Characters are complex, flawed, and sometimes responsible for some of the worst violence. As with Six of Crows, the content is consistently mature and a better fit for mature teen readers - high schoolers, not middle schoolers. Parents need to know that Leigh Bardugo's Crooked Kingdom, the follow-up to the riveting Six of Crows, is related to her Grisha trilogy, but you can read Six of Crows and this sequel without reading the other series first. Plenty of stories of the misfortunes of the main characters in their past include nearly being strangled to death, watching family members die, being beaten working in a brothel and losing connection to your own body while working there, being psychologically tortured as a young soldier, being sold as a slave.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide.

A woman falls to her death with talk of another dangled over a ledge, then killed for information. Corpses turn zombie-like or are taken out of morgues. Explosions injure people, and a pandemic causes panic. They are also shot at repeatedly and pelted with knives and throwing stars (one time on a high wire with no net). Main characters take some truly bloody beatings (killing some in the process, including a man with broken nails in his windpipe).

A torture scene includes a mallet that almost shatters a leg. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets-a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.Some gory moments, the worst being a gunshot in an eye socket: 'he blast didn't just take her eye but most of the top of her skull.' An important character is shot and killed. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive.

When you can’t beat the odds, change the game. Now in paperback with a brand-new exclusive piece of art, an interview with Leigh Bardugo and a sneak peek of her next book.

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.Ĭrooked Kingdom is the #1 New York Times-bestselling Book Two in the Six of Crows Duology.

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