Rule Of Wolves - Blog Posts
I have just finished rules of wolves and i loved it (maybe later i will do a list of my favorite things in the book) but, we can talk about the final line?
"Take a message to the crow club." she said. "Tell Kaz Brekker that the Queen of Ravka has a job for him"
If this isn't a preview for a third book of the crows, I don't know what is.
Post-canon!AU, where Alexander remained alive and accidentally wandered into an exhibition dedicated to the Lantsov dynasty, and, driven by a feeling of nostalgia, looks around. There are exhibits of Nikolai's diaries/letters, which Alexander reads, especially those addressed to him
It's been a long time since my artist friend and I decided to make a collab and it's finally finished ✨
Unfortunately he's not on tumblr, but I'll leave links:
Telegram
Also only Nikolai
With the shadow and bone trailer being leaked and my rule of wolves book being delivered Leigh Bardugo has completely overrun my morning
As always Leigh delivering the most beautiful books
I have to say it's a lot bigger than I expected! I ordered from indigo so I got the bonus content and a poster too! I think I'll have to reread King of Scars because I don't remember anything but Hanne selective memory I guess
🛑Rule of Wolves Spoilerrr🛑
The line in Rule of Wolves that goes something like she picked you Zoya, not me, not Kaz Brekker has the same energy as Ron saying it’s you that has to go on not me not Hermione youuuu
How is Florence+ the Machine so very Adam Parrish, but also so very Nina Zenik. They are so opposite they’re hardly the same species
I read the soc duology before the sab trilogy and when sturmhond showed up I didn't know who he was so I was like why is this minor character being so extra and then I read siege and storm I was like ohhhh 😭😭😭
Imagine if Aelin Galathyniys met Nikolai Lantsov.
I don't even know where to start.
has anyone asked Leigh Bardugo on her inspiration for Sturmhond yet because if it’s not Captain Jack Sparrow then I don’t know what is.
- They both have to keep correcting people on their title
- They’re both “pirates” who do good things
- They’re both witty and somewhat cunning but extremely charming
- The first POTC movie is literally the first place where I’ve seen the whole “Impossible - not probable” exchange
- They’re both weirdly lucky in how their “crazy” ideas and plans always seem to work out
Please don’t tell me I’m the only one who’s noticed this
No cause I need the Crows to meet up again after the events of rule of wolves. They come back, Wylan and Jesper are rich and married and own a cat named Tim. Inej is a highly respected pirate with 200 times her weight in kruger, NINA IS THE QUEEN OF FJERDA WITH A DOPE ASS TRANS HUSBAND, and Kaz is still alive.
women about men Nikolai Lantsov
with red flags about Ravka
🤝
"I can fix him"
Why is everyone talking about soc3 my anxiety CANNOT- "what if leigh pulls a no mourners, too many funerals and kaz is the only one left" or "what if kaz sacrifices himself for the others" or "what if wesper get separated" or "what if nina turns bad" or- Y'ALL NEED TO STOP MANIFESTING THIS SHIT😭😭😭
Kanej as Taylor Swift songs~
•Cowboy like me
"I've got some tricks up my sleeve, takes one to know one."
"You're a cowboy like me, never wanted love, just a fancy car."
"Perched in the dark, telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear."
"You're a bandit like me, eyes full of stars. Hustling for the good life, never thought I'd meet you here."
"And the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to mess this up."
"Forever is the sweetest con."
"And I'm never gonna love again."
•Treacherous
"Put your lips close to mine, as long as they don't touch."
"And I'll do anything you say, if you say it with your hands."
"This path is reckless, this slope is treacherous. I like it."
"Your name has echoed through my mind, and I just think you should, think you should know."
"Nothing safe is worth the drive, and I will follow you, follow you home."
•Willow
"Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife."
"The more that you say, the less I know. Wherever you stray, I follow."
"I'm begging for you to take my hand."
"Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in, as if you were a mythical thing."
"Wait for the signal, and I'll meet you after dark. Show me the places where the others gave you scars.
•State of grace
"And I never saw you coming, and I'll never be the same."
"You come around and the armor falls."
"So you were never a saint, and I've loved in shades of wrong."
"We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts."
"This is the worthwhile fight. Love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right."
"These are the hands of faith, you're my Achilles heel."
•Peace
"I never had the courage of my convictions, as long as danger is near."
"And it's just around the corner darling, 'cause it lives in me. No, I could never give you peace."
"All these people think love's for show, but I die for you in secret."
"The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me."
"It's like I'm wasting your honour."
"Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other."
"I'd give you my sunshine, give you my best. But the rain is always gonna come, when you're standing with me."
"Would it be enough, if I could never give you peace?"
•Untouchable
"Untouchable like a distant diamond sky. I'm reaching out and I just can't tell you why."
"And when you're close, I feel like coming undone."
"You gotta come on, come on. Say that we'll be together."
•Jump then fall
"I realise your laugh is the best sound I have ever heard."
"I like the way I can't keep my focus. I watch you talk, you didn't notice."
"Don't be afraid to jump then fall, jump then fall into me."
"When people say things that bring you to your knees, I'll catch you."
•Mirrorball
"Hush, I know they said the end is near, but I'm still on my tallest tiptoes."
"I'm a mirrorball, I can change everything about me to fit in."
"I'm still on that tightrope, I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me."
"I'm still a believer, but I don't know why. I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try."
okay but remember when Nikolai Lantsov said~"There had been a time when words had been the only place he could find solace. No book ever lost patience with him or told him to sit still."
And when Tessa Grey said~"One must always be careful of books, and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us."
And when Feyre Archeron said~"I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair."
And when Will Herondale said~"We live and breathe words. It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved again. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone."
And when Celaena Sardothien said~"I can survive well enough on my own- if given proper reading material."
Unfriendly Reminder that
Isaak deserved better :(
“Most of us can hide our greatest hurts and longings. It’s how we survive each day. We pretend the pain isn’t there, that we are made of scars instead of wounds."
“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers. But we who would wield power adorn ourselves in flowers to hide the sting of our thorns.”
~Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
Don’t we all? Who didn’t want to think fate had a plan for him, that his hurts and failures had just been the prologue to a grander tale? To a monk becoming a holy warrior. To a bastard becoming a king.
Nikolai had been told hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. But he’d never believed that. Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.
~Nikolai Lantsov, King of Scars.
I love how Kos is supposed to be about demons and alliances and how Zoyalai literally have to run a kingdom but then there's this-
This hits different after Row :'')
Friendly reminder to never mess with our Corpse Witch, Nina Zenik.
"If men were ashamed when they should be, they’d have no time for anything else."
~Nina Zenik, King Of Scars.
He buried his face in her hair, inhaling deeply. “How is it I smell like goose shit and cheap whiskey and you smell like you just ran through a meadow of wildflowers?”
“Ruthlessness.”
He breathed in again. “What is that scent? It reminds me of something, but I can’t place what.”
“The last child you tried to eat?”
“That must be it.”
I think this is when I started shipping zoyalai.
Rule of Wolves - Zoya ch. 9
- Don't go - he begged, still half asleep. - I have to take a shower. I smell like a forest fire. - You smell like wildflowers. As always. What can I say to make you stay? - His words became a sleepy murmur as he fell asleep again.
Tell me it's more than war and worry that makes you speak these words. Tell me what they would mean if you were not a king and I were not a soldier. (...)
She brushed the hair away from his face and kissed his forehead.
- I'd stay forever if I could - she whispered. He wouldn't remember anyway.