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So do Nev and Lovisa become a couple or is this series going to disappoint me again?
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#kuri huang#books#bookblr#daughter of the moon goddess#heart of the sun warrior#the girl who fell beneath the sea#strike the zither#sound the gong#the god and the gumiho#the last dragon of the east#legend of the white snake#the west passage#the city inside#the scarlet alchemist#in the watchful city#girls of paper and fire#girls of storm and shadow#girls of fire and fury#graceling#fire#winterkeep#bitterblue#seasparrow
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Quick painting practice with Queen Bitterblue 💙
Might work more on it later but I wanted to share regardless
#Queen Bitterblue#graceling realm#graceling series#kristin cashore#graceling#graceling fanart#bitterblue#winterkeep#digital art#artists on tumblr#art#artwork#digital painting#my art#royalberryarts
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reading a graceling realm book is like. i am going to rub you raw. i am going to strip you down and expose your weakest, most shameful parts, and i am going to see you. i am going to exfoliate you. i am going to wrap you in the softest, gentlest, kindest hug while you let out the longest, deepest breath you didn’t know you had within you.
#graceling#kristin cashore#this is especially true of bitterblue winterkeep and seasparrow imo#the way she handles trauma and community and loneliness#the way the magical elements of the story are simply meant to show us something about a character's humanity - or lack thereof#and of course. the way the male leads are Peak Man Written By A Woman god bless#look graceling will always be my personal favorite but i think about bitterblue on the bridge every day#i think about how i sobbed while reading winterkeep and it felt GOOD#i think about how seasparrow picked apart shame i didn't even know i was holding and said - let it go
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University has been kicking my butt lately so October was a month of rereads!
Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate how pretty the 10th anniversary edition of Maggie Stiefvater’s The Scorpio Races is - it even came with a gorgeous poster and matching bookmark! This is forever one of my favourite novels and very much fits the October mood.
I especially really appreciate Finn (the younger brother of one of the main protagonists) as some autistic representation, even though it’s never named as such. Does anyone else read the character that way?
#the scorpio races#october wrap up#city of bones#winterkeep#book of night#the shadowhunter chronicles#graceling
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“Queen Bitterblue wielded the letter opener in one hand like a sword, a calm, ferocious expression on her face.”
#my art#graceling#graceling realm#seven kingdoms trilogy#bitterblue#queen bitterblue#winterkeep#lovisa#lovisa cavenda#kristin cashore#love me
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Once again thinking about how Graceling was the first book I read where the main character entered a relationship with the intention of never marrying her partner and also probably always being at least semi long-distance
#when you spend several years long distance and would have spent several more if it weren't for things like your partner dumping you#you start to get emotional about characters who continue to choose each other and see a future regardless of logistical challenges#graceling realm#isabel.tex#do po and katsa have a ship name? idk#also it's thinking about lovisa and her gradual development of feelings towards nev hours apparently#should've grabbed my copy of winterkeep from my parents' house this week#oh well#anyway love all the found family/unconventional relationships in graceling realm
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you are stronger than they make you feel.
-Kristin Cashore in Winterkeep
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Bitterblue & Adventure, from “Winterkeep”
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#can someone JOIN ME i am. distraught#graceling#giddon#winterkeep#clara for ts#the queen of monsea and her gigantic boyfriend!!!!#me: i should only use my blog for art. it shouldn't be a personal blog#also me: whatever this is
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the truth is like blood underneath your fingernails, a mix for queen bitterblue of monsea
they have little reason to exist, except as a monument to the truth of all that's happened, and because they're beautiful. i suppose those are reasons to exist.
#bitterblue#graceling#graceling series#kristin cashore#fanmix#mine#HELLOOOO I FORGOT TO POST THIS.#i loved the bitterblue book when i was 17 and i love it now. this is mostly focused on her arc in that book (also loved winterkeep tho)#she is so much to me.
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Those Books that Just Casually Reach into Your Chest and Tear Your Heart Out
So, as you may or may not know, I moved to Canada a few years ago, and had to leave some of my books in Alaska. Graceling and Bitterblue were two of those books, but SINCE I moved, Kristin Cashore has added two fantastic books to the series, and I wanted to talk about them today, because every single one since Graceling in 2008 has managed to just casually reach into my chest and tear my heart out.
Cashore's writing is a really fascinating balance between geopolitics and the intensely personal interior lives of her protagonists. From Katsa learning that her grace is the exact opposite of what she thought to Fire's acceptance of her heritage and actions, to Bitterblue's massive growth and Hava's recovery from just a stunning amount of trauma, these books are always a trip and always worthwhile.
Graceling came out in 2008, and it was a book I really had to sit with and read a few times, because Katsa's head was not necissarily easy to be inside--but taking the time to get there and understand her was immensely rewarding. Apparently they are also doing a Graceling graphic novel, for those of you who want to explore the story that way!
Fire is and will forever be my favorite entry in this series, which might be a bit strange because it functions more as a companion to the rest of the books--dare I say immensely relevant prequel that gets increasing nods in the subsequent books?--than a part of the main storyline. But what I will never forget about Fire is how physically present she is as a character, which was a really interesting switch from the other protaginists.
Bitterblue--it has been a lot of years since I read Bitterblue--is a masterwork in untangling and understanding the past and the true extent of the trauma that King Leck caused. I'm an English major for a reason, but Bitterblue made me appreciate math in a way that a string of increasingly desperate math teachers never, ever could.
Winterkeep expanded Cashore's world both in terms of geography and in terms of what authors can do in YA fiction now that it's not 2008 anymore (this book was released in 2021--LOTS changed in the intervening time...). This was more of an ensemble book--albeit with Bitterblue in the fore again--than the first three, and it was incredible.
Seasparrow is Hava's book, and literally everyone needs a hug. There are baby blue foxes, and everyone resolutely NOT becoming the Donner party. This book grabbed me by the heartstrings and hung on as Hava learned to forgive and to grow.
#book recommendations#Graceling#Fire#Bitterblue#Winterkeep#Seasparrow#Kristin Cashore#Books#fantasy#books & libraries#strong female protagonist#strong female characters#strong female lead#ya books#ya fantasy
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Couples in Graceling Realm books as Taylor Swift songs
Katsa and Po - Call It What You Want
Fire and Brigan - Delicate
Saf and Bitterblue - Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)
Bitterblue and Giddon - long story short
Hava and Linny - Sweet Nothing
#taylor swift#reputation#midnights#1989#booklr#graceling realm#kristin cashore#graceling#fire#bitterblue#winterkeep#seasparrow
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does anyone else feel like the graceling fandom is dead even though Seasparrow is relatively new
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Honestly one of the funniest moments in Winterkeep— and there’s a lot of funny moments.
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