The only possible negative I can think of right now is that this world is so rich and detailed that there is a lot to learn once you’re thrown into it, which can make the beginning feel a little slow. But I’ll talk more about that in a minute.įirst, I want to start with any negatives I can come up with. It has the same gritty fantasy setting, filled with smart criminal characters who are forced to team up, except I would argue that these characters are a little less morally gray then the crows. If you're a fan of Six of Crows, this might be the book for you. Because of that, I definitely have really high expectations for Into the Crooked Place, but so far, it seems to be meeting them! When I read To Kill A Kingdom last year, I never expected to love it as much as I did, and it became one of my all time favorites.

Into the Crooked Place is one of my most anticipated releases of the year. It is (well, the 100-something pages I read are!) So don't take me putting this down as 'temporary dnf' as a sign that this book isn't good. I really want to pick it back up again! But when I do, I want to give it my full attention so I can love it as much as I was when I first started it I'm only marking this as a temporary DNF because I started it years ago, was loving it, but then got hit by a bad slump and put it down. But with enemies at all sides, they can trust nobody. Now these four magical outsiders must come together to save their home and the world, before it’s too late. Karam, a warrior who spends her days watching over the city’s worst criminals and her nights in the fighting rings, making a deadly name for herself.Īnd Saxony, a resistance fighter hiding from the very people who destroyed her family, and willing to do whatever it takes to get her revenge.Įverything in their lives is going to plan, until Tavia makes a crucial mistake: she delivers a vial of dark magic-a weapon she didn’t know she had-to someone she cares about, sparking the greatest conflict in decades. After growing up on streets hungry enough to swallow the weak whole, he won’t stop until he has brought the entire realm to kneel before him. Wesley, the closest thing Creije has to a gangster. She’ll do anything to put her crimes behind her. Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive. Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom.

The crooked kingdom series