A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who had become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.

I can't believe I'd give it all up for these six kids even though they're a bunch of thieving criminals.

This read took me way longer than I wanted it to (yeah so it was two days but I could've happily read it in a few hours) which was surprising considering that I wasn't that keen on the Grisha trilogy. Fingers crossed Crooked Kingdom is just as good.

No mourners. No funerals.

Sigh. I think I'm just going to have to face the fact that me and Leigh Bardugo books just don't seem to really mix. Whilst I enjoyed the protagonists in the Six of Crows duology a lot more than the Grisha trilogy (like exponential amounts more), there just always seems to be something lacking for me. The pacing has seemed off in every single book I've read by her, but also there just seems to be a little bit of depth missing.

I know I'm definitely in the minority and everyone seems to rave about this universe, but there's just something that isn't quite clicking for me which is why I can't rate this any higher despite the atmospheric setting and protagonists I want to protect.