Six teenagers crushed under the heel of capitalism seek their fortunes by dabbling in human trafficking. Astounding depth of character and relationships, intricate bait-and-switch plot that demands re-reading and lengthy analysis until you are banned by your sister from mentioning Six of Crows in conversation. Also very earnestly my favourite romantic relationship in fiction: the diabolical situationship that is Kaz and Inej.

I’m bumping this up to five stars on my re-read. And to think I was so close to writing this off as an overhyped Tiktok YA fantasy. How thematically relevant for a book about being underestimated!

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Original review from Oct 2023:

Literally so good and for what reason? It’s inconceivable to me that the same author wrote Shadow & Bone.
I love you Inej <3