Couples, including a same-sex couple, kiss. Sexual content includes some crude banter and innuendos. The gambling dens and pleasure houses of Ketterdam play a large role in the setting. Like in the first book, violence can be more descriptive. Rated: Moderate, for over 10 instances of moderate language and at least one instance of strong language. Overall, Crooked Kingdom is a masterpiece of schemes within schemes, of hope, betrayal, harshness, wanting, and reunion. I love the crossover and the witty-as-ever dialogue from characters I didn’t realize I missed. In addition to the Six of Crows gang, familiar faces from the Shadow and Bone Trilogy make an appearance. Leigh Bardugo’s writing is as brilliant as ever, laying out a vivid story world and the complex, familiar magic of the Grisha. In Crooked Kingdom, more backstory is revealed, more secrets are unveiled, and more deceits are uncovered. This war that is waged on Ketterdam’s familiar dark and twisting streets will decide the fate of the Grisha world as well as their own. No longer is this fight just about revenge.

Then again, they’ve faced those kinds of odds before and survived. They’re facing insurmountable odds to escape this alive, much less achieve the future they’ve come to hope for. Nations would kill for the only asset they do possess - Bo Yul-Bayur’s son and the knowledge he can offer about parem. They’ll get their Wraith back, then they will take their revenge.Īll the while, there are powerful forces overturning Ketterdam for any secrets concerning the dangerous drug known as jurda parem. They are no longer players in a traitor’s game. They have no allies and little resources, but they are sure of one thing. Instead, they find themselves betrayed - double-crossed as if they were fresh blood just waiting to be swindled - weakened, and back fighting for their lives. The Wraith has been taken. They should be living like kings off the reward money.

But escaping Fjerda alive was only the first obstacle.

Kaz Brekker and his crew have done the impossible and pulled off a heist so significantly huge that even they didn’t think they’d survive.

Six of crows and crooked kingdom