I'm currently reading the novel and i ALREADY LOVE EM SMMM... And i wanna read the illustrated version too =[

I read this for the first time back in 2022, and to this date, i.e., 4 years later, no other book — other than Crooked Kingdom, which is the second book of this duology — has come close to making me so in love with it. Absolutely amazing. Perfection in words. 5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Is there an option to give 6 star rating out of 5? If yes, then that's what this boom deserves. After reading Six of Crows, I thought, "Wow, now how can the second book make me love this duology more?" and then I read Crooked Kingdom and realised that yes, this is BEYOND PERFECT. I usually prefer physical books over ebooks, but for this one, I didn't care. As I couldn't immediately buy this after SOC due to certain reasons, I thought maybe I'll read it online, and I loved it so much. That's how good it is. When a physical reader could love a book so much in it's online form, then the book won in life. Definitely a 6/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I picked this book a few weeks back, on the 8th of March during a train ride. I've been wanting to read this for a while and I finally bought it last month. Out of 329 pages, I've covered 258, and so far the book is good. But I genuinely don't understand the Adam hate though cuz he's so sweet. And Aaron...uhhh...I am well aware I'm in the minority when I say I'm not a HUGE fan of him, but I don't know I think he redeems himself in the future book. Well, I don't know how to feel about Juliette. Like I genuinely feel bad for her and love her and understands her. Well you know what? I love her that's it end of discussion. So I lost touch with this book in-between and uh...accidentally began a Thai book (Eng translation) and uh...I kinda stopped that halfway too (out of 700 something pages, I stopped at 400 something). Then I uhh picked up another book (The Raven Crows) which I thankfully didn't put on hold...Hehhe I finished it yesternight and it was AMAZING (like my another post). So yeah I'll go back to Shatter Me, and then to that Thai book (it's called "West: The Sun From Another Star" by the way) and THEN I'll listen to my obsessions and start The Dream Thieves (book 2 of The Raven Cycle). So yeah. The end. Or not.

CAN'T WAITTTTTTT!!!!

AHHH I BOUGHT MY FAVOURITE BOOK SET WITH MY POCKET MONEY I GOT FOR VISHU (Keralam New Year) YAYYYY!!! They costed me 1000 INR but they are of amazingggg quality so it was worth it heheheh

4 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I enjoyed reading this. I couldn't put down the book, or my phone when I'm outside. At home I stay up all night to read this. When I'm out, I read the pdf. It was indeed an enjoyable read. But I'm afraid it didn't reach my extremely high expectations. That doesn't mean it's a bad read. Just that I expected a bit MORE considering how much I loved the first book. Occasionally, I felt that some moments seemed unnecessary (though I'm sure they may not have been). The characters still got my immense love. What I love the most about them is that they're all real. No one's perfect. All of them feel like ACTUAL TEENAGERS facing actual teenage problems and emotions. Nevertheless, go for it everyone. Just don't have unrealistic expectations.

One word: Perfect. This book was such a rollercoaster of emotions. Like it's been so long since I've read a book which made me feel like this. It's like I'm truly living the book and not just reading to taste a bit of their lives. This might be my most favourite book from The Raven Cycle, and one of my most favourite books EVER. This book made me connect to the characters more. I find it really difficult to put it down, which made me stay up late till 3 or 4 dawn. I did feel that the 'villain' didn't stay upto standards, but now I'm questioning his...villainism. Nevertheless, this book was such a joy (and occasionally, sorrow) to read. Definitely recommend it!! 6/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐