Crooked Kingdom (Crows #2)

Annnnnd, I've decided to re-read Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse series instead of starting one of my many, many (many) TBR piles. So here we are. Re-reading "Crooked Kingdom"... which, unlike the first book in the duology, I only read once (like 2 plus years ago).

["Welcome to the world of the Grisha.

Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world."]

More romance, more betrayal, more secrets, more discovering the intricacies of oneself. More weird Grisha power. More injuries. More waffles. 

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In some ways, this novel is the perfect pairing and completion of the Crows duology. In other ways (ways you /know/ if you read it before--ways I can't and won't spoil here for those of you who haven't), this novel just really, really sucks (the more injuries part...sort of).

Unlike the first novel, where we get to travel the world and see all kinds of places and meet all kinds of (good and bad--kind and corrupted) people, in this novel, we see all of that in Ketterdam (the good and the corrupted). Also, like, down with Pekka Rollins (he's scum of the earth and deserves pretty much everything that happened to him--as does Jan Van Eck).

Also, like all of the ships (relationships, that is)! This is one of the few books (the others I can't think of right now, but the unicorns do exist) that every ship you can think of (with the main characters) eventually happens.

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