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- Content warnings: Attempted murder, Captivity, Child abuse (referenced), Death, Human trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Trauma, Violence, War, Addiction
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo
Book 1 in Six of Crows
The plotting is sharp, but the book sticks because each member of the crew feels wounded in a different direction and the romantic tension never overwhelms the heist.
goodreads 4.46/5 1,163,290 ratings
storykind_community 4.33/5 20 ratings
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Length479 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice2/5 · Tension
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- Mixed
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Tension
- Found family feels
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- Morally gray
- Longing glances
- Addictive read
- Dark/tortured soul
- Found family
- Touch starvation
- The angst delivered
- Thief/criminal
- Partners in crime
- Anticipation
- Core memory unlocked
- Anti-hero
- Only soft for them
- Hurt/comfort
- Push and pull
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Heist romance
- Big city / metropolis
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
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- Prison / captivity
- Survival romance
- Ship / at sea
- Slum / undercity
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Adventurous
- Cinematic
- Heavy
- High
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- Spy/thief
- BIPOC MC
- Dark
- Immersive
- Survivor
- Disabled MC
- Intense
- Sharp
- Outcast/loner
- Immigrant experience
- Suspenseful
- Atmospheric
- Working class
- Emotional
- Gritty
- Tense
- Thieves guild
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Book details
- Length
- 479 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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