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Original Title:	Graceling
ISBN:	015206396X (ISBN13: 9780152063962)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Graceling Realm #1
Characters:	Katsa (Graceling Realm), Bitterblue, Leck (Graceling Realm), Randa (Graceling Realm), Grandfather Tealiff, Po (Graceling Realm)
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2009), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (2009), William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2009), Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2011), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2010) Sakura Medal Nominee for High School Book (2010), Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010), Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2009), Iowa High School Book Award Nominee (2011), California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2012), Lincoln Award Nominee (2011), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2008), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2008), Green Mountain Book Award (2011), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2011)

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Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug.

She never expects to fall in love with beautiful Prince Po.

She never expects to learn the truth behind her Grace—or the terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

With elegant, evocative prose and a cast of unforgettable characters, debut author Kristin Cashore creates a mesmerizing world, a death-defying adventure, and a heart-racing romance that will consume you, hold you captive, and leave you wanting more.

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Title	:	Graceling (Graceling Realm #1)
Author	:	Kristin Cashore
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 471 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2008 by Harcourt
Categories	:	Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Drama. Suspense. Crime

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Ambivalence: the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions (Dictionary.com). Thus ends my Graceling review.Kidding! But it does sum it up nicely.On the one hand, I found it a fast, engaging read that was hard to put down. As a favorite tale states, there is "fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..." Alright, maybe not

Gah sooo good!Okay, I read some of the other reviews and now I feel the need to defend this book. Basically, I think it's completely hilarious how many people are shocked and appalled that 1) there is sex in this book, and 2) the heroine does not desire to get married or have children. Guess what? Young adults *do* have sex. And the idea that it's not love if you don't want to marry them, or that you shouldn't have sex until you're married is why all the poor children in your congregation are

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I wanted so badly to like this book. It has so much going for it. It is original and inventive. I never once caught myself thinking, "Now, where did I read that before? Oh, right, in the last three books!" The idea of the graced, their skills and their mismatched eyes; of the seven kingdoms; of the characters themselves. All of them were uniquely Cashore's own. Her prose was clear and lucid, though there were passages that dragged and made me want to skip ahead. So, pacing was occasionally a

Updated 04/01/14: I happen to like books which feature kick-ass feminist heroines and are light on the romance so I should like this book, right? Yeah, but I don't. First of all, Katsa acts like a petulant little girl throughout the entire book, not some strong feminist poster woman. Katsa shows very little, if any, personal growth over the course of this novel. Also, I felt like the author spent too much time trying to sell us on the following ideas: femininity is an idea forced upon women by

Review Update: 9/9/11I am going to do something I don't do when it comes to reviewing/rating books. I have thought about this book a lot, and the fact that I really disagreed with the message about women, what empowers women, how they show that they are 'strong' and 'independent' women. I am going to downgrade my rating because I felt like the message in this book was too blatant and leading. It feels manipulative to me, and that's an issue I can't get past. Ultimately an author has a choice of

*4.75/5 stars*Foreword:I've read a few reviews stating that Katsa is problematic because she's against feminine things like dresses, marriage etc. But I don't think she dislikes dresses or marriage for other people at all, I don't think she judges them for it, she simply does not want the same for herself. As is her prerogative. She simply doesn't feel overly traditionally feminine herself, which is also fine. I don't think it's as much of a stance against these things as it is that deep down