Graceling is about a girl, named Katsa, who lives in a world where some people have what is called a grace. A graceling has an extraordinary talent and is easily identified by the graceling's two different color eyes. In Katsa's country, gracelings are feared by many people and all gracelings that are born must be given to the king. Katsa of course has a grace, a killing grace, which the king, who happens to be her uncle, takes full advantage of. She meets Po, a prince from a different country who is also graced, and the two become friends and then go on an awesome adventure to solve a mystery. But the book is way darker than what I just wrote, and way cooler than my description.
Katsa is a main character I can actually admire. Very very very often, main characters come across as too independent or too dependent. Katsa is the perfect mix with her own unique touches. There will never be another character like her (though she could be compared to Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games, but Katsa is cooler). She manages to be hard and tough while making you take her side.
The villian is a villian to the utmost degree and was created perfectly, so that as soon as you realize his evilness, there is no doubt or heartbreak and you just want him dead. Like, seriously, you want him dead and gone and away from all the innocent people in the world.
And as a last note, the one character I would like to meet in real life is Bitterblue. She is the sweetest and most dangerous 10-year-old ever.
5 stars
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