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A review by nadyasnook
The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
4.0
It took me a long time to finish The Winner's Kiss.
In comparison to the prequel, The Winner's Kiss lacks something for me. It's a really good book, good ending, good everything.
I wish there wasn't a but, BUT, unfortunately there is.
Too much goodamn battle scenes. Written wonderfully, but unexpected.
And the fact that Kestrel...well, Kestrel isn't the same after her slavery work, it was kind of depressing, but necessary to the plot.
This book deserves more than four stars, but I feel that my overexceeding expectations kinnd of ruined everything for me.
I imagined Kestrel being her usual stealthy self. She was cunning, a bit at lost with herself. So, I feel a bit unattached to her as the main character. Or at least one of the main characters.
Ari....and his unnatural relationship with his god of death, creeped me out. But he was the forevermore charming Herrani. A little bit more matured and nursed into the battlefield, both as a leader and a warrior.
I think I sympathized better with him than Kestrel.
And I ended up shipping Roshar and Ari. *clears throat*
I meant Ari, Roshar's tiger, and Roshar himself obviously...
Roshar, he's what I would depict as a cutie little piece of shit. Simply because he was snarky, and endearing at the same time. No flaws whatsoever.
I love me some snarky characters.
Ugh, I wish I could write more. But I'm not feeling anything with this being the ending of The Winner's thrilogy.
In comparison to the prequel, The Winner's Kiss lacks something for me. It's a really good book, good ending, good everything.
I wish there wasn't a but, BUT, unfortunately there is.
Too much goodamn battle scenes. Written wonderfully, but unexpected.
And the fact that Kestrel...well, Kestrel isn't the same after her slavery work, it was kind of depressing, but necessary to the plot.
This book deserves more than four stars, but I feel that my overexceeding expectations kinnd of ruined everything for me.
I imagined Kestrel being her usual stealthy self. She was cunning, a bit at lost with herself. So, I feel a bit unattached to her as the main character. Or at least one of the main characters.
Ari....and his unnatural relationship with his god of death, creeped me out. But he was the forevermore charming Herrani. A little bit more matured and nursed into the battlefield, both as a leader and a warrior.
I think I sympathized better with him than Kestrel.
And I ended up shipping Roshar and Ari. *clears throat*
I meant Ari, Roshar's tiger, and Roshar himself obviously...
Roshar, he's what I would depict as a cutie little piece of shit. Simply because he was snarky, and endearing at the same time. No flaws whatsoever.
I love me some snarky characters.
Ugh, I wish I could write more. But I'm not feeling anything with this being the ending of The Winner's thrilogy.