A review by aengblom
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

adventurous dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

 
I enjoyed getting to be reunited with characters from the last few books like Katsa, Po, Bitterblue, Raffin, Bann, Fire, etc. BUT this book just felt very slow to me. I was really looking forward to learning about a new Kingdom but it was just a 500+ page story about recovering from Leck's mind control aka good people are traumatized by the bad things they were made to do. I was hoping to move on from Leck as the villain but was sorely disappointed. Also, Fire's small reappearance was underwhelming. I still am happy I read the book and got more background on the Graceling Realm/characters. This just is sadly, to me, not as interesting as the first two books.
 
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