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REVIEW: Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore
(Published in 2013 by Gollancz) Bitterblue is now Queen of Monsea, after her awful, terrible father, King Leck, was deposed and killed eight years previously. She’s now only just eighteen, and at the start of the novel is still being … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 New Reads, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Bitterblue, crime, Graceling, Kristin Cashore, legacy of terror, love, manipulation, privilege, sequel, story-telling, terrible rulers, tyranny
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