A promising beginning for the final book in this universe - a decent recap of prior events, name-drops of former beloved characters, and a plot already heavily set in motion with our protagonists' goals laid out right away. I have a very good feeling I'm going to enjoy this final chapter in the Grishaverse. I'm especially optimistic for Nina's growth past what we saw of her in King of Scars, as well as the aggravating ship-tease between Nikolai and Zoya among all of the other conflicts they are bound to face. These three chapters have me 100% on board for picking up this book as soon as possible.

This short sample made me very excited for Rule of Wolves! I enjoy Leigh Bardugo’s writing and I think this book will be another win. Excited to read the rest of it!

I absolutely Need this book! Like always I fell right away in love with Bardugo's writing style and characters and zia can't wait to read this book! The sampler only made me realize Rule of wolves is gonna be AMAZING!

Once again, I am blown away by the ah-mazing Queen Bardugo! So much yes!! I'm on pins and needles for the rest!! This is my favorite universe!

Loved this sampler for the second book in the Nikolai duology! It made me so excited for the full thing, can't wait for it to be released in a little over a month.

This book is everything and i can't wait till it comes out. Leigh always writes wonderful books and im 100% sure this will be another. From the small netgalley sample i read im sure it will!

This excerpt of Rule of Wolves was a tantalizing return to the Grishaverse. Leigh Bardugo is simply such a fantastic writer, her prose is impeccable. After King of Scars, I’m incredibly excited to see how Nina, Nicolai, and Zoya’s latest adventure continues! This sampler makes it clear that all will have a myriad of difficult choices and challenges to overcome. I can’t wait to pick up a finished copy! Rule of Wolves releases March 30, 2021. Thank you so much to Leigh Bardugo, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and Netgalley for a free excerpt in exchange for honest feedback.

Leigh Bardugo truly is a master. King of Scars made me obsessed with her work and I’ve never stopped. I will absolutely cry throughout at least 20% of this book.

Wasn’t for me. The language I found difficult to follow but really thats more of a me thing, this isn’t within my reading preferences and I haven’t read book 1. It wasn’t super clear what the plot was so I feel like it could be made clearer on NetGalley

Such an amazing start to the book! It had made me really curious about what will happen next! As always, fantastic work from Leigh!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan for the sampler!

The book begins with A Great Issue Striking the Country-- or should I say, world, maybe. We get a new perspective, but it's unclear if she's there to be a new POV, or is only there for now. It'll be a shame if she has few scenes; she seems like maybe one of the more interesting characters, with what we're about to learn about her country.

The ther points of view, I was not as caught by as I would have hoped. While I still will be read the book, my hopes for it are not quite as high as they might have been.

As a fan of all of Leigh Bardugo’s work, especially the Grishaverse, I cannot wait to get my hands on this sequel to King of Scars! The first three chapters had me drawn in immediately, starting off with the POV of a brand new character. Nina is undercover at the Ice Court attempting to bring down Fjerda from the inside, and Zoya and Nikolai on a course to save Ravka from odd occurrences that they suspect are due to the Darkling’s resurrection. This will certainly be an epic conclusion to Nikolai’s duology. Looking forward to reading the full thing in March!

This three-chapter sampler was *everything* and also nothing... because ONLY THREE CHAPTERS AND NOW I HAVE TO WAIT?! I can't wait for this conclusive book to the Nikolai/King of Scars duology, and I can't wait to see what Leigh does in the Grishaverse next!

One of my most anticipated 2021 books! I cannot wait until this book is released, and this sample was a perfect way to give a sense of where the book is going.

This is a sneak peek so not much I can say but this has really made me want to read this one!! Leigh Bardugo is so good

This book may end up killing me and this sampler has me begging for more. Hurry up March 30! This sampler gives us a good glimpse of what we're going to get and I cannot wait.

5/5

Returning to the world of the Grishaverse in this sampler has me all the more exited to read the full story at the end of March. Not sure if I'll be able to survive the wait, but I am so looking forward to reading. Even from these first few chapters it's clear that the aftermath from the concluding events of book one have transformed into even higher stakes. There's marriage, diplomacy, and war all on the line for our three main characters. With only a month left before publication, it's safe to say I am eagerly anticipating the conclusion to the series along with the deciding of Ravka's fate.

After reading the Rule of Wolves sampler I found myself wanting more. The author’s style of storyteller is more of a slow-burn approach, so keep that in mind if you’re not a fan of such writing; similar to George R R Martin, but not as much sidetracking. I really enjoyed the characters in the story thus far and am eager to see how they progress and develop. I will definitely be picking up this title on March 30th and hope the rest of the book draws me in as the sampler did.

Leigh Bardugo's Rule of Wolves is certainly the most anticipated book of 2021 and it will probably turn out as the best book of the year!

I was sucked by the Rule of Wolves’ sampler. Since the ending of King of Scars, I could not stop thinking about this duology and its characters. Everyone who read the Shadow and Bone trilogy was probably in love with Nikolai Lantsov and this duology is made for us. All our dreams come true with King of Scars. Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, and Nina Zenik are back for Bardugo’s best book series. If King of Scars presented well-written character developments, intriguing plots and shocking twists, Rule of Wolves will present even more of that! There is no doubt that Rule of Wolves is already the best book of 2021 as well as King of Scars was the best book of 2019, and this sampler confirms it. I would die for the digital ARC! (Hello, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, how are you today?). If you haven’t preordered Rule of Wolves yet, you should do it right now. Our king of scars and our storm witch are waiting for us to rule Ravka and our hearts for good. Is it March already? I think I cannot sleep with the knowledge that Zoyalai is coming (and my dearest Nina is coming too, of course)! The end of the epic King of Scars duology is among us, folks, but Bardugo’s worlds have just begun. Grishaverse fans, rise!

I didn't like King of Scars and I'm not actually planning on ever reading Rule of Wolves, most certainly after I just read the sampler. It was just more of the same, the same dragging storyline, the same bland characters, the same lack of information about anything. But for those that loved King of Scars I'm sure you'll love this one again.