Just Finished My Crooked Kingdom Re-read And Its So Bittersweet. Words Cannot Express How Much I Love

Just finished my crooked kingdom re-read and it’s so bittersweet. Words cannot express how much I love this duology and these characters, they’ll hold a special place in my heart forever. No mourners 🖤

Kaz Brekker and Nikolai Lantsov are two sides of the same coin

It is the best book ever written and no one can convince me otherwise

Does anyone else just sit and think about the fact that Six of Crows is literally the perfect book?

Like, we have a morally grey character who's actually morally grey and has a real reason to push people away other than "once I killed someone in self defense, so I'm a terrible person and we can't be together." And every other character has a super fleshed out backstory as well, including real world problems that don't usually get talked about in fantasy books.

There's just as heavy an emphasis on platonic love as romantic love, instead of "I can fix him", it's "he can fix himself", there's a gay couple that's actually happy and not suffering every five pages, and all of the gay characters have personality traits outside of the fact that they're gay.

And speaking of the romance, it's so not rushed or sexualized. No one even kisses in the first book, but it's still so obvious how much they love each other. Each couple has such a different dynamic, and the way their pasts mirror each other? Perfection. (I also firmly believe that Kanej is the best couple in all of YA prove me wrong)

And then the diversity??? 3/7 of the lead characters are POCs, 4/7 are queer, 3 have disabilities, 2 have addictions, 2 have PTSD, 2 are religious, one was raised in a cult, and it's not one of those books that has diverse characters just for the sake of being diverse!

The plot is so unique, especially among fantasy books, and despite the fact that there's so many moving parts, there is not a single plot hole. And the CK auction scene will forever be one of the best end of series climaxes I have ever read.

So basically I don't get why other authors even try anymore cause I'm sorry but no matter how great their books are, it's not going to be Six of Crows.

😭😭🩷

skin to skin💫💕

They’re the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen and I can’t get over the fact I’m not getting them

The owlcrate special adsom edition reminding me that I'm too poor to spend money on physical books nowadays lmao

The idea of Kanej, and a little playful nonchalant shoulder bump. Like when Kaz said, "My darling, Inej, treasure of my heart," or when he says, "my little Suli idealist," he just bumps his shoulder with hers lightly. It happens so seamlessly they don't even realize it.