Name: Six of Crows (Grishaverse series #4, Six of Crows series #1)
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Date published: This edition October 2018, first published September 2015
Genre: Fiction, young adult, fantasy, adventure, romance
Pages: 494
Rating: 5/5
Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist: break into the Ice Court - a military stronghold that has never been breached - and retrieve a hostage whose knowledge could change Grisha magic forever. To succeed would mean riches beyond his wildest dreams - but he can't pull it off alone . . .
A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Together they might just be unstoppable - if they don't kill each other first.
- From Goodreads.
Six of Crows was a thrilling story from start to finish, full of mystery and adventure and intriguing and complex characters.
The plot never ceased to be exciting and made for a very addictive storyline to follow. There were some parts where it was a little difficult to understand what was happening, but that definitely heightened the atmosphere of the mystery, and mostly everything was explained later so you could look back and realise what had been happening.
All of the characters had plenty of depth, and the way Leigh Bardugo slowly revealed information about all of them through their different perspectives was quite clever and made me very emotionally invested. I was worried I might not be as invested in all of the perspectives but I found them all interesting and Bardugo managed to give them all distinct points of view, even though it was written in third person.
Although it feels like quite a different book to the three books of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, it still fits into the series well and extends the world in a fascinating way, telling us about different parts of the world we first started learning about in that trilogy whilst also showing us how the world is carrying on after what happened in those books.
Overall this was a really brilliant book that had me very excited to read the sequel, Crooked Kingdom. The characters were compelling and made me want to keep following them to see how their journey continued, the plot was thrilling and full of well-written twists, and the world felt immersive and fit-to-burst with intriguing details. I definitely recommend it for anyone who read the Grisha trilogy and wants to see more from the world.
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