I didn’t think it was possible to get me to like Zoya, but she did it. And I have to say it’s a little bit Harry Potter/horcruxy and I’m not sure what I think about that. Except that I’m sure it will be interesting and exciting in the next book.
I do like Ravka better than Ketterdam and so this book was...oddly comforting... interesting.... fun. But, I mean, with Nikolai how can it not be? It’s every bit as amusing and witty as I could hope for.
REREAD: There are parts, much like Crooked Kingdom, where I just wanted it to move faster; to get to the action. Through a lot of the first and second act. I liked Nina’s story better the second time around, after it really git going. But it was slow going in the beginning too. Having just read the Crows book, I’d liked what she learned from Kaz and carried into this story. And I liked Nikolai and Zoya, their banter and their moments, and just Nikolai. But that’s the slow rolling story that I would have liked to trim or fast forward in a few places.
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