A review by painfulac
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A really good look at trauma and grief in the aftermath of the rule of a psychopathic mind control guy. I haven't seen something like this before in an ostensibly YA Fantasy novel, and it was really interesting to see Bitterblue go through her and her city's trauma and investigate why people were acting so strangely.