Six of Crows has a solid plot, great action, impressive world building, and a well constructed heist that pays off fantastically, but it is the characters that really make this book stand out from the crowd. No Funerals', but everyone else cares about the consequences and will make their own decisions accordingly.

Kaz Brekker may not care about consequences, urging his team on with the mantra 'No mourners. It's the reason why Kaz Brekker and his team were hired, they will do the things that nobody else will do in order to get the job done, and not only do these actions make for excellent reading, but so does the fallout from these actions. From playing dead amongst a barge of plague ridden bodies, to some graphic torture involving eyeball relocation, Bardugo / Dirtyhands does not shy away from the darkness of violence when something needs to be done. There is some melodrama to accompany teen romance, but that pales in comparison to the dark and gritty things Kaz and his team do in pursuit of their goals. Six of Crows is heavily marketed towards Young Adult, but don't let that put you off. Kaz knows he can put together the right team for the job, but the question is whether or not he can keep them from killing each other long enough to complete the job.

It's an impossible job, the consequences are beyond the darkest of nightmares, but the rewards are beyond the wildest of dreams.

Kaz is kidnapped by impossible people and offered an impossible job - break into Fjerda's Ice Court and retrieve the package. The story follows Kaz Brekker, thief, con-man, gang leader, the man known throughout Ketterdam as Dirtyhands because there is no job too dirty for him. Prior reading of her Grisha trilogy is not required as Six of Crows is a novel set in entirely different locations with all new characters but, as with most new series set in an established universe, your reading of this book may be enhanced if you have read the other books. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is the first book of a new series set within her Grisha universe (or Grishaverse as it has been termed elsewhere).