Rule of Wolves

by Leigh Bardugo (Author)

Series: King of Scars (2), Grishaverse Series (7)

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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! 2021 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy! *See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.* *The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times�??bestselling King of Scars Duology.* The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm�??and even the monster within�??to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible. The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost. The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart. King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall. An Imprint Book Read all the books in the Grishaverse! The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom The King of Scars Duology King of Scars Rule of Wolves The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic Praise for the Grishaverse "A master of fantasy." �??The Huffington Post "Utterly, extremely bewitching." �??The Guardian "This is what fantasy is for." �??The New York Times Book Review "[A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." �??NPR "The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." �??Entertainment Weekly "Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." �??USA Today "There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." �??Vanity Fair "Unlike anything I've ever read." �??Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent "Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!" �??Rick Riordan, bestselling aut… (more)

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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |

It's just sort of... Okay I guess. That's how it feels.

Why aren't we following Nikolai of this series is titled after him? You dump heaps of side characters on me but don't bother beefing up the mains? Aight.

Definitely for the fans but if you're not a fan, it's a middle of the road read. Pure fanservice with no contribution to the plot. If you want fanservice, here it is!

I've seen people say this is a C or C- book and that really fits it.

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Yolken | Feb 21, 2023 |

Satisfying conclusion to the Grishaverse (though more stories are always welcome.) Many characters from the Grishaverse have cameos.

The queer content in these books has gotten much, much better. Most of my complaints about this in the first trilogy have been answered. I do like how the queerness in this universe exlplicitly exists and is normalized. The closest we get to a coming out story is about a transman becoming himself. (

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tornadox | Feb 14, 2023 |

I just didn't like the ending, I mean sure it's all happy go lucky and also conveniently sets up another set of books but it is just way too and I mean way too unrealistic in the fjerdan side of things in my opinion. If the ending would have been better this book would have been amazing (

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yokanater | Jan 1, 2023 |

Spring 2020 (April);

'The Continuing Saga of Amanda Read All 9 Grishaverse Books in 26 Days'
(This review will span King of Scars & Rule of Wolves.)

This is for the last two books (for now) of the Grishaverse. I really, really, madly adored getting to shift back to the more centralized/original part of this universe. I liked getting back to what was happening to this country post-war, how things were shifting and being reset up. Since the whispers of it are so tiny and barely there in Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom.

I'm still processing my feelings re: Nina just basically gets paired up with another character immediately, as though these characters can't be single & anyone who is must be questioned as to why they haven't settled down yet. Brum's Daughter's storyline with gender fluidity and selfhood, though, was aces. I'm shrug-worthily okay with the main couple, no big love or loss in it, or in Zoya's new powers.

The thing that bugs me most about Zoya's new powers isn't the highest whine going about the internets about it and her deserving/not deserving this power, BUT that she's taught this power with the note that every Grisha used to access their powers like this / how they've all been diminished by this loss AND THEN SHE NEVER TEACHES ANYONE ELSE ABOUT IT.

Allllsssso, dang, but I super appreciated Bardugo coming out the gate hard on how much The Darkling really was the bad guy and no one has any sympathy for him really. That he only asks for Alina & Mal so that he can steal their blood/power from them again, and that every single one of the girls in the set (Alina, Genya, Zoya) want this man gone, gone, gone forever.

I was so pleased getting just a little more Alina & Mal, Jesper & Wylan, Kaz. I'm sad we never got our Pirate Queen. I'm really happy there's a scene just for Genya, Zoya, and Alina hanging out at the end, talking about how not-to-become-the-bad-guy eventually, because I like that it shows forethought about what choices were made and what their domino choices from there will make of them, too. (

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To EDA, who helped me find my place among the wolves

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Makhi Kir-Taban, Born of Heaven, was a queen from a long line of queens.

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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy!

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.

The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times�??bestselling King of Scars Duology.
The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm�??and even the monster within�??to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible.
The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.
An Imprint Book
Read all the books in the Grishaverse!
The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising
The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom
The King of Scars Duology
King of Scars
Rule of Wolves
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
Praise for the Grishaverse
"A master of fantasy." �??The Huffington Post
"Utterly, extremely bewitching." �??The Guardian
"This is what fantasy is for." �??The New York Times Book Review
"[A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." �??NPR
"The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." �??Entertainment Weekly
"Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." �??USA Today
"There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." �??Vanity Fair
"Unlike anything I've ever read." �??Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent
"Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!" �??Rick Riordan, bestselling aut