A review by remedyreads
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

So, first, I must say that my reading of this was colored by the experience I had reading the previous Graceling books.  I did not really expect the characters to have aged so much between books and so that threw off my perspective a bit.  I think the adventure and the plot were both fine and in line with previous books with this series.  I did read it all in one day, after all.  However, I found that the way sex and intimacy were used as points of character development or to age characters felt random and unnecessary.  I think I wanted to be shown more character development that hinged on creating and maintaining relationships so that I could connect with them more. 
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