Six of Crows by
Leigh Bardugo
My rating:
5 of 5 stars
I absolutely loved this story!
A fast-paced, heart-wrenching heist story with a smattering of magic for flavor. There's nothing I love more than a complex plot that comes together seamlessly, except when that plot is brought to life by characters who could walk off the page. Six of Crows delivered both.
Six of Crows takes place in the Grishaverse after the events of the Shadow and Bone trilogy. While reading the original series would provide some general background to the world, I don't think you'd be lost if you just picked up Six of Crows. Everything you really need to know is laid out in this book. I thinks that's partly because the Grisha magic is used mostly as a backdrop rather than a focal point, despite being the catalyst for the story, and partly because the story takes place in Ketterdam, which is barely touched on in the trilogy and therefore brought fully to life in these pages.