kimberlea 's review for:

The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski

4.0

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Rutkoski has taken the time to let us see the full scope of Kestrel's intelligence and cunning. Now that the stakes have been upped for Kestrel, now her relationship with Arin and high society life are no longer her primary concerns, we are able to see her plot and scheme and spy. Even though we see Kestrel as "good" and we are supposed to want her to succeed, she is a three-dimensional character who is filled with shades of moral greyness and who is forced to make hard decisions, and sometimes that means she makes decisions that the reader doesn't necessarily agree with. Read the full review over at What Kim Read Next.