Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives.
Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties.
Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Ableism & ableist language
- Persecution for witchcraft
- Classism
- Indentured servitude discussed
- Forced underaged sex work recounted
- Child rape recounted
- Child abuse
- Parental abandonment
- Disownment
- Drug addiction
- Gambling addiction
- Drug dependency and withdrawal discussed
- Recreational drug use recounted
- Alcohol consumption
- Pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
- Blood and gore depiction
- Graphic physical injuries
- Chronic illness and pain
- Plague mentioned
- Consensual body modification
- Death of a boyfriend and death of a friend, on-page
- Murder & attempted murder
- Torture, on-page
- Explosions
- Gun violence
- Knife violence & stabbing
- Kidnapping & captivity
- Imprisonment
- Home invasion
- Blackmail and death threats
- Poverty themes and debt collection mentioned
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