Bitterblue

Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.

My Review:

I loved Graceling, Fire, and now Bitterblue. Kristin Cashore has a way of drawing you into to this world  where there is mystery, history, thieves, secrets, kingdoms, and heroines that fight for what is right.Bitterblue was definitely different from the other two heroines, because she was a queen and had to make big decisions regarding her kingdom.  She also had this desire to help her people from the horrible 35 years worth of terror they experienced from her father King Leck. Her advisors and locals are suffering from emotional damage and Bitterblue wants to find out what kind of things her father did. Bitterblue and her gang track down the secrets that her father left. Through ciphers, journals, spy keys, and a talented librarian their answers will be found.

I highly recommend these companion novels. Read all three and then maybe you will love just as much as I do.

Watch Out For: Suicides, death, kissing, drinking, fighting, mild cussing, torture, a psychopath and his demented experiments on humans and animals.