~ Read For Bookish Besties November BOTM ~

I have to say, I had a fun time reading this one. It was simple, yet really good. I flew through this book in a day. It's told from a third person pov and the writing + story flowed pretty well.

Graceling is set in the world of the Royal Continent that is divided into seven kingdoms. As the name suggests, there are "Gracelings" or those that have a very particular talent that they excel at. Although these people have these talents, graces are often frowned upon and feared.

Katsa, our main protagonist, is graced with killing. She's able to take down a man with a single blow. She's infamous for her actions in all the kingdoms of this world. Though she begins to struggle with that fact and how she is used by the king, her uncle.

You find Katsa in the Middluns on a rescue mission of somebody imprisoned in another court. She encounters a stranger along this mission and determines they may or may not be a threat, but she'll cross that bridge when she gets to it. She soon finds out that this stranger she encountered is Po, the Grandson of the man she had just rescued, and he is also graced.

This story takes Katsa and Po across the Middluns into Sunder and beyond to "find info" as to why Po's grandfather was kidnapped in the first place. They find themselves growing close and learn things about themselves they wouldn't have otherwise.