#I was ready to be emotionally wrecked with a fleshed out villian origin story

[4lienat]

“Get a look into the past that forged a brutal and brilliant leader.”

WOW just finished reading Demon in the Wood, and my only complaint is that it’s so short!! I checked it out as an ebook and it said there was like a hundred pages; turns out more than half of that was because it includes a sample of Six of Crows… which ok but I was sitting there like this can’t be the end of the book! idk why I thought this was a legit Darkling prequel not just a short story 🥲

Would have loved to have some time skips to read about additional key events that lead up to who he becomes when he makes the fold.. or even events leading up to him serving royalty and/or right before the events of Shadow and Bone.

*sigh* I’m such a sucker for villains with tragic backstories (and Leigh Bardugo’s writing) LOL

edit: apparently there’s a graphic novel version that came out which expands on the story??? brb adding to my read list rn