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February is finally upon on, let the reading commence! This thread is the place to share any and all feels about Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Please be sure to follow our group rules and ALWAYS mark your spoilers with the official spoiler tag like this:

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I'm so excited! I should be finished with King of Scars by next week and I'm diving right back in to Six of Crows. I can't wait to go back to my favorite Dregs! Gives me an excuse to settle down in bed and burn some of my Six of Crows candles!!

I'm 150 pages in and my favorite character so far is Inej. Also this is the first book that I started to annotate.

Paulina wrote: "I'm 150 pages in and my favorite character so far is Inej. Also this is the first book that I started to annotate."

Inej is queen!

Starting today and excited to finally read it!

I have read the first chapter can not wait to continue with this read.

I am so excited to be finally picking this up! I am starting it tonight!!

Totally excited to reread one of my most fave books!~<33

This is my first time reading Six of Crows and I was super confused within the first two chapters, did anyone feel the same? I'm on pge 56ish and I'm starting to really get into it and get to know more of the characters! Kaz is such a bada** and he is only seventeen! Excited to read more :)

Ivonney wrote: "This is my first time reading Six of Crows and I was super confused within the first two chapters, did anyone feel the same? I'm on pge 56ish and I'm starting to really get into it and get to know ..."

Yes, I felt the same way with the first chapters, but I think it's because I didn't read the Grisha Trilogy prior to that, did you read the Trilogy?
Anyway, once you go further, it does get better and everything makes a looot of sense indeed~

Ivonney wrote: "This is my first time reading Six of Crows and I was super confused within the first two chapters, did anyone feel the same? I'm on pge 56ish and I'm starting to really get into it and get to know ..."

I was briefly confused in the beginning, but I managed to figure things out relatively quickly once the story got going. I didn't read the trilogy first, but I figured it was just a learning curve like most other fantasies. I've found that her books take a little time to really get going, so don't feel bad! I'm really happy you're enjoying it! :)

Started reading this for the second time! Already on chapter 6.

Last time I read this it took me over a month to finish and I think that I've might have enjoyed it less like that, so this time I'm trying to finish it in a week. 😊

Extinction wrote: "Ivonney wrote: "This is my first time reading Six of Crows and I was super confused within the first two chapters, did anyone feel the same? I'm on pge 56ish and I'm starting to really get into it ..."

I actually haven't read the trilogy so maybe that's why I was confused? I'm glad you felt the same and that we're on the same page! thanks for responding! :) happy reading

Ivonney wrote: "I actually haven't read the trilogy so maybe that's why I was confused? I'm glad you felt the same and that we're on the same page! thanks for responding! :) happy reading"

Yes indeed, I think having the Trilogy's knowledge would help get into Six Of Crows, but honestly? I am glad I read Six Of Crows before the Trilogy because I am currently trying to get my way through the Trilogy to get to King Of Scars and...oh boy it's not that great, especially in comparison to Six Of Crows.XDDD
So yeah, I do rec going this route, Six Of Crows before the Trilogy~ Because otherwise one would be put off from reading Six Of Crows and it is just too good to pass up XD
Happy reading to you too!!~~

I'm struggling a little honestly as there are many characters to keep track of, but hopefully it will still turn out great.

Jeanette (Latte and a Book) wrote: "I'm struggling a little honestly as there are many characters to keep track of, but hopefully it will still turn out great."

It will!! You'll get a hang of it trust me!!~

Extinction wrote: "Ivonney wrote: "I actually haven't read the trilogy so maybe that's why I was confused? I'm glad you felt the same and that we're on the same page! thanks for responding! :) happy reading"

Yes ind..."
I did the exact same thing, and boy howdy am I glad I did. I buddy read the trilogy and that is probably the only reason I finished it and only now that I'm reading King of Scars am I glad I did. There is way too much reference to the trilogy to not read it before KoS.

I was also confused especially by the first chapter i went back and reread it. Now I'm almost on page 200 and I love it I went to buy Crooked Kingdom last night so I can get rigjt onto it when I'm done!!

Tib wrote: "I did the exact same thing, and boy howdy am I glad I did. I buddy read the trilogy and that is probably the only reason I finished it and only now that I'm reading King of Scars am I glad I did. There is way too much reference to the trilogy to not read it before KoS."

Yeah, I am hardcore struggling with the Trilogy atm.XD It's just...so cliche and boring I can't. And I have no idea why everyone loves Darkling so much...to me he is nothing much at all tbh. I don't find him entertaining in the slightest. But I am only on book two so maybe I will change my opinion yet.^^
But really, I have faith in King Of Scars. So many people who have already read it are disappointed in it, but I won't judge it based on their opinions because really, I wanna read it and I trust Bardugo's storytelling is muuuch better now than it was during the Trilogy, especially judging by SoC.XD So yeah, I just need to push through the Trilogy and it's not working out too well because...oh boy.........lol

Paulina wrote: "I was also confused especially by the first chapter i went back and reread it. Now I'm almost on page 200 and I love it I went to buy Crooked Kingdom last night so I can get rigjt onto it when I'm ..."

Yeah, I had to return to the first chapter and reread it too cause it just felt so random.XD
And yes, SoC ends on a cliffhanger, I am just gonna say this to anyone who is currently reading it. Go get Crooked Kingdom right now!! I have made a mistake like this, finishing SoC before I got my hands on Crooked Kingdom, but thankfully I only had to wait a week because in the middle of SoC I foresaw that I was loving it and would for sure wanna read Crooked Kingdom.
So yes, to anyone reading for the first time, do yourselves a huge favor!^^

Paulina wrote: "I was also confused especially by the first chapter i went back and reread it. Now I'm almost on page 200 and I love it I went to buy Crooked Kingdom last night so I can get rigjt onto it when I'm ..."

Good! You did yourself a favor! I made the mistake of finishing the SoC audiobook during a very long car ride and did not have any easy access to the CK audiobook to start it immediately since I was driving alone. I ended up screaming to myself over the Six of Crows ending the rest of the way home since I had nothing else to do. XD

Extinction wrote: "Tib wrote: "I did the exact same thing, and boy howdy am I glad I did. I buddy read the trilogy and that is probably the only reason I finished it and only now that I'm reading King of Scars am I g..."

I never got the thirst for the Darkling either, or never quite understood why everyone was hating Mal so much when none of them are all that great. The Darkling made me kind of uncomfortable with how he treats and manipulates Alina. Not that Alina didn't do her fair share of uncool things, but she's also 17 years old and as the Darkling likes to keep reminding everyone, is centuries old and is preying on a child. Bleh. I think the extreme polarizing of team Darkling/team Mal comes from when it first came out and that kind of thing was still popular? I don't know, but don't get your hopes up for the third book, it doesn't get better. I personally don't despise the ending like a lot of people do, but I'm not exactly happy about how things end up.

Tib wrote: "I never got the thirst for the Darkling either, or never quite understood why everyone was hating Mal so much when none of them are all that great. The Darkling made me kind of uncomfortable with..."

I actually heard that book three is the best book in the Trilogy. Lol I guess we shall see, but you def are not giving me hope XDD
And personally? I don't understand the hate Mal is getting either. I like him as a character...well, like him a tiny bit more than the rest to actually be interested to see where his side of the story is going lol. But really, overall no one is well developed here. What else I find frustrating sometimes is how incomplete the map is? I had the same problem with Six Of Crows...like...why is it so hard to put all places the characters visit on the bloody map?? Sheesh...
But yeah, Twilight did start the entire "team guy A/team guy B" craze. Thankfully it doesn't seem as popular anymore and the overall love triangles craze has died down too. Because finally, everyone got sick of it.XDDD
And Darling is just...overall a big NO?! Old or not, what his appeal overall as a character is fails to make sense to me.XDDD The fact he is oh so "mysterious"?? Oh please...XD He is bland as heck.

Extinction wrote: "Tib wrote: "I never got the thirst for the Darkling either, or never quite understood why everyone was hating Mal so much when none of them are all that great. The Darkling made me kind of uncomfor..."

I would highly recommend that you check out readwithcindy on Youtube. She spills the tea and her videos on the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology gave me life XD

I am currently on page 72 and I am loving the story so far and I am loving Kaz and Injey and I am getting there I am currently reading three books but I’m making my way through.

Tib wrote: "I would highly recommend that you check out readwithcindy on Youtube. She spills the tea and her videos on the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology gave me life XD "

Yes, I do watch her occasionally.XD She is brilliant!

Katie wrote: "I am currently on page 72 and I am loving the story so far and I am loving Kaz and Injey and I am getting there I am currently reading three books but I’m making my way through."

Kaz is the best! Happy reading~

Some of the conversations between characters are funny. I love Nina's sense of humor and Jasper's. I feel like they are keeping the story a little bit more light.

I honestly am loving the relationships between the characters! i find myself gripping my phone to read what's happening next and wishing i had the physical copy in my hands so i could annotate it! but i think at the moment my favorite character is either nina or inej. i just love them so much

I must admit at first I didn't understand the magic system because I didn't read The Grisha Trilogy yet, but I quickly grasped what I needed to know. I am LOVING this book so far! I'm reading it slowly and taking my time because I don't want it to end. Character driven stories are my favorite kind, so this book is perfect for someone like me. Inej, Kaz, and Nina are my favorites but I honestly love all the characters and their dynamics.

Jay wrote: "I must admit at first I didn't understand the magic system because I didn't read The Grisha Trilogy yet, but I quickly grasped what I needed to know. I am LOVING this book so far! I'm reading it sl..."

honestly same! i was a little confused by the magic and had to read the first chapter like twice before i could understand it, but the story is just soo good.

Anyone else ships Inej and Nina?
Cause I know I do~~

I am only two chapters in and I am super confused and having a hard time reading it but after reading everyone’s posts it seems like a pretty normal thing so I think that I’m going to leave it until the weekend when I can just read the whole thing and give it my full attention rather that trying to read after work each night!

Extinction wrote: "Anyone else ships Inej and Nina?
Cause I know I do~~"

I am all about Nina and Inej! They're dynamic is amazing. (view spoiler)[I was not a fan of her and Matthias at all. It felt really Nazi/Jewish person to me. ¯\_(�)_/¯ I did end up liking the relationship between Inej and Kaz though and I'm happy with how it ended in CK (hide spoiler)]

I am almost two hundred pages into this book and I am now in love with the series. It took me sometime to get into the book because I didn’t read the other series I can tell you I am loving the six of crows because I just bought the second book.

Katie wrote: "I am almost two hundred pages into this book and I am now in love with the series. It took me sometime to get into the book because I didn’t read the other series I can tell you I am loving the six..."

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Courtney wrote: "I am only two chapters in and I am super confused and having a hard time reading it but after reading everyone’s posts it seems like a pretty normal thing so I think that I’m going to leave it unti..."

That's probably the best way to go about it! When you get to a certain part, where the last character of the group is introduced, you are going to FLY through this book!! That's how it went in my case~~^^

Tib wrote: "I am all about Nina and Inej! They're dynamic is amazing. [spoilers removed]"

They are amazing indeed!!
(view spoiler)[I loooooved Kaz/Inej!! OTP!! The development was extremely well done and ngl, Matthias/Nina grew on me eventually too and I can safely say this is by far the ONLY series where I love all couples in their own right~ Honestly, I thought they were all well flashed out! Six Of Crows is so extremely PHENOMENAL that it breaks my heart to hear people are not enjoying King Of Scars... (hide spoiler)]

Katie wrote: "I am almost two hundred pages into this book and I am now in love with the series. It took me sometime to get into the book because I didn’t read the other series I can tell you I am loving the six..."

Perfect!!~~ Glad to hear it!!

Extinction wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I am only two chapters in and I am super confused and having a hard time reading it but after reading everyone’s posts it seems like a pretty normal thing so I think that I’m going..."
Here's my thing with KoS...
(view spoiler)[It feels really disjointed compared to Six of Crows. Nina isn't with Nikolai and is having her own story smushed between Nikolai's, which feels like it's being told more from Zoya's POV than his own, and a third plot line is thrown in a little more than half way through the book. The writing is still beautiful and each plot line is interesting in their own right, but they're not feeling like they belong within the same binding. Nina's story feels like a continuation of SoC and Nikolai's/Zoya's feels like a continuation of SaB and I'm wondering when the twain shall meet. I'm also listening to it on audio book and was extremely let down when Lauren Wolfgang is the only narrator for the book. It kind of feels like Nikolai isn't given a voice and Nina's has been taken away. I do like Lauren, but it's a multiple POV with someone else already solidifying the voice for one of the POV characters for me and it's throwing me off a lot too. For me, it's a solid middle between Six of Crows and the Shadow and Bone trilogy.

My friends are also at least a hundred pages behind me because one of them chose Kingdom Hearts over King of Scars (I can't be mad at that but still) and I don't have anyone to really discuss the book in detail and I think I might explode XD (hide spoiler)]

And I think that's the main problem people are having with it.

GUYS I AM NOT OKAY. This book is the first fantasy book I’ve read. Crazy I know.... and wow. I am absolutely loving it. I’ll be finishing today. The Characters are so fleshed out & easy to love. The plot is wonderful too I am SHOOK. Hope you’re all enjoying it 🧡

I just wanna say that I am not starting my reread of this until later in the month (readathons at the moment!) but I AM SO JEALOUS of everyone diving into Ketterdam right now!! Hope you all love it!

Tib wrote: "Here's my thing with KoS..."

Eeeh...what the heck. Certainly the narrative does seem to have a problem..hopefully that changes soon but still...heck... After Six Of Crows this is sad.
And well, Kingdom Hearts is fun XD I remember playing I and II ages ago, religiously. Those were the days~ I was such a diehard fan~
So yeah, can't blame them for that decision.XD

Raven wrote: "GUYS I AM NOT OKAY. This book is the first fantasy book I’ve read. Crazy I know.... and wow. I am absolutely loving it. I’ll be finishing today. The Characters are so fleshed out & easy to love. Th..."

That's not crazy! It's amazing to hear SoC is your first fantasy book!! It's a great gateway into fantasy actually, imo!^^

Common Spence wrote: "I just wanna say that I am not starting my reread of this until later in the month (readathons at the moment!) but I AM SO JEALOUS of everyone diving into Ketterdam right now!! Hope you all love it!"

Honestly? Me too! I didn't get a chance to start a reread yet, but having lots of fun discussing here anyway, haha XD
Katterdam seems to be the best thing that happened to the Grisha universe indeed it seems.XD

I got to page 300. This book is so good. I love Kaz's story.

I finished this book yesterday and I loved it and can’t wait to read the second book. But ugh the ending though.

Katie wrote: "I finished this book yesterday and I loved it and can’t wait to read the second book. But ugh the ending though."

That cliffhanger is sooo bad you just need the next book huh.XD

Yes luckily I went out and bought the book I might start it soon i am currently reading two books but at least I have it.

Finished both Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Anyone have any similar recommendations?

Cozy wrote: "Finished both Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Anyone have any similar recommendations?"

So far, Lies Of Locke Lamora seems to be the best bet. I started it a little while ago (Merphy Napier on YouTube reced it) and you know, so far, pretty good~
Also, God's War by Kameron Hurley. It's an outstanding, dark heist-kind of story, but scifi mixed with fantasy. Highly rec!! I can't wait to get to books two and three of this one!

Cozy wrote: "Finished both Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Anyone have any similar recommendations?"

I'm not sure exactly how similar it will be, but we've just announced our March read will be The Gilded Wolves! It's another heist story set in the "darkly glamorous" world of 1889's Paris and I HOPE it will be lots of fun!

Common Spence wrote: "Cozy wrote: "Finished both Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Anyone have any similar recommendations?"

I'm not sure exactly how similar it will be, but we've just announced our March read will be ..."

In terms of there being a heist, a magic system, and really good character dynamics that's where the similarities lie

Reading it today ONLY because of Booktuber ReadWithCindy.

Honestly? This first chapter is awful.

Am I the only person that likes the Grisha Trilogy? I mean, fair enough I haven't read Six of Crows yet (to be fair I'm very scared that I'm not gonna like it, because it has been so hyped) but I don't think the trilogy is that bad. Obviously it has its flaws, but Shadow and Bone was a debut novel (unless I'm mistaken) and the trilogy was written when all of these "hated" tropes were just becoming tropes. Also, I'm really annoyed how people keep pitching it as a love triangle/square. I'm almost at the end of the second book and honestly I don't see love whatever-figures. Not every male character that smiles with a half smile is a live interest, get a grip people...


(view spoiler)[There is Alina in love with Mal and Mal in love with Alina. She doesn't love the Darling, she is a bit attracted to him. He doesn't love her, he tried to use her, so she falls for him. Nikolai is not in love with Alina, he wants to mary her for power. Alina doesn't love him either. (hide spoiler)]


Anyway, I don't hate the trilogy, I find it entertaining. Maybe it's because I haven't read high fantasy in about two months. I'm excited and terrified for Six of Crows.

Nedelina wrote: "Am I the only person that likes the Grisha Trilogy? I mean, fair enough I haven't read Six of Crows yet (to be fair I'm very scared that I'm not gonna like it, because it has been so hyped) but I d..."

You may change your mind about the Trilogy once you read Six Of Crows. Even people who kept saying they couldn't get into it at first and even dnfed it, did enjoy it once they gave it another chance, in my experience anyway.XD
Do let us know what you think! Very curious to hear your opinion! And don't be scared of the hype. Astonishingly, this is one of those very few cases where it is deserved.

Extinction wrote: "Nedelina wrote: "Am I the only person that likes the Grisha Trilogy? I mean, fair enough I haven't read Six of Crows yet (to be fair I'm very scared that I'm not gonna like it, because it has been ..."

To be honest I started the trilogy just because I wanted to get to Six of Crows and I like reading books in order :D I'll definitely read it before the life show and share what I think. :)