Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)

by Kristin Cashore

Discover the Graceling Realm in this unforgettable, award-winning novel from bestselling author Kristin Cashore

A New York Times bestseller
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner
Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and BCCB Best Book of the Year

"Rageful, exhilarating, wistful in turns" (The New York Times Book Review) with "a knee weakening romance" (LA Times). Graceling is a thrilling, action-packed fantasy adventure that will resonate deeply with anyone trying to find their way in the world.

Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable-yet-strong Katsa, who is smart and beautiful and lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa's Grace is killing. As the king's niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer. Until the day she meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, and Katsa's life begins to change. She never expects to become Po's friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace--or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

And don't miss the sequel Fire and companion Bitterblue, both award-winning, New York Times bestsellers, and full of Kristin Cashore's elegant, evocative prose and unforgettable characters.

Reviewed by tweetybugshouse on

4 of 5 stars

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This is a book i picked up several times at bookstores when i gone in the cover just screams great fantasy read. I was thrilled when i found a copy for 2.00 at my local goodwill. It sat on my shelf for a long time and then i picked it up this weekend. This book has a great premise to it and kept me reading at good steady pace up until about the middle where it did seem to drag quite a bit like the girl of fire and thorns when she traveling in the valley. I did like how it all got summed up in a pretty neat bow at the end so it was not a heart wrenching cliff hanger making me scream for book two. I am intrigured to see what the other graces are that are to be discovered in book two. I mostly rated it a 3 as i did not feel that i got a great sense of the world that the story takes place in, mostly felt like she just jumped around from place to place and then took a long trip with Po. So a mediorce read for me but they can't all be 5 stars.

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