BitterBlue

Dazzling. Delightful. Dramatic.

How do you describe a book that is beyond words?

Using the letter d.

Kristen Cashore always had a  distinguished way to word her stories. Graceling was wonderful, Fire was awesome but BitterBlue was over the edge. Tipping the scale crazy (in a good way)! Bitterblue was a defiant character and wonderful to listen to. Vivid descriptions are not unknown to Kristen Cashore. She actually makes them sound easy to write. Trust me, they are not. Her imagination could fill a room and most likely does.

Now the flattery is over.

I did not like the ending.

It was a lovely book...

I don't know why I didn't like the ending. I know it can't be perfect. I guess I am just trying to say it could have been better. It didn't change the fact that I love the whole story, I just don't like the ending. Her plots are beautiful. I did enjoy BitterBlue's attitude. She was willing to do what needed to be done. A strong queen.

Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisors, who have run things since Leck died, believe in a forward-thinking plan: Pardon all who committed terrible acts under Leck's reign, and forget anything bad ever happened. But when Bitterblue begins sneaking outside the castle--disguised and alone--to walk the streets of her own city, she starts realizing that the kingdom has been under the thirty-five-year spell of a madman, and the only way to move forward is to revisit the past.