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This has found me at the most perfect time four years ago and I still think about it. Time for a reread!

I caved, reading the book didn’t help. I‘m rewatching Heated Rivalry for a third time in two days.

The chokehold this show, and especially Ilya, has on me is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I watched the show two days ago and was about to start my third rewatch back-to-back before I realized how insane that would be. So, I bought the books.

Why did I always think this book was about actual mice and the Second World War?

I am BEYOND excited to finally have the time to read this. I loved Six of Crows, but I’ve been craving to read more about the Shadow and Bone characters and Ravka.

On a side note: I refuse to die until we get a book about Inej and her ship.

This might be the worst book I’ve read since The Spanish Love Deception. I hate all the characters AND the writing style.

I saw a spoiler and I am getting closer to that chapter and … I don’t want to read that, so now I am in a reading slump

This duology just got INFINITELY better

First „I protect my investments.“ than „Maybe I liked your stupid face.“ and now „Meeting you was a disaster.“ The men in this duology really know how to communicate their feelings, huh?

On a more serious note: Nina and Matthias are so freaking adorable.

It’s always „wyd“ and never „I would come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together - knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.“

Kanej is such a power couple because What do you mean he spins her around so he can cut the rope, throws the knife trusting she’ll catch it, and kneels to pick the lock on her shackles while she takes out one of their enemies by throwing that same knife?????

2:24 a.m., I am done 🥲

I LOVE NINA ZENIK !!!

You know it’s a good slow burn when the book is almost done and they just touched for the first time (my scream woke my napping cat).

Matthias „Nina is everything you say. It’s too much.“
Inej „Maybe you’re just not enough.“
I CAME FOR JESPER AND KAZ BUT KNOW THAT I STAYED FOR NINA AND INEJ

Jesper was my favorite character in the Netflix adaptation, so I thought he would also be my favorite in the book. But so far, I absolutely love Nina. I had read the „it’s not natural for women to fight.“ „it’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet here you stand“ line about a million times on Pinterest and Tiktok, and still I burst out laughing. I love Nina. I also love Inej.

I just realized there are people who only read Six of Crows and skip Shadow and Bone/King of Scars … meaning there are people who don’t know who Nikolai is and don’t get the small references in Six of Crows and how brilliant Nikolai is

The eyeball scene … and they say romance is dead

JUST CAME ACROSS THE ICONIC „I protect my investments.“ LINE AND IT‘S EVEN FUNNIER THAN I THOUGHT 💀 Kaz really is a flirt, huh?

Kaz Brekker >>> all the men in Shadow and Bone, INCLUDING Nikolai, there I said it

„You’re a blackmailer-“ „I broker information.“ „A con artist-" „I create opportunity.“
I REALLY HOPE KAZ AND NIKOLAI MEET EACH OTHER 💀

Made the mistake of asking ChatGPT if Kerch was inspired by the Netherlands, and now I can’t stop picturing Kez as Max Verstappen

„I would’ve been different too, without you. Weaker, reckless. Afraid of the dark. BUT NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT I WAS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN YOURS. You are all I ever wanted. You are the whole of my heart.“

THIS FANDOM IS SLEEEEEPING ON MAL !!!!! Nikolai is funny and all but MALLLLL?! I am so in love! „YOU’RE MY FLAG! YOU‘RE MY NATION!“ HE‘S IS IT!

I AM GOBSMACKED WHAT TF JUST HAPPENED?! I never expected this

Unrelated side note: I lost all my sympathy for The Darkling

I brought this with me to the beach and I deeply regret it bc it’s so beautifully written I want to highlight every other sentence but can’t without sunscreen or water or sand getting on it and ruining the pages of this book I clearly underestimated

HOW is this HORRIBLE book actually pulling me out of a reading slump??? It’s so bad yet I look forward to reading it