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mjk1221 's review for:
The Winner's Kiss
by Marie Rutkoski
This was a case of a series that got better with each book. The growth the FMC and MMC go through from the beginning to the end is quite dramatic because they age into their roles in the war and their relationship with each other.
The story starts off with a lot of tension with Kestrel and then switches to Arin when you're not sure what's going to become of Kestrel. It was a great back-and-forth between them as they do eventually come together at the place and sometimes alternating POV when they're together so much can get redundant. It worked really well here as it mostly pushed the story forward rather than "rehashing" an alt POV of what we saw from the other character.
I liked Arin's and Roshar's relationship. It was funny and definitely brotherly. Kestrel's relationship with her father was a keystone for her in the war and the ending was as good as you were going to get in her predicament.
I liked all the "games" and intrigue played and the end is a war battle scene that was exciting and nail-biting. It was without a doubt a battle scene at the end!
I overall liked the conclusion and thought it was good. More importantly, I still enjoyed Arin and Kestrel a lot through this book. This is unquestionably a series I would have enjoyed more if I was younger and see why the nostalgia of the series comforts older readers too.
The story starts off with a lot of tension with Kestrel and then switches to Arin when you're not sure what's going to become of Kestrel. It was a great back-and-forth between them as they do eventually come together at the place and sometimes alternating POV when they're together so much can get redundant. It worked really well here as it mostly pushed the story forward rather than "rehashing" an alt POV of what we saw from the other character.
I liked Arin's and Roshar's relationship. It was funny and definitely brotherly. Kestrel's relationship with her father was a keystone for her in the war and the ending was as good as you were going to get in her predicament.
I liked all the "games" and intrigue played and the end is a war battle scene that was exciting and nail-biting. It was without a doubt a battle scene at the end!
I overall liked the conclusion and thought it was good. More importantly, I still enjoyed Arin and Kestrel a lot through this book. This is unquestionably a series I would have enjoyed more if I was younger and see why the nostalgia of the series comforts older readers too.