The Valorian
Kestrel, in The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski, struggles in
the heart of the empire: Valoria. She is a member of the emperor's
house now, engaged to his despised son. Kestrel's soft heart finds
good in the young man and the two become friends.
Intrigue surrounds
her and follows her like a stench one cannot bathe away. She is
working diligently to play the 'game' she has set in motion. Will
she win?
I enjoyed this
second book in the trilogy. I accidentally read it first.
Most authors include
many, perhaps most, details from their preceding books in each
subsequent book. Rutkoski did include many and the major ones, of
course, but when I read the first book, I learned many details
barely, if at all, alluded to in the second or third books. I like
this because it shows a sort of confidence in the author. Confidence
that each part of her story is worthwhile and if you want to know the
whole story, you better read all of it.
This is young adult
fiction. I might let my eldest daughter, currently twelve, read it
when she's sixteen. There are only a couple steamy scenes which are
not graphic. However, the whole book is riddled with
inter-relational thoughts I'd rather my children not consider until
they are a little older.
Have you read The
Winner's Crime? What did you think?
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