Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy.

“We’re not helpless. Novels are full of ragtag bands facing impossible odds.”

The final book of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse series, Rule of Wolves, follows Nikolai, the king of a war-torn nation who is also kind of possessed, Zoya, a general trying to deal with personal identity and loyalties, and Nina, who I can’t tell you about without giving major spoilers for the other books in the series. I know a lot of people who didn’t like the King of Scar/Rule of Wolves duology as much as the other books, but it’s one of my favorites. I can’t recommend this entire series enough. Characters from the other series in this universe meet, and I cannot tell you how much joy it gave me to see Nikolai interact with Jesper, a sharpshooter criminal with a gambling problem central to the Six of Crows duology.