King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo is a fantasy series that I am super excited to read, as it is all about Nikolai!! I am just finishing up the Grisha Verse as we speak. Getting right back into this world would be really amazing. Especially since it is a duology featuring Nikolai!! So excited for this!
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Title: King of ScarsAuthor: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Imprint
Publication Date: January 29, 2019
Face your demons... or feed them.
The boy king. The war hero. The prince with a demon curled inside his heart. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. The people of Ravka don't know what he endured in their bloody civil war and he intends to keep it that way. Yet with each day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built.
Zoya Nazyalensky has devoted her life to honing her deadly talents and rebuilding the Grisha army. Despite their magical gifts, Zoya knows the Grisha cannot survive without Ravka as a place of sanctuary—and Ravka cannot survive a weakened king. Zoya will stop at nothing to help Nikolai secure the throne, but she also has new enemies to conquer in the battle to come.
Far north, Nina Zenik wages her own kind of war against the people who would see the Grisha wiped from the earth forever. Burdened by grief and a terrifying power, Nina must face the pain of her past if she has any hope of defeating the dangers that await her on the ice.
Ravka's king. Ravka's general. Ravka's spy. They will journey past the boundaries of science and superstition, of magic and faith, and risk everything to save a broken nation. But some secrets aren't meant to stay buried, and some wounds aren't meant to heal.
Book Quotes: King of Scars
The monster is me and I am the monster.
Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.
About Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling and USA Today bestselling author of the Six of Crows Duology and the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, as well as the upcoming Wonder Woman: Warbringer (Aug 2017) and The Language of Thorns (Sept 2017).
She was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University. These days, she lives and writes in Hollywood where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band.
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I’m so excited about this one as well, because I thought Nikolai was one of the most interesting characters in her Grisha trilogy. And the cover is amaaazing!
Right?! I love that cover! 🙂
I really need to get on the Leigh Bardugo train. This book sounds so good! Thanks for sharing!
I really enjoy her writing. I hope that you enjoy the books if you do try them. 🙂
Thanks for the heads up on this duology. Just added to my TBR.
I hope that you love it! 🙂
Sounds like it will be a great read.
Wow, I guess I really need to get busy on this author’s books!
Yassss! I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. 2019 is gonna be amazing!
It really is!! I think that this is my first 2019 WoW. lol
I suppose I should dip my toes in the Grishaverse one of these days! 🙂
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This sounds like my kind of story, and MAN THAT COVER! I bet it is stunning in person!
I don’t know this series. I will have to check it out. Great pick!
Mary
I’m so excited about this one! Nikolai was my favourite in the Grisha series
I can’t wait to read this book! It’s one of my highly anticipated reads of 2019!
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