yue answers “Is anyone else worried Zoya and Nikolai...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about King of Scars (King of Scars, #1):

Is anyone else worried Zoya and Nikolai might be paired up in this? They are both great characters, but together? Disaster! Disaster for them and anyone unfortunate enough to be in the vicinity.

yue i love zoya, nikolai, and the idea of them together. even though she seems like the complete opposite of what nikolai “needs”, i think she’s a lot mor…morei love zoya, nikolai, and the idea of them together. even though she seems like the complete opposite of what nikolai “needs”, i think she’s a lot more suited to post-r&r nikolai than anyone else is, mostly because she knows what he’s been through and because she knows exactly who she is and what she wants. either way, we’ll be able to see a lot more of zoya’s qualities and motivations in this upcoming book (since it seems like she’ll be a pov character), outside of the descriptions of other characters who, inexplicably, have some sort of bias (alina & matthias, for example: the former resents zoya for most of the series for her looks, powers, and for seducing mal, while the latter still had internalized prejudice against most grisha).(less)

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