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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
Ok ending. Definitely better than the second book, so I’m happy with how it ended.
Update: 01 April 2016
This, folks, is the perfect example of how to end a series.
I absolutely loved 'The Winners Kiss'<3 It gave me everything I wanted & needed from this series!
I was apprehensive, because of my deep hatred for Book #2, but I am so glad I finished the series. I was sad for it to end, i'll miss Kestrel & Arin.
How beautiful would there gray eyed, golden haired offspring be? #wishfulthinking
I was apprehensive, because of my deep hatred for Book #2, but I am so glad I finished the series. I was sad for it to end, i'll miss Kestrel & Arin.
How beautiful would there gray eyed, golden haired offspring be? #wishfulthinking
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Best one in the series. We have moved from lovey-dovey first installment to a much more mature, bloodthirsty and satisfying finale.
3,5☆
(This is based solely on my personal enjoyment and not an appraisal of the book's quality. Honestly, the book itself is a solid 4.5)
(This is based solely on my personal enjoyment and not an appraisal of the book's quality. Honestly, the book itself is a solid 4.5)
Reread 30th September 2023
What I said below stands true. I forgot how much I loved this story and this world and Marie Rutkowski writing, and I am so glad I took the leap to remind myself of all of it.
First read: 29-30 April 2016
One of the most satisfying books I've ever read and a glorious end to a glorious series. I've loved marathoning these books!!
Basically, things I've greatly enjoyed in The Winner's Trilogy:
- such!! great!! romance!! with all the angst and sexual tension one could want
- political intrigue and lots of smart and interesting plot twists
- best!! friendships!! THANKS TO best!! characters!! every single line in these books is like being cleansed of all your sins. i loved it.
- literally an emotional rollecoaster and i adored every minute of it
What I said below stands true. I forgot how much I loved this story and this world and Marie Rutkowski writing, and I am so glad I took the leap to remind myself of all of it.
First read: 29-30 April 2016
One of the most satisfying books I've ever read and a glorious end to a glorious series. I've loved marathoning these books!!
Basically, things I've greatly enjoyed in The Winner's Trilogy:
- such!! great!! romance!! with all the angst and sexual tension one could want
- political intrigue and lots of smart and interesting plot twists
- best!! friendships!! THANKS TO best!! characters!! every single line in these books is like being cleansed of all your sins. i loved it.
- literally an emotional rollecoaster and i adored every minute of it
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was an incredible ending to this trilogy. I loved all three books and all three were 5/5⭐️. This is so beautifully written. I don't think I will ever forget this story or these characters. The love story in these books...absolutely phenomenal. I can't recommend this enough.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Right so...I don't think I can actually remember a lot of what happened in this book. It's a lot of atmospheric description, and then the 2 most important things happen and the resulting fallout. But hey, somehow everyone's getting a happy ending.
Kestrel, betrayed by her father, is sent to the work camp in the northern tundra while Arin successfully forges an alliance with Dacra. The united Herrani-Dacran army skirmishes with the Valorian forces headed by General Trajan, though Arin does his best to forget about Kestrel and how she hurt him. Kestrel, clever girl, managers to send a sign of her presence to Arin and hangs onto hope that he'll come save her as the mines drag her consciousness down to oblivion.
Not even going to try to synopsize the whole book because predictably, it's about fighting with the Valorian empire. Sudden thought: how unrealistic and totally YA is it for only Kestrel to defect to the Herrani-Dacran alliance, when there should and could be plenty more Valorian defectors? And what about Herrani defectors? Low-lifes like Cheat who might have had satisfactory winnings from coming up roses with the Valorian conquest, or like the employment and place to sleep as a slave when they might not have had a place in society as a Herrani vagabond?
Back to the point: it's war. War, strategy, slow-burn wanting and rediscovering...Kestrel. We're rediscovering Kestrel fresh after her betrayal and imprisonment and enslavement and "seeing how it changed her" bygiving her freaking AMNESIA like a soap opera. And then a long time for Kestrel to "learn from her mistakes" as that noble lady, logically making her have to grow up and take up a weapon to defend herself and her beliefs, and totally and utterly rebel against her father. thereby adding more...length and...discovery?...of how much Arin loves her and misses her and realizes he needs to not be so...gullible? I'm receiving mixed messages about how these two are developing.
Hey though, we like Roshar, we like Verex, we kind of like Risha, definitely like Sarsine, and Trajan is complicatedbut is he really? Considering his response to his daughter finally indirectly saying "no" to him in a love letter he stole off a dead spymaster, is to turn her over to his "buddy" the emperor and "didn't expect it to totally destroy what he loved."
I think I'm getting to negative. This book SCREAMS YA like there's no tomorrow. If I was younger I'd probably be totally in love. As I am right now, I'm just amused. And full disclosure, my favorite part of the book is when Kestrel was in the mines. It gives "Celaena Sardothien's been sent to Endovier!" vibes.
Kestrel, betrayed by her father, is sent to the work camp in the northern tundra while Arin successfully forges an alliance with Dacra. The united Herrani-Dacran army skirmishes with the Valorian forces headed by General Trajan, though Arin does his best to forget about Kestrel and how she hurt him. Kestrel, clever girl, managers to send a sign of her presence to Arin and hangs onto hope that he'll come save her as the mines drag her consciousness down to oblivion.
Not even going to try to synopsize the whole book because predictably, it's about fighting with the Valorian empire. Sudden thought: how unrealistic and totally YA is it for only Kestrel to defect to the Herrani-Dacran alliance, when there should and could be plenty more Valorian defectors? And what about Herrani defectors? Low-lifes like Cheat who might have had satisfactory winnings from coming up roses with the Valorian conquest, or like the employment and place to sleep as a slave when they might not have had a place in society as a Herrani vagabond?
Back to the point: it's war. War, strategy, slow-burn wanting and rediscovering...Kestrel. We're rediscovering Kestrel fresh after her betrayal and imprisonment and enslavement and "seeing how it changed her" by
Hey though, we like Roshar, we like Verex, we kind of like Risha, definitely like Sarsine, and Trajan is complicated
I think I'm getting to negative. This book SCREAMS YA like there's no tomorrow. If I was younger I'd probably be totally in love. As I am right now, I'm just amused. And full disclosure, my favorite part of the book is when Kestrel was in the mines. It gives "Celaena Sardothien's been sent to Endovier!" vibes.