german and english review (not spoilerfree)

Inhalt: Sechs unberechenbare Außenseiter - ein unerreichtes Ziel - Rache! Das Abenteuer geht weiter!

Kaz Brekker und seinen Krähen ist ein derart spektakulärer Coup gelungen, dass sie selbst nicht auf ihr Überleben gewettet hätten. Statt der versprochenen fürstlichen Belohnung erwartet sie jedoch bitterer Verrat, als sie nach Ketterdam zurückkehren. Haarscharf kommen die Krähen mit dem Leben davon, Kaz' Geliebte Inej gerät in Gefangenschaft. Doch Kaz trägt seinen Spitznamen »Dirtyhands« nicht ohne Grund – von jetzt an ist ihm ist kein Deal zu schmutzig und kein Risiko zu groß, um Inej zu befreien und seinen betrügerischen Erzfeind Pekka Rollins zu vernichten.

Meine Bewertung: Grund Gütiger, was für ein gelungener Abschluss für die Duologie. Gleichzeitig wird alles wunderbar abgeschlossen, auf der anderen Seite macht es so viel Lust auf mehr und hat auch viel Potenzial für weitere Geschichten.

Meine Haupteinstellung zu der Geschichte an sich und den Charakteren hat sich absolut nicht verändert. Ich liebe alles und jeden.

Die Geschichte war wieder super spannend und so unheimlich gut erzählt mit so vielen Wendungen, die eindeutig nur aus Kaz Brekker's Hirn und Leigh Bardugo's Feder stammen können. Es wird einfach an alles gedacht, es fließt am Ende alles wunderbar zusammen. Es ist einfach nur großartig.

Die Charaktere sind mir nur noch mehr ans Herz gewachsen. Ich fand es auch schön, das wir weiterhin immer wieder kleine Momente aus der Vergangenheit der Charaktere bekommen haben, das hat mir schon am ersten Buch so gut gefallen.

Inej ist mein ein und alles. Alles was sie tut, alles was mit ihr zu tun hat und alles was sie ist. Sie ist mein absoluter Favorite. Kaz ist einfach ein Genie in dem was er tut und die Art wie er sich vom Anfang des ersten Buches, bis jetzt zum Ende des zweiten Bandes entwickelt hat. Sein letztes Kapitel mit ihm und Inej. Die Beiden haben mir mein Herz geraubt und haben nicht vor es mir wieder zurück zu geben. Ich genieße einfach jeden noch so kleinen Moment und erst recht all die großen Momente. DAS LETZTE KAPITEL MIT DEN BEIDEN.

Jesper. Aaaaaaah, er hat zu sich und seiner Gabe gefunden. Ich bin so glücklich und zufrieden. Ich fand seine Momente mit seinem Vater einfach großartig und herzzerreißend. Und Wylan. WYLAN UND SEINE MUTTER. WYLAN'S SIEG ÜBER SEINEN VATER. (Ja, es waren alle anderen an dem beteiligt aber sind wir mal ehrlich, der Mensch der am Meisten unter Jan Van Eck gelitten hat, war mein Baby Wylan und seine Mutter.)

Und dann Nina. Ihr Kampf gegen die Sucht. Die Wandlung ihrer Gabe. Es war unglaublich ihr dabei zuzusehen, wie sie sich durch alles durchkämpft. Ich habe nicht das Happy End für sie bekommen, dass ich mir für sie gewünscht habe aber sie wird ihren Weg finden, sie wird auch das überstehen und wird stärker dadurch werden. Matthias. Mit Matthias hatte ich ja wirklich meine Schwierigkeiten, am Anfang des ersten Buches, was sich dann aber im Lauf gegeben hat und er ist mir wirklich genauso wie die anderen auch ans Herz gewachsen. Das war nicht das Ende, das er verdient hatte. Ich hatte mich ausversehen gespoilert, deswegen wusste ich das es kommt und ich muss sagen, dass es mich nicht ganz so sehr getroffen hat, wie ich erwartet hatte. Trotzdem hätte er wirklich was anderes verdient und ich fand das Ganze einfach unnötig.

Aber zu etwas positivem zurück...

GENYA, ZOYA, TAMAR UND NIKOLAJ!!!!!!!!!!

Ich hab erst jetzt gesehen, dass es noch einen dritten Band irgendwann geben wird und AAAAAAAAAAAH, hoffentlich kommt 'irgendwann' schneller als gedacht.

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Summary: Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.

My review: Good god, what an amazingly done end for this duology. At one hand everything gets wrapped up really nicely on the other hand it makes me wanna enjoy much more of this story, and I think there is potenzial for more stories.

My main opinion to the story and the characters hasn't changed at all. I love everything and everyone.

The story itself was once again super exciting and so very well told, with so many twists and turns that only could come out of Kaz Brekker's brain and Leigh Bardugo's pen. Just everything is thought out so very well and just everything flows together so well. Just amazing.

The characters , I just kept on loving them more and more. I once again really loved the little moments when we could see things from their past. I really enjoyed that back in the first book.

Inej is my one and only. Everything she does, everything that has to do with her and everything that she is. She is my absolute favorite. Kaz is just this genious in what he does. And I truly loved how he grew from the beginning of the first book until the end of the second book. The last chapter with him and Inej. THESE TWO, they stole my heart and they don't plan to give it back to me anytime soon. I just enjoyed all these tiny little moments and all the really big ones. THE LAST CHAPTER WITH THESE TWO.

Jesper. Aaaaaaah, he found his way to himself and his ability. I'm just so happy and really satisfied with his story. I loved his moments with him and his father, they were just great but also heartbreaking at times. And Wylan. WYLAN AND HIS MOTHER. WYLAN'S VICTORY OVER HIS FATHER. (Yes, the others were involved but let's be real, the person that had to suffer the most under Jan Van Eck was my baby Wylan and his mother.)

And then Nina. Her fight through the addiction. The change of her abilities. It was just unbelievable to watch her go through all of this. I didn't get the happy end that I would've wished she had but I just know that she will find her way, that she can get through this and come out even stronger at the end.
Matthia. I had so many problems with him in the beginning of the first book. It got much better throughout everything and at the end I loved him just as much as the rest of the crew. It wasn't the end that he deserved. I accidently spoiled myself and knew it was coming, it didn't hit me as much as I thought it would. Still, he deserved much better and I really think it was unnecessary.

But back to something positive...

GENYA, ZOYA, TAMAR AND NIKOLAJ!!!!!!!!!

I also just saw that there is going to be a third book somewhere, someday, done the line and AAAAAAAAAAAAH, I really hope 'someday' is coming way sooner than I think it is.

I have finally finished! The sequel to Six of Crows and the finale of this duology ends to me with a satisfying conclusion. It has been a wild journey for me, a long one (my fault, due to reading slump and work) and in the end, it's almost perfect.

Continued from where it was left off, Kaz Brekker and his crew returns to Ketterdam as wanted fugitives. After being double crossed by Jan Van Eck, the crew needs to hide their most wanted prize, if only they won't be hunted by every one who wants that prize and killing the crew. But Kaz has a plan that will change the game of odds to his favor and the only way to do this, is that his crew able to survive to challenge what's ahead of them.

I do love the finale and how it ended. Its not really great but its good enough that it ends as its meant to be. I love the characters, its development and the relationship between one another. The scheming and the planning, the plot and the twist is just good enough to keep me reading. If not for the slump, I would have finished this sooner. There is so much to explore on this book that I want to talk about but this is definitely worth re-reading... one day. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Six of Crows was so good it would be hard to make a sequel but Leigh Bardugo succeeded with Crooked Kingdom begin even better. The plot was even more complicated than in Six of Crows but just as easy to follow. There where so many twists and turns; so much plotting and countering it blew my mind. In this book we get to experience so much character development; Kaz starts to become more human, we see more of Pekka Rollins and explore the fears of each member of the team. We got input from Wylan how his appearance effects him and Jesper both. Bardugo sets up Kaz and Inej and it is interesting to explore why their relationship is so cautious whereas Jesper and Wylan can love each other with no strings attached. Inej can see the good in Kaz but believes that if he doesn't give up parts of the monster he has created of himself she can't help him and will move on with her life. It almost saddens me that she found a purpose and will leave the gang. It makes sense that she will hunt slavers and I hope that one day Kaz can join her. I think that would help them both work though their fears. Jesper is a particularly interesting charter because unlike all the others he has a live to go back to and chose life in the barrel. His need for risk drove him to the barrel and gambling. I think that if Jesper's father had understood that need Jesper would not have become a gambler and sharpshooter. Although Nina is my least favorite character the new development in her grisha power is intriguing and I wished there was more time to explore it. I understand why the Bardugo had Mathias killed; it had to happen to further the character of Nina. After Mathias is killed Nina goes through stages of wanting to bring him back with her newfound character and hating herself for not being able to heal him, she decided that it was even more important to make more of the druskelle see their point of view on the grisha. Wylan was intriguing to me because unlike everyone else he came a very privileged background and had one flaw that took it all away from him. He dealt with it exceptionally well considering that he cant read. I wish there was another book that included all of these characters. I am seriously considering writing a fan fiction in a time after they are all settled into their new rolls.  

Keeping this one short and sweet because I'm still emotionally shook after finishing this series. I kept wondering if I had a reason to give it 4.5 stars instead of 5, but I don't. Two long books full of action and content, and there is nothing I disliked. So have some gorgeous fanart!

God I love this casting. I said before that I loved duologies but now I regret it. I wish I had another book of these amazing six babes! 

"Go. May Djel watch over you until I can once more."