This book pulled off the unique feat of having multiple POVs in multiple locations, without ever making me feel disappointed to switch to any of them, and for that, I have to applaud it. I'm usually not a huge fan of these kinds of books, since I generally find at least one of the POVs much less interesting to read, but in King of Scars I loved every single character and the different plots going on at different locations all had me equally at the edge of my seat, especially near the end of the book.

The first half was a little slow-going for me. Coming straight from the Six of Crows duology — which I ADORED — it took me a while to get into this new adventure, especially since I really missed the characters and setting from the previous books (they are my new favourite books). However, I'm really glad I kept on reading, because once the second half of this book kicked the adventure into high gear, I was swept away by it and struggled to put the book down until I finished it. (I daresay I might enjoy the first half more on a reread, which I plan to do at some point. I just wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to the Crows cast when I started the book this time around.)

All-in-all, I really enjoyed King of Scars. I don't usually give star ratings except if it's 5 stars (and I've only given 5 books that rating), but I enjoyed this enough to give it a solid 4.5. I look forward to the sequel.