abookjockey 's review for:

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore
5.0

I am so glad I revisited this series this year. Kristin Cashore really excels with world building and writing character driven stories. It amazes me how invested I get in her books even when the amount of action going on may be minimal considering what you'd typically expect from a fantasy YA. I cannot recommend this series enough to fans of fantasy.

As a side note I love how she represents sex in this series. The characters attitudes toward it are so healthy and casual it's really refreshing to see in YA fiction. While I do not read as much YA so I can't speak to the state of the field I do really appreciate Cashore representing it in a positive way for younger readers.