Rule of Wolves
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- Create Date：2021-03-31 02:32:10
- Update Date：2025-09-15
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- Author：Leigh Bardugo
- ISBN：125014230X
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Reviews
Antara
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Absolutely loved this sneak peak。 I can't wait for my pre-order copy and all the goodies that with it。 I believe they just started sending the books out。 Absolutely loved this sneak peak。 I can't wait for my pre-order copy and all the goodies that with it。 I believe they just started sending the books out。 。。。more
Laura
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Unsure if this was fanservise or fandisservice but there's no doubt it was。。。a wreck。 One star for Nikolai and Zoya， another for the Shu-Han plot （surprisingly）。Still waiting for Nikolai's very much deserved book。All in all， what was the reason。 Unsure if this was fanservise or fandisservice but there's no doubt it was。。。a wreck。 One star for Nikolai and Zoya， another for the Shu-Han plot （surprisingly）。Still waiting for Nikolai's very much deserved book。All in all， what was the reason。 。。。more
Fergus
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I never leave online reviews， but I created this account just to give this book five stars because it's been absolutely bizarre to see a bunch of admitted thieves and pirates （the book wasn't available to you yet legally， kids） viciously attack an author because they think they were owed a different narrative。 These Darkling obsessives are immature and embarrassing， and frankly should consider the effect their words might have on people they know in real life who have suffered abusive relationsh I never leave online reviews， but I created this account just to give this book five stars because it's been absolutely bizarre to see a bunch of admitted thieves and pirates （the book wasn't available to you yet legally， kids） viciously attack an author because they think they were owed a different narrative。 These Darkling obsessives are immature and embarrassing， and frankly should consider the effect their words might have on people they know in real life who have suffered abusive relationships。 。。。more
m
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 wow。 what a marvelous end （or should i say， foreseeable end）， to the grishaverse。 so many things were done beautifully， and i feel extremely content with everything that happened in this final installment。 THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS！！ PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION！！——————————first and foremost， i am heartbroken over david， absolutely heartbroken。 WHAT WAS THE REASON？？ my heart aches for genya， and the future she lost。 with this being said， i loved how nikolai， zoya， and the rest of the crew was there wow。 what a marvelous end （or should i say， foreseeable end）， to the grishaverse。 so many things were done beautifully， and i feel extremely content with everything that happened in this final installment。 THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS！！ PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION！！——————————first and foremost， i am heartbroken over david， absolutely heartbroken。 WHAT WAS THE REASON？？ my heart aches for genya， and the future she lost。 with this being said， i loved how nikolai， zoya， and the rest of the crew was there for her。 now moving on to happier topics 。。。。KAZ/CROWS:when kaz appeared？ i screamed for joy。 the kanej teases？ i wanted to cry。 wylan and jesper？？ WESPER MOMENTS ？？ i could not have asked for more。 kaz and nikolai interacting？ wonderful from beginning to end。 and the tease for soc3 。。。。 captain ghafa 。。。 wow。 i am so so happy right now i can’t。ZOYA:zoya has become one of my favorite female characters of all time。 kos did a great job of showing her feelings and thoughts， her history and emotions， but this book really brought it home。 we see her broken and doubtful， just to have her come back stronger than ever。 when she turned into the dragon， i had to put my phone down to take a second。 she is an ICON， a LEGEND， the MOMENT， or dragon QUEEN and now QUEEN OF RAVKA！！ SANKTA ZOYA！！！ i will praise her forever。NIKOLAI & NINA:nikolai and nina were delightful to read as well。 nikolai is such a humorous protagonist， and seeing him lay down everything for his country and zoya was so rewarding。 i actually preferred nina in this book as well。 her chapters better connected to the overall plot， and i enjoyed the relationship that developed further with hanne。overall， i couldn’t have asked for more in the finale of not only a duology， but the grishaverse holistically。 while i invite soc3， i can sleep easy knowing leigh bardugo wrapped up many loose ends in this book。 i will be rerereading the zoyalai chapters， moments， and bits for quite some time。“he was hers， and that was all that mattered。” 。。。more
Daisy Hale
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I was so conflicted about this book and I really don't know how to rate this。 I loved Zoya's arc - it was brilliantly executed and I cried several times reading her scenes。 This was by far my favourite part of the book。 Nikolai's arc was good too， I didn't expect the direction leigh took with it but I really liked it。 Nina's story was amazing and her relationship with Hanne was so sweet， I'd love to read a book just about these two。 Also that twist at the end was so brutal， I cried （again）。There I was so conflicted about this book and I really don't know how to rate this。 I loved Zoya's arc - it was brilliantly executed and I cried several times reading her scenes。 This was by far my favourite part of the book。 Nikolai's arc was good too， I didn't expect the direction leigh took with it but I really liked it。 Nina's story was amazing and her relationship with Hanne was so sweet， I'd love to read a book just about these two。 Also that twist at the end was so brutal， I cried （again）。There were so many things I loved about this book， and the three main characters had very satisfying stories that all made sense for the overall plot。 Why am I conflicted then？ Because this book was packed full of stuff。 It felt draining to read it。 Obviously， I knew going into this story that Leigh had set up a huge conflict for the characters to face， and part of the excitement came from wondering how it was gonna work out in their favor。 To address all the different issues that had to be solved， leigh stuffed so much stuff into this book that it was overflowing。 The book was so fast-paced because of this that you barely had time to breathe at all or to really focus on a conflict or issue that arose。 It was like a character was facing one minor problem related to the overall conflict， then spent a couple of pages dealing with that， and then it was over。 And the narrative moved onto the next thing。 Emotional scenes were still impactful， but leigh failed to spin a convincing narrative of a country in the middle of a war - because the attacks were over so quickly and the character had so much other shit to worry about that it was almost easy to forget that Fjerda was invading them - until they suddenly initiated the next attack。 （view spoiler）[ I was excited to see some cameos from Six of Crows in this book， but it did feel unnatural and forced， unfortunately。 I just can't believe that Ravka's king and commander would just leave the country to go on a mini-heist with the crows just after the Fjerdan's bombed their capital？ Like what？ They couldn't have sent someone less important abroad to procure materials for their weapons？ （hide spoiler）] Overall， I enjoyed reading this， and Zoya's character arc is probably one of the best ones I've ever read。 I just wished the book had been longer （or split into 2 separate books， leigh did have a lot to cover to solve everything）， to allow for some breathing space and to properly flesh out developments。 。。。more
katheroniii
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this book literally isn’t even that bad。 we got zoyalai hea and zoya being the baddie she is！！ hope the darkling and darklina stans choke and d！e。 also we dont need that last line of the book pls。 none of us wants it。
Eva Cadore
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not even one star。
Marghe
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10 out of 5。 iconic， legendary， a masterpiece
Melanie
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 4。5 stars for zoyalai and my other favorites “Overwhelmed by the sudden feeling of being cared for。 Of being cared about。 Of belonging to something larger than herself。“Whatever happens， I’ll find a way out， she vowed。 For both of us。”“I would stay forever if I could，”“Don’t turn away from me。 Anyone but you。”“There was no one else she would trust to see her at her weakest， her most fearful。 Her most monstrous。”“We’re all monsters now， Nikolai。”“We end where we always end，” said Nikolai。 “With w 4。5 stars for zoyalai and my other favorites “Overwhelmed by the sudden feeling of being cared for。 Of being cared about。 Of belonging to something larger than herself。“Whatever happens， I’ll find a way out， she vowed。 For both of us。”“I would stay forever if I could，”“Don’t turn away from me。 Anyone but you。”“There was no one else she would trust to see her at her weakest， her most fearful。 Her most monstrous。”“We’re all monsters now， Nikolai。”“We end where we always end，” said Nikolai。 “With war。”“I will march with you in times of war。 I will rest with you in times of peace。 I will forever be the weapon in your hand， the fighter at your side， the friend who awaits your return。 I have seen your face in the making at the heart of the world and there is no one more beloved， Genya Safin， brave and unbreakable。” The vow rang through the chapel。”“I loved him and he loved me。 When I was … when no one could reach me … he saw me。”“This is what love does。”“Love was the destroyer。 It made mourners， widows， left misery in its wake。 Grief and love were one and the same。 Grief was the shadow love left when it was gone。”“Because I am greedy for the sight of you。 Because the prospect of facing this war， this loss， without you fills me with fear。 Because I find I don’t want to fight for a future if I can’t find a way to make a future with you。”“Then you’ll be branches without blossoms，” he whispered against her hair。 “And you let the rest of us be strong until the summer comes。”“Then we build that future together。”“I would choose you。”“I would give you a crown if I could，” he said。 “I would show you the world from the prow of a ship。 I would choose you， Zoya。 As my general， as my friend， as my bride。 “Love was on the other side and it was terrifying”“Let the Nazyalensky dynasty begin。 All hail the Dragon Queen。”“I suppose that’s why I love you。”“I loved her，” said Nina， stubborn， terrible hope clawing at her heart。 “I love her still。”“She was real， and at least for now， she was his。”“Then I will love her from my grave。”“He was hers， and that was all that mattered。”“This was a different kind of treasure， one she could not believe she’d been lucky enough to find。” 。。。more
mika
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worst book ever i hate lb so much cursing her bl00dline forever for the shit she pulled bringing the darkling back only to torture him for eternity hope the book fl0ps she doesn’t deserve anything。
dipper
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can i mark as read if i just read like 3 chapters in the middle for one specific reason
arwen
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only read the darklina scenes but considering the emotional damage it caused me i think i can add this to my challenge
ece
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alina crumbs carried the book。
Sierra
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This isn't released until tomorrow yet， I found a copy at the grocery store today。 How？Anywho， I bought if anyways。 Since who wouldn't。 But as I was walking out of the store I got an email about the King of Scars box from Beacon Book Box saying that isn't shipping out until around my birthday in the middle of July。 So at least I have a copy to read until then。 This isn't released until tomorrow yet， I found a copy at the grocery store today。 How？Anywho， I bought if anyways。 Since who wouldn't。 But as I was walking out of the store I got an email about the King of Scars box from Beacon Book Box saying that isn't shipping out until around my birthday in the middle of July。 So at least I have a copy to read until then。 。。。more
Andreea Havilliard
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4。5⭐️Rule of wolves is the amazing finale to the legendary Grishaverse🥲At first I thought I wasn’t gonna like the ending but it really surprised me in a good way。Some new couples are introduced here and I don’t think I am truly fine with one of them because my heart will always belong to the events of Crooked Kingdom。⚠️Possible spoilers？idk？⚠️I LOVED that we got to see some old characters if you know what I mean😉IT WAS SOO GOOD SEEING THEM AGAIN🥲。 BUT I didn’t like that those 2 characters，you kn 4。5⭐️Rule of wolves is the amazing finale to the legendary Grishaverse🥲At first I thought I wasn’t gonna like the ending but it really surprised me in a good way。Some new couples are introduced here and I don’t think I am truly fine with one of them because my heart will always belong to the events of Crooked Kingdom。⚠️Possible spoilers？idk？⚠️I LOVED that we got to see some old characters if you know what I mean😉IT WAS SOO GOOD SEEING THEM AGAIN🥲。 BUT I didn’t like that those 2 characters，you know I and mostly everyone hates， were in this book。（spoilers over）‼️The begging of this book was not so good in my opinion but the story DEFINITELY got better and I enjoyed it a lot。Also， Leigh really tricked us at a certain scene like。。。😀😀Chapter 48 made me kinda sad， I wasn’t really expecting that。 Ughhh I really wish to tell you more but this book isn’t even out yet so I can’t spoil anything bc no one has read it。I CAN’T BELIVE THE GRISHAVERSE IS OVER。🥲🥲🥲（I know leigh said we MIGHT get SoC 3 but I feel like that will kinda ruin everything😅）Overall， I thought this was a good finale to this amazing series and maybe I’ll post a spoilery review after a while。 。。。more
rumaysa
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giving this book 5 stars even tho i havent read it :）
Janani（ஜனனி）⁷
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29/03/2021: my body and soul is ready for this
Erin Clements
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SAMPLER eARC provided by Netgalley。I received a sampler eARC from Netgalley（！！！！！） and it was amazing。 I can't wait to read the full book。 So excited！！！ SAMPLER eARC provided by Netgalley。I received a sampler eARC from Netgalley（！！！！！） and it was amazing。 I can't wait to read the full book。 So excited！！！ 。。。more
ali
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this book tied up all the lose ends and it gives you satisfaction while leaving you hungry for more。 I love this book with my whole heart。 there were scenes that I loved so much， but I won’t spoil anything。 it may not be a perfect book and you should have a wide knowledge on the grishaverse vocabulary （I was missing a glossary with all the different words tbh。。。） but honestly？ I got what I wanted and my heart is full。 loved it。
talia ♡
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i know i gas up my local （and my beloved。。。） B&N a lot。。。BUT！！ they deserve all the praise in the world （especially for putting up with my annoying bookworm ass）。。。。i just called and they were able to reserve the B&N Exclusive copy of this book for me （ready for pickup on tuesday！！） even though it's completely sold out 😭😭😭the greatest love story ever told is the one between Me x All the employees （angels） at B&N [REDACTED] i know i gas up my local （and my beloved。。。） B&N a lot。。。BUT！！ they deserve all the praise in the world （especially for putting up with my annoying bookworm ass）。。。。i just called and they were able to reserve the B&N Exclusive copy of this book for me （ready for pickup on tuesday！！） even though it's completely sold out 😭😭😭the greatest love story ever told is the one between Me x All the employees （angels） at B&N [REDACTED] 。。。more
Urwa
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hmmm this book was super chaotic， didn't really enjoy it。 Pretty much read like fanfiction。 The characters seemed like mere shadows of their former selves。 I absolutely loved King of Scars， but this left me feeling unsatisfied。 Nina's storyline was proly the most interesting， but its conclusion was pretty yikes。Still don't get the point of bringing back the darkling。 Bardugo needs to decide if he is a villain or a man worth saving。 Did enjoy all the cameos。 It was nice to go back to those charac hmmm this book was super chaotic， didn't really enjoy it。 Pretty much read like fanfiction。 The characters seemed like mere shadows of their former selves。 I absolutely loved King of Scars， but this left me feeling unsatisfied。 Nina's storyline was proly the most interesting， but its conclusion was pretty yikes。Still don't get the point of bringing back the darkling。 Bardugo needs to decide if he is a villain or a man worth saving。 Did enjoy all the cameos。 It was nice to go back to those characters。 （view spoiler）[ i will despise Bardugo till my last breath for killing off David。。。 （hide spoiler）]Betcha in 5 years， Bardugo becomes the next jkr/cassie clare/sjm。。。 。。。more
Jennifer
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This was overall a fun read！The story got a little messy and caught up in certain parts but despite the bigger page count I never ever felt bored。And while I am still not a fan of the sheer amount of POVs and the constant back and forth it was much easier to read past them this time around with my expectations leveled。This may not have been the Nikolai duology I had expected， but it nevertheless was an emotional and enjoyable journey with great characters I have come to love。Side note: My preord This was overall a fun read！The story got a little messy and caught up in certain parts but despite the bigger page count I never ever felt bored。And while I am still not a fan of the sheer amount of POVs and the constant back and forth it was much easier to read past them this time around with my expectations leveled。This may not have been the Nikolai duology I had expected， but it nevertheless was an emotional and enjoyable journey with great characters I have come to love。Side note: My preorder unexpectedly arrived a little early which is why I already got to read it a couple days before release。 。。。more
lea
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because zoyalai
Jenn
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If you're a book nerd， you'll appreciate the perks you get from working at a book store。 You get tons of free advanced copies of new books。 You get free audiobooks from @librofm 。 And you can get new releases a few days early and devour them。 As I did with this one。A while ago， I picked up King of Scars because it sounded good and I'd heard good things about the author。 I had no idea that it was part of this other， bigger， universe。 So， I checked and I had read the first book， Shadow and Bone。 I If you're a book nerd， you'll appreciate the perks you get from working at a book store。 You get tons of free advanced copies of new books。 You get free audiobooks from @librofm 。 And you can get new releases a few days early and devour them。 As I did with this one。A while ago， I picked up King of Scars because it sounded good and I'd heard good things about the author。 I had no idea that it was part of this other， bigger， universe。 So， I checked and I had read the first book， Shadow and Bone。 I had liked it， but， for some reason， never continued。 So， I amassed the entire series and went straight through。 I saved King of Scars for earlier this month so I would be ready for Rule if Wolves and read it right away。 Y'all。 😍😍😍This book is SO good。 I'm not going to do a mini summary， but this is the second of the King of Scars duology and number 7 in the Grishaverse as a whole。 You should read them in order。 Rule of Wolves would be SUCH a good ending to this entire series， but there will be more！ I can say， without spoilers， that halfway through this one broke my heart。 But the last 50 it so pages had me grinning like a madwoman。 Also， I HATE reading battle scenes。 Seriously， I usually heavily skim those。 But I read every single word here， it was that good。 So， run， don't walk， to your nearest independent book store and pick up or order this one。 You won't be disappointed。 。。。more
Alejandra
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this book comes out in 2 days and in days I will not be able to function
hallo2isa
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The last page killed me。 ♥
Alizée
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I was so excited for this book and it was worth the wait！Leigh has said that this is the last book in the grishaverse for now but the ending leaves things open and possibilities for further books。The thing I liked most about this is of course the characters and the world。I like reading all of the pov's， even the ones I enjoyed a little less in the last book and read this pretty fast even though it's a big book。I liked the representation of lgbtq+ （nina ofc but also some other new rep that hasn't I was so excited for this book and it was worth the wait！Leigh has said that this is the last book in the grishaverse for now but the ending leaves things open and possibilities for further books。The thing I liked most about this is of course the characters and the world。I like reading all of the pov's， even the ones I enjoyed a little less in the last book and read this pretty fast even though it's a big book。I liked the representation of lgbtq+ （nina ofc but also some other new rep that hasn't been in any gv books） and that leigh decided to go more into detail about where zoya is from and what she looks like， being a poc。And now to spoilers。（view spoiler）[ do not keep reading if you don't want to be spoiled。Aaah I can't believe leigh decided to kill of david I'm so sad。 I really believed him and genya were my safe ship。 I also feel like his death should've had a bigger impact on the story， like that they needed his skill but also missed him so much。 I was a little confused by the darklings role in this book， I wanted him to have a bigger role if he was already back but I guess he got his "redemption"？ And ofc， SoC being my favorite book i LOVED the appearance of all the crows， seeing kaz interact with jesper and wylan made me want to reread the books immediately and nina mentioning the crows a few times felt very good。 （hide spoiler）]I just finished this so my thoughts on everything might still change and I have a lot more thoughts than I wrote here but for now this is a solid 4/5 for me。 。。。more
Laura
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I was going to wait until it was officially the book's release date， but I need to vent now。 Ms Bardugo， if this duology is meant to focus on Nikolai and Zoya， then please let it focus on them！ It is known far and wide， across social media， how you truly feel about The Darkling， but that doesn't mean you can bend others to your way of thinking and feeling。 If you dislike him that much， why bring him back just to sh#t all over him again？ You knew how much of a fan base he had， but it seems like y I was going to wait until it was officially the book's release date， but I need to vent now。 Ms Bardugo， if this duology is meant to focus on Nikolai and Zoya， then please let it focus on them！ It is known far and wide， across social media， how you truly feel about The Darkling， but that doesn't mean you can bend others to your way of thinking and feeling。 If you dislike him that much， why bring him back just to sh#t all over him again？ You knew how much of a fan base he had， but it seems like you brought him back just for the purpose of chastising said fans for liking him。 That is a very cheap and dirty play on an authors part。。。not to mention disrespecting a large part of your fans like that。 As for Alina。。。why？ I had to re-read her passages twice over because I thought I was reading about a different character and her name was just a typo。 And another thing。。。why does Alina get 'punished' for having power and abilites and have to be a nanny in an orphanage， while Mary Sue Zoya gets all the powers and is rewarded for it？ Why is it bad for a female to want 'more' as Alina， but celebrated with Zoya？ The point is you did your previous characters dirty in this book and they should have been left out so the focus could be others！ On a leaving note， I abhor when authors attempt to 'herd' their readers to a certain way of thinking。 You think your being progressive， but your writing comes over as preachy and pushy taking the reader out of the flow of the story because it's so glaring every time you insert your own opinions and social outlook。 Maybe it would be best to let readers make up their own minds。。。most of us are adults and don't need to be lectured through narrative about what is 'good' and what is 'bad'。 I assure you， we can think for ourselves。 。。。more
katie b
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 THIS WAS A GOOD BOOK！！ the fact that so many people wanted darklina to be endgame so badly that it ruined the whole book for them is very concerning。 i really enjoyed this and i love all of the characters sosososo much <3
Abigail Miles
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