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briarroses 's review for:
The Winner's Kiss
by Marie Rutkoski
Again, Rutkoski drops us in right where book 2 left off. Kestrel has been imprisoned in the north in the dangerous mines which have more perils than just the work itself. Arin is busy trying to prepare Herran for the war that has broken out again, and trying to forget her. Both are separate at the start, but their decisions bring them back together again, as they try to redefine who they are together and apart. Meanwhile, war has come and they are fighting a losing battle with everything they've got.
Again, if you're listening to the audiobook, Justine Eyre does a very good job with the narration.
I think this would work well for a young adult on up to adult audience.
spoiler-ish comment, mostly not a spoiler but in case you care about endings even vaguely
I really love how this one concludes, I think it is a tiny bit abrupt -- I want more end fluff! But it is a good conclusion to the series. I think Rutkoski stuck the landing, so to speak. I think it has good commentary on the same issues of colonization, and a happy-ish ending all things considered - a little unrealistic but optimistic. I'm willing to allow the improbability.
Again, if you're listening to the audiobook, Justine Eyre does a very good job with the narration.
I think this would work well for a young adult on up to adult audience.
spoiler-ish comment, mostly not a spoiler but in case you care about endings even vaguely
I really love how this one concludes, I think it is a tiny bit abrupt -- I want more end fluff! But it is a good conclusion to the series. I think Rutkoski stuck the landing, so to speak. I think it has good commentary on the same issues of colonization, and a happy-ish ending all things considered - a little unrealistic but optimistic. I'm willing to allow the improbability.