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03/24/2025

“Crooked Kingdom” by Leigh Bardugo: When Found Family Becomes a War Cry

Let me be clear:
Six of Crows stole my heart.
Crooked Kingdom stomped on it in dirty boots and left.

This book isn’t just a sequel.
It’s a funeral for your peace, a resurrection of your obsession, and a lesson in what happens when you hurt someone’s crew.

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What’s It About (No Spoilers, Just Feelings):

Kaz Brekker has always played the long game. But in this one?
The game’s personal. The stakes are brutal.
And the crew? They’re not just fighting for money anymore—they’re fighting for each other.

If Six of Crows was the heist,
Crooked Kingdom is the revenge.

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Why You’ll Lose Sleep:
• Kaz is 10x more unhinged and emotionally repressed
• Inej is reclaiming her name, her body, her power
• Jesper and Wylan = soft chaos husbands
• Nina… is going THROUGH it
• Matthias…
No. I’m not ready. Don’t touch me.

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Themes That Wrecked Me:
• Grief that sneaks up like a knife between ribs
• Loyalty so fierce it could burn empires
• Trauma recovery that doesn’t get wrapped in a bow—but still heals

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Favourite Vibe-Check Moment:

“I would come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you. And no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together—knives drawn, pistols blazing.”
Now tell me that’s not the kind of love you want tattooed in your bones.

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Final Thoughts:

You’re not just reading a book.
You’re watching six broken people rewrite their fates in blood, courage, and love.

And even though it hurts?
You’d do it all over again.

Rating: 6/6 broken crows. Forever mourning. Forever obsessed.

03/24/2025

Reviews

03/24/2025

“Six of Crows” by Leigh Bardugo: A Love Letter to Chaos and Clever Criminals

Imagine walking into a bar, and someone whispers,
“Wanna watch six damaged teenagers commit international crime for money?”
That’s Six of Crows.

And I said yes.
Wholeheartedly.
No regrets.

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The Plot (but with feelings):

Kaz Brekker—broke, brilliant, and emotionally unavailable—gets offered a job so dangerous it should come with a warning label. He builds a crew of outcasts: a spy who moves like smoke, a sharpshooter with gambling problems, a Grisha with a broken heart, a convict with a war drum in his chest, and a runaway with secrets sewn into her bones.

They’re not just stealing something.
They’re stealing everything—including your emotional stability.

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Reasons to Spiral While Reading:
• Kaz Brekker walks so morally grey he makes villains look soft.
• Inej Ghafa is the definition of divine retribution wrapped in silk and knives.
• Jesper and Wylan give “chaotic gay energy” with extra heartbreak.
• Nina and Matthias are enemies-to-lovers, but tragic.
• You will feel like you just lived through a mental war—and you’ll thank them for it.

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But make it deeper…

This book isn’t just about a heist.
It’s about trauma, trust, and finding people who would fight beside you—even when your darkness shows.

They’re not heroes. They’re not even good people.
But they’re survivors.
And sometimes, that’s more powerful.

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Final Rating:

Six out of five crows.
One for each disaster child that owns a piece of my heart.

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Trigger warning: You will not come out of this book emotionally stable. And that’s okay. Welcome to Ketterdam.

03/24/2025

Six of crows

03/24/2025

I haven’t read a single one of these…
But my soul knows they’re about to destroy me—in the best way.

Tropes? Elite. Covers? Gorgeous.
This stack is giving: “You’re not ready, but you’re going to read us anyway.”

Which should I start with?
And what’s a book that completely wrecked you (so I can add it to the pile)?

03/24/2025

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Whether you love morally grey characters, cried over fictional deaths, or live for romance tropes like enemies to lovers—you’re in the right place.

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