Graceling

It was really an entertaining read. Very nice as a break from my research every now and then, and also a nice, quick breather from Inkdeath.

NOTE: SPOILERS INSIDE
I bought this book yesterday, and they description on the back cover kind of threw me off. It was called a(and I quote) “ a mesmerizing world, A Death-defying adventure,and a Heart-racing Romance”. I like the book, but it wasn't really any of those things. The adventure part was good, tracking through the mountains, and the romance was good, but not heart-racingly good. I love Po. Really, but he got a little bit annoying. Like when he became blind. He seemed to be unnecessarily bitter about it. Also, it was kind of, I don't know, strange for our-world that the minute she decided that she was ok with liking him like that, they just dropped to the ground and, well, did it.
And, the Giddon proposing thing was odd. I didn't expect that. And it seemed as if he were bribing her to marry him. That's just not right.
I also liked that Katsa's Grace wasn't Killing. And that it was really surviving. It makes it easier to like her. I was wondering, though, what had happened to Katsa's father. I only got that she was Graced, her mother was dead? and she was sent to live with her uncle. They didn't mention her father.
I liked that Cashore put in enough humor into the book so that it wasn't a book solely on adventure(unlike the Inheritance Cycle).
I like their world, but in no way is it mesmerizing. It seemed to be less-cruel than our own medieval times. But, we did not have madmen who controlled people, literally, with their words(or did we?). Speaking of madmen, I never King Leck anyways, I suspected him of having Murgon kidnap Po's Grandfather Tealiff in order to get someone to do something. Really, I did.
I think, though, that Katsa should've married Po, in the end. Or at least hinted at it. It made me kind of sad when she said that she would let him love other women or whatever she said.
I think the description was good. And the characters' character were. . .well brought up and shown.
The book was good. You should at least try to read it. . .