Rule of Wolves delivers on every level, including a magnificently slow-burn f-f romance. “Maybe the gift of being human is that we do not give up- even when all hope is lost.” Leigh Bardugo

Get ready for intrigue, deception, and heart-stopping risks, and not only from Nina -who’s at the Ice Court of all places! There will be more than one reckoning *victory fist punch* but prepare for heart-cracked-open feels, too. And if you’re thinking heist? You’re spot on! But there’s more, and your heart will swoon - I’m talking Alina and Mal (although their appearances are short), and ALL the Nina Zenik your heart could wish for! Rule of Wolves is a glory of perfectly executed multiple points of view, gliding smoothly between chapters told from Nikolai, Zoya, and Nina’s perspectives. For the die-hard Grishaverse fans *hold on to your keftas* because Kaz Brekker, Jesper Fahey, and Wylan Van Eck make a quick cameo. For those who’ve rooted for Nikolai since his Sturmhond days, this is it - his hero journey, even more so than King of Scars. The battles are greater and the stakes sky-high, and from page one, the pace moves at a clip. “I have to spend them somewhere.” Leigh BardugoĮverything’s bigger in Rule of Wolves. “I have a surplus of bad ideas,” said Nikolai. Yup, Ravka’s stuck between a rock (Shu Han) and a hard place (Fjerda). Oh, and Shu Han’s war-hungry queen is dead-set on kicking off an all-out war with Nikolai Lanstov. No one knows where it came from, but it seems connected to the Fold, and so the PR for Ravka is… not good. A new blight is indiscriminately wiping out farmland, small towns, and people. The Fjerdans, together with the Apparat - do we love to hate the dude, or do we just hate him? - claim they’ve got the true heir to Ravka’s throne, cloistered away at the Ice Court.

The rumors of King Nikolai’s less-than royal parentage just won’t be quashed. We’re back in Ravka, and Ravka is on the brink of war.

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