Plot Summary Of Graceling: The Seven Kingdoms
Graceling takes place on a large land mass, dubbed "The Seven Kingdoms". It is split into 7 different sections each controlled by a king and/or queen. The kingdoms are (in order from tops to bottom) Nander, Wester, Middluns, Estill, Sunder, Monsea, and Lienid. Kasta, the main character, comes from Middluns, a kingdom ruled by one named Randa. Po, a character Katsa later meets, derives from Lienid.
Katsa is a Graceling, one of the rare people in her lad born with an extreme skill in a certain "category". These graces could be anything from land/sea navigation, advanced hearing, persuasive speaking, and even mind-reading and killing. It is very easy to tell someone is graced because of their specially colored eyes, one a different color than …show more content…
They travel to Leck city, where they find Leck himself chasing his wife and single child down a field as the mother and child attempt and escape. Leck kills his wife, while Bitterblue, (the child) flees. Katsa and Po decide this irrefutable evidence that Leck was involved in the kidnapping because of his evil nature. Leck is Graced with being able to persuade other into doing his will, only with his voice. After Kasta and Po rescue Bitterblue, they make it their mission to protect her until they can get to a safe kingdom. Po decides to go back and kill Leck, because his grace cannot affect someone who can see through deception. Po attempts and fails at killing Leck only grazing him and Po taking an arrow of his own in the shoulder. After days of trying to escape Leck's army, Po decides his injured self to be left behind in order to the child to safety. Katsa eventually brings Bitterblue across kingdoms and into safe hands. The book leaves off there, and the rest of the story is continued in book 2.
Graceling is a decent book, with a fun look at fantasy, but is very heavy on romance. I myself, am not one to look for these kind of books (I didn’t actually know this would be filled with romance). Nevertheless, there are several action scenes that play out nicely with excellent detail in the fights. The book is very boring at several points with useless dialogue splattered in between. I only
Katsa is a Graceling, one of the rare people in her lad born with an extreme skill in a certain "category". These graces could be anything from land/sea navigation, advanced hearing, persuasive speaking, and even mind-reading and killing. It is very easy to tell someone is graced because of their specially colored eyes, one a different color than …show more content…
They travel to Leck city, where they find Leck himself chasing his wife and single child down a field as the mother and child attempt and escape. Leck kills his wife, while Bitterblue, (the child) flees. Katsa and Po decide this irrefutable evidence that Leck was involved in the kidnapping because of his evil nature. Leck is Graced with being able to persuade other into doing his will, only with his voice. After Kasta and Po rescue Bitterblue, they make it their mission to protect her until they can get to a safe kingdom. Po decides to go back and kill Leck, because his grace cannot affect someone who can see through deception. Po attempts and fails at killing Leck only grazing him and Po taking an arrow of his own in the shoulder. After days of trying to escape Leck's army, Po decides his injured self to be left behind in order to the child to safety. Katsa eventually brings Bitterblue across kingdoms and into safe hands. The book leaves off there, and the rest of the story is continued in book 2.
Graceling is a decent book, with a fun look at fantasy, but is very heavy on romance. I myself, am not one to look for these kind of books (I didn’t actually know this would be filled with romance). Nevertheless, there are several action scenes that play out nicely with excellent detail in the fights. The book is very boring at several points with useless dialogue splattered in between. I only