LAVENDER AND VELVET

expensive-looking and having a pleasant scent

"She was inevitably in love with him,
hurting herself since he didn't love her the same.
She wanted to disappear into thin air,
but she knew even if she did that,
he would forget her name.
And she didn't want to be forgotten."

—s y n o p s i s

—h i m

Brick by brick Kaz Brekker will get his revenge.

Brick by a fucking brick he will stuff rocks down the stomach of a man that took away everything from Kaz. Everything that made the harsh seventeen-year-old seem like a human.

Everyone knew there was something wrong with the leader of the Dregs. Some called him a demon, a night-walker, others called him a bastard, a piece of crap, a boy who tried to be something he wasn't.

But he was. He was all those things and even more— he was a nightmare that will make you shake when you are alone and listen intensely if he is coming for you. Nevertheless, you will never know and you will end up with shattered bones or way better— dead.

Many people wanted to kill the Bastard of the Barrel, to take everything that he built. However, he always seemed to be a few steps further than everyone else. No one knew his past, how did he come here, his relatives— as if greed birthed him and evil raised him.

That pair made Kaz Brekker that once was Kaz Rietveld.

The Rietveld boy was a myth— non existent. A boy full of hopes of a better life, holding the hand of his brother who tried to protect him as best as he could. A boy who was surrounded by people that made him feel safe and loved.

Everything sounded lovely, but there was no Rietveld boy. Not anymore.

That's why Kaz Brekker buried his past under deep corpses and muddy streets. But what happens once a ghost from his past shows up and stirs up things between a heist, money and revenge?

And the ghost was her — his first crow.

—h e r

Brick by brick Lavender Elrod will get her revenge.

Wounded souls always haunt the people who hurt them and she wanted to be one of them. She was wounded, but not enough to be lying on the floor every day, feeling as if everything was horrible.

Everything was horrible— she lost everything and everyone, losing herself too. Lavender was that kind of girl who was surrounded by disasters. She lost her first love, watched her mother die, lost everything that she called home.

They say that it gets easier to deal with the pain over the years, but they are wrong. You only cover the pain under so many surfaces, hoping that nothing will crack it open.

That was years ago and now Lavender comes to Ketterdam with her sweet revenge, but instead, she gets involved in a heist, greed and a ghost from her past.

And the ghost was him— the boy she loved.

Little did they both know they were both after the same person, who made them reunite once again, opening all of the wounds they ought to forget.

But what was once bounded together, cannot be forgotten.

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t h e c a s t

l a v e n d e r e l r o d - f a h e y

seventeen; kaelish; medik

(portrayed by Olivia Cooke)

"I hope we will meet in another life, Brekker"

k a z b r e k k e r

seventeen; kerch; dirtyhands

(portrayed by Freddy Carter)

"We won't. We should be lucky if we just die"

k a z &   l a v e n d e r

i. strange - celeste
ii. she's my collar - gorillaz, kali uchis
iii. show me how - men I trust
iv. do I wanna know? - arctic monkeys
v. as the world caves in - matt maltese
vi. dancing in the rain - rad museum
vii. cigarette - offonoff
viii. anchor - novo amor
xi. where's my love - syml
x. lavender and velvet - alina baraz

kit young as jesper fahey
amita suman as inej ghafa
danielle galligan as nina zenik
calahan skogman as matthias helvar
max barczak as wylan van eck
timothée chalamet as aleksej volkov

and the other six of crows cast as described

"Her eyes were pleading
and I couldn't blame her—
I wanted to tell her that
she was the only one
who made this hell
feel like home.

To tell her that I needed her
like the fresh air that was forbidden
in the streets of Ketterdam.

If she leaves,
nothing ever will be the same.
I don't want her to haunt me again.
I want her to stay."

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D I S C L A I M E R:

I do not own anything except
my made-up plot variations
and Lavender Elrod.
Everything else belongs
to Leigh Bardugo.

W A R N I N G:

This book will include slow-burn
strong language, violence,
mental issues, CF,
blood, guns, wounds,
sexual harassment, death
and Kaz being a pain in the ass.

D E D I C A T I O N S:

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for being supportive and loving.
And for others who read this book!
I love you all! <3

A D D I T I O N A L I N F O:

This book will be based on the duology
and not on the series 'shadow and bone'.

To new readers, welcome! Please give this book a go!
I've been writing it for almost 4 years and the first few
chapters are the fruit of my early writing. I PROMISE,
it does get better! I will edit the book properly as soon
as I will finish it. Enjoy, my little crows!

spanish translation terranoive
No mourners
No funerals
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