Kristin Cashore - Bitterblue

[Steerpike]

Kristin Cashore's previous novels Graceling and Fire are great books. Bitterblue has been out for a while, but I just bought it recently. The book is excellent, and I think it would appeal to most readers of fantasy (as would her others).

After this one, I moved Cashore to the "automatic buy" category, so that when she puts out a new book I buy it.

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore | 9780803734739 | Hardcover | Barnes & Noble

 

[Devora]

I loved Graceling when i read it 2 years ago, and now i'm re-reading it.

 

[Steerpike]

If you haven't read Fire​, you have to read that one. Great book!

 

[Steerpike]

Just finished Bitterblue. What a great book. If you haven't read Cashore's novels, you're missing out on some special work in the genre.

 

[flicker]

I've just finished Graceling so its still fresh in my mind - I thought it was good! It felt like a stand alone novel? Although I'm guessing Fire is a continuation of Katsa and Poe's journey. Sometimes I felt things happened a little to easily for the characters -

Spoiler: Spoiler for Graceling

like when they found Leck in the woods and then when Katsa killed him - that was very convenient

 

[Steerpike]

Hi flicker - I added spoiler tags to your post. Please use them when you're revealing something significant about a book.

Fire takes place in a separate part of the world, though it does share some characters from Graceling and have an impact on what happened in that book. Bitterblue brings us back to the same geographic area as Graceling. So far I've liked all three books

 

[JediKnightMuse]

I LOVED these books! Graceling is my favorite of the three- I would love to reread it but I have a friend that borrowed it and still hasn't finished reading it >.>. I liked Bitterblue but it wasn't the best of the three books.

When I was reading Graceling, I pretty much went "O.O holy crap" because it's exactly the kind of book I try to write all the time- like, I'd have the same kind of plot and twists and romance and the like. I have a story on the back burner (but is my backup story if my idea for NaNo doesn't work out) that I started writing in 2011 for NaNo and I like to think that the idea was influenced by Graceling, so I'm really hoping to go back to it at some point and finish it.

 

[Steerpike]

Yeah, Cashore's books are wonderful. She's a very talented writer. I think my favorite has been Fire​, but I put them all on par with one another. Great stories, and told with style and skill.