Let's talk about CROOKED KINGDOM!

Up until a certain point, this was going to be a 4 star book for me. I was enjoying it but not quite as much as Six of Crows. Then something happened at some place in this book, and it clicked: I loved this story just as much.

The characters, already very fleshed out from the first book, continued to evolve and grow and it was spectacular to read. The plot had a little bit to be desired at first, but then, well read above. It worked incredibly well. The pacing was a little off for me, but again, read above, and yeah.

Leigh's writing is fanfuckingtastic, her world building is so special, and her characters - damaged and broken in their own ways - are some that I'll cherish for a very long time.

Overall, I'm incredibly fascinated by this world and will read more books from it in the future (not the OG three though).