King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
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lightreadsKing of Scars
3/5. A book in her Grishaverse, set after the Shadow and Bone trilogy (bleh, boring, avoid) and the Six of Crows books (much better, worth it if you like that kind of YA). About a young king possessed by a demon and also a spy mission in enemy territory undercovering a trafficking operation, also some understated YA romance stuff.
So, confession, I have been working my way through some stuff that has been on my TBR for a long time by way of a random number generator. Very booktube of me, I know. It’s actually helpful, though. In this case, helpful in solidifying that I’m still not in the YA place, even pretty “old” YA like this. Technically this would be new adult under the latest made up marketing gimmick, I believe. This is complexly written, with a lot going on, but I was only ever vaguely interested. Mostly, I just kept laughing out loud whenever the book reminded me, as it did periodically, that all these people – these soldiers and spies and heads of state, all collectively managing a war and a nation – are eighteen years old. It would be less funny if there were any actual adults in this book that aren’t irrelevant or evil, but there aren’t. Yeah yeah, I know, it’s part of the fantasy of YA. Doesn’t mean it isn’t funny.
Content notes: Trafficking, imprisonment, forced childbearing
3/5. A book in her Grishaverse, set after the Shadow and Bone trilogy (bleh, boring, avoid) and the Six of Crows books (much better, worth it if you like that kind of YA). About a young king possessed by a demon and also a spy mission in enemy territory undercovering a trafficking operation, also some understated YA romance stuff.
So, confession, I have been working my way through some stuff that has been on my TBR for a long time by way of a random number generator. Very booktube of me, I know. It’s actually helpful, though. In this case, helpful in solidifying that I’m still not in the YA place, even pretty “old” YA like this. Technically this would be new adult under the latest made up marketing gimmick, I believe. This is complexly written, with a lot going on, but I was only ever vaguely interested. Mostly, I just kept laughing out loud whenever the book reminded me, as it did periodically, that all these people – these soldiers and spies and heads of state, all collectively managing a war and a nation – are eighteen years old. It would be less funny if there were any actual adults in this book that aren’t irrelevant or evil, but there aren’t. Yeah yeah, I know, it’s part of the fantasy of YA. Doesn’t mean it isn’t funny.
Content notes: Trafficking, imprisonment, forced childbearing
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Date: 2023-07-08 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-09 01:07 am (UTC)Yeah, though there's usually a crusty mentor floating around somewhere. Or everyone is not quite so, you know, an age ending in teen.