While there's plenty of innuendo and a mention of brothels, there's little sexual content otherwise. The king is barely of modern drinking age and often mentions that he craves wine to help him relax and soothe his nerves. Other mature content includes drinking at gatherings. A mother and child are doused with fish guts and picked at by birds, and there's lots of fighting with wind, water, and fire. There are also deaths from burning, stabbing, murder-suicide with dagger, poisoning, and explosions. Women are imprisoned and drugged, and repeated rape is implied. While this story is a little tamer than Six of Crows, there's still some unsettling violence. Then you'll be up to speed on the warring kingdoms, the powers of the various Grisha, and the backstories of some of the main characters. It helps to have read a few books in the Grishaverse before tackling King of Scars. Parents need to know that Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars, is the first book in a duology that's part of the "Grishaverse." This includes the Grisha trilogy and Six of Crows duology.
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