King of Scars

while it started slow, it was nice to visit the world again.

the characters were well thought out and old characters grew. Zoya had a deep level of depth I didn't foresee. Nikolai and Zoya banter was on point. And Nina was brilliant, as always but seeing her grow from Six of Crows was great.

I would have loved to see more internal emotions from Nikolai as he battles his monster, but that's my only issue with the book.

a simple enough plot, but the Characters drove this story. the twist at the end I foresaw, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.