of Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Nina Zenik, Mayu Kir-Kaat, and the Darkling (referred to as 'The Monk.') Plot It is the seventh overall novel in Bardugo's Grishaverse and the final novel in the King of Scars duology.

Her back story brings tears to my eyes and the way that she developed was such a sight to see.ĭespite my criticisms, I could not put this book down and after reading 3 of Bardugo's series, she has concretely cemented (mind the pun) herself as one of my favourite new authors.Rule of Wolves is a fantasy novel by American author Leigh Bardugo published by Imprint in 2021. She definitely was not my fav in Shadow and Bone but god am I glad that we got to see more of her background and character. On the topic of Zoya, though, she might well be my favourite character out of the entire duology.

Another criticism I had was how much we focused on randos? Like I really appreciated that we got to see more of the other kingdoms and their traditions, especially from the Shu Han, but like I think the book would've benefitted a lot with greater focus on Nikolai and Zoya. While I'm not 100% on splitting the plot between Nina in Fjerda and the rest of the gang in Ravka, I understand why she did so and was pretty satisfied with how she ended things.

So many of the characters I adored and loved and was so excited to see more of their history and delve deeper on what makes them, them. This book was probably the closest novel I've read from Bardugo that gave me the same vibes as Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. This book made me laugh, made cry, made me think about what it means to have the world on your shoulders and just wish that the girl you liked liked you back 😭😭I really shouldn't have put off writing this review because already some of the memories are fading but let me just say I am a big fat LIAR because I said I wouldn't start this book until I had finished all the other books I was reading at the time but lo and behold I finished in like 2 days LMAO.

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