Rule of Wolves

When I wrote my review for King of Scars I kept it spoiler free but I can't write this review without spoilers so if you haven't read this duology yet I highly recommend you skip this review. From here on is going to contain major spoilers for both books.

Just like in the first book we get multiple POVs with the main ones being Nikolai, Zoya and Nina again but we also get some other POVs throughout. Also once again this book is a bit slow going for the majority of the book. It wasn't until things started happening that it became action packed and fast paced. I'm happy to say that I continued to love Zoya in this book. I didn't like her in the Shadow & Bone trilogy at all. Her character started growing on me in King of Scars and by the end of this book she became a favorite and someone I could root for. Nikolai and Nina are their same old amazing selves. It wasn't until I was reading this book that I realized how very similar Nikolai and Kaz are. I didn't really notice this until one of my buddy read partners pointed it out and after that it became so obvious. 

This is where things are going to get very spoilery. At the end of King of Scars we learn that the Darkling has come back. I said in my review that I wasn't expecting it and it was definitely shocking but I felt like it was a huge set back in the overall Grishaverse stories. I was so worried about how he was going to play a part in this book. Here's the thing I had had enough of the Darkling by the time the Grisha trilogy ended so I absolutely hated that he was back. What I hated even more was getting his POV in this book. Luckily it was only a handful of chapters but every time his chapters came around I just got mad. I was so worried that he was going to be the one to save the day in the end like she was trying to write a redemption story for the Darkling and I just wasn't having it. And what happens in the end? He ends up playing a part in saving them. I loved everything about this story aside from the Darklings part which is really affecting the way I feel about this book. 

The book wraps up the story nicely but it does end on a cliffhanger. I loved seeing how things ended for everyone and that all pretty much went the way I was hoping but I wish Hanne didn't have to pretend to be someone else they deserved better than that. Overall this duology is probably going to be my least favorite of the Grishaverse books but I am happy that I read them and I would totally read more books with these characters just please no more Darkling. !!