Graceling: what is your grace?

If you had the grace for killing what would you do with it?  Is there another grace you would rather have?  I hope you enjoyed Graceling as much as I did, but if you didn't, let us know why!  Did you have a favorite part?  A part you hated?  Would you have the courage to stand against a brutal king?   What color are your eyes..?

Comments

[Lisa]

What a great heroine - she knows who she is and what she wants and is not too scared to stand up for herself. Great book!

[Amelia]

This book is one of the few teen novels that has a strong female heroine who is not going to give up her beliefs or sense of self for a boy. I believe Kasta provides a truly good role model for teens.

I also enjoyed this book because romance is such a small part of it. There are all the aspects of a great fantasy here, without being boring or similar to anything I've read.

I highly recommend this book!

[Rebecca]

I agree--I love strong female characters... (like most of Tamora Pierce's books, Sabriel by Garth Nix and Princess Academy...) Do you have any other favorite female book characters you would recommend?

[Jill]

I am a teacher and read this as part of our school effort to support student reading. I was very pleasantly surprised. It was a fun and engaging read that I didn't put down once I started reading. After completing the book I even went on-line on the library's web sit and requested the next book - Caching Fire. It came out September 1st and I hope to get it soon. I recommended this book to 2 9th grade students (including my son) and they both really enjoyed reading it.