In the Seven Kingdoms, when a person is born with eyes of two different colors, they possess a Grace. Sometimes the Grace is powerful and sometimes not. Katsa is born with one of the most powerful of all - the grace for killing. She is used by her uncle Randa, King of the Middluns to revenge his enemies. Katsa hates killing, but feels that she has no choice. She has created a council of good to offset her evil deeds. On one of her chosen quests, she rescues the kidnapped father of the King of Lienid. During the quest, she meets Prince Greening (Po), his grandson. He also has a Grace, the grace for fighting. Although they start as enemies,they soon become friends, and eventually lovers. He convinces Katsa that she does not have to follow King Randa's commands. They set off together to find out why Po's grandfather was kidnapped and discover more evil than they can handle in Monsea with King Leck who is graced with the power to alter people's thoughts. He is a very evil man who kills and maims and then convinces others that he is kind and generous. Po and Katsa rescue Bitterblue, King Leck's daughter before he is able to harm her, then they set out to kill King Leck. Although Po is almost killed, Katsa is able to escape and eventually kill Bitterblue's father. Bitterblue becomes Queen of Monsea. Katsa returns to find Po is blind, but has learned to compensate for his blindness by sensing things around him. They marry and everyone lives happily ever after. This book has a slow start, but lots of adventure and action. Very strong female characters. Survival story. First novel by this author.
Have you ever wished you had super powers? That you could run and not get tired, or cold, or hungry. That you could see things that are hidden, hear things that others can’t, read people’s thoughts, make people change their minds?
ReplyDeleteIn the Seven Kingdoms, people with eyes of two different colors are born with a Grace or super power. They are called Gracelings.
Katsa is a Graceling. Her power is killing. No one can defeat her. Her uncle, the King forces her to revenge his enemies. She hates her Grace and doing the king’s dirty work. She has formed a council to do good deeds to offset the evil of the King.
They discover that the father of the King of Lienid has been kidnapped. Katsa rescues him and on her mission, she meets Po, another Graceling whose Grace is fighting. They begin as enemies, become friends, and eventually lovers. Together they set out to find out who kidnapped grandfather. To find the answer, Katsa will meet a Lord with a Grace even she cannot stop. Graceling by Kristin Cashore