[Review] Six Of Crows — Leigh Bardugo

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Book Title                 Six of Crows (Six of Crows #01)
Author:                        Leigh Bardugo
Number of pages:  465

Synopsis:

Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows - Book CoverKetterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… Kaz’s crew are the only ones who might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

(re: Goodreads @ Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo)


Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr review:

–  Come for the heist, stay for the characters. Five alternating POVs with witty banter, slow burn romance, and plenty of dissonance
– Two primary settings: a gritty merchant port with gangs, bars and speakeasies + a prison atop a frozen landscape; incorporates the high fantasy of the Grishaverse
– Voices are distinct and everyone has their own motivations (no pawns for pawns sake)
– There are Easter eggs for those who’ve read The Grisha trilogy. The learning curve isn’t steep for those who haven’t read her other series

Initial Thoughts

INFINTELY BETTER THAN THE GRISHA TRILOGY.


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[Book Haul] Fall 2015 — Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Others

Miscellaneous is the tagline to store random posts that don’t really belong elsewhere. They may involve tags, awards, challenges, and other book blogging nonsense.

What’s Miscellaneous Today?
Fall 2015 Book Haul —
Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Others

This would have been a prime opportunity to create some spine poetry for my recent haul…but I decided to list them in order of when these were hauled.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #87 – Hey Santa, Where’s This Book At?

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I thought this would be a fun way to share a condensed version of potential rambles and thoughts that I have.

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This Week’s Theme:
Hey Santa, Where’s This Book At?

Initial Thoughts:

There were many variations to this theme title. Really. I settled on this because it was the least angry sounding but any of theses books would be awesome gifts or stocking stuffers.

Subheadings and images link to their respective Goodreads.


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