Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

  Rating: 2/10

Out of all of the Graceling books, it took me the longest to finish reading Bitterblue (Graceling) . This book had the most details in the series, which was both good and bad. It was great to be able to understand how the castle worked and how Bitterblue felt, but I believe it was a bit overdone. Details were explained that I didn't care about at all, whereas other questions went unanswered until the end of the book. If there was something interesting to hold us over to the end that would have been fine. However, there was not. This book had so much potential but ended up being extremely boring and time consuming.

The idea of Bitterblue going out to see the city for herself was great and allowed her to met Saf. However, their entire relationship was never satisfying. It felt almost like a waste of time. I was very disappointed in the ending and felt like he could have at least promised to return or something. Unlike Fire, which took entirely too long to end, Bitterblue took to long to actually make it to the ending. Then once it get there, went entirely too fast to be satisfying.

This book was the biggest letdown I have ever read. I am upset that I was so invested in the characters and the kingdoms of this world. This book started out so great, and I had high hopes. I definitely got to understand who Bitterblue is, but the other characters were very one dimensional. I wish we would have gotten to hear more from Saf's point of view and even Katsa's and Po's as well. I am very disappointed, and if I would have know that this is how the story would have ended, I would not have read this book at all. Overall I give Bitterblue (Graceling) a score of 2 out of 10. I am sad that I wasted so much time reading this book, and I would take it all back if I could.

I am very excited to began reading a new series, and I hope that it will be much better than the Graceling series. The best part about the book was the prologue and the last 100 pages. Unfortunately, if you decide to read this series, you should prepare to be let down and disappointed.