** spoiler alert ** 
 I really enjoyed this book from our Young Adult section. Interesting idea, well played out. 
 In this world, children born with eyes of two different colors have talents, gifts, called Graces. Those children, Gracelings, can do something better than other people. Sometimes it's something useful. Sometimes not so much. And sometimes, the Grace people think a child has isn't really what they think it is. 
 A young woman who is Graced with killing is used by her uncle, a king of one of the five kingdoms, as an enforcer. While she begins to work with friends to right some of the wrongs they see, it takes a while before she realizes she has a choice. She can tell her uncle no. How is he going to stop her, after all? 
 She rescues the father of the king from an island kingdom. The old man had been kidnapped and was being hidden by one of the other kings. While rescuing him, she runs into the man's grandson, a prince who is also a graceling. He's Graced with fighting. When he follows her back to her kingdom, looking for his grandfather, they become friends, enjoying fighting against each other, since the girl has never found anyone else to fight with that offered her any challenge. 
 When her uncle pushes her too far, trying to force a man to marry his daughters off to a stranger, she rebells. She runs off with her new friend to figure out why his grandfather was kidnapped and who was really in control. They discover what their Graces really are as they travel to yet another kingdom. 
 The young prince's sister is married to this kingdom's king. She's refusing to let the king near his daughter and makes an attempt to escape, just as the pair arrive. She's murdered by her husband, and the husband enchants the people to believe it was an accident. The king, with only one eye, is a Graceling as well. 
 They have to rescue the princess and run for safety but the young prince is injured and must be left behind. They young woman gets the princess to the island kingdom, but the nefarious king is waiting for them, and enchanted the people the young woman hoped would help them. She must overcome his enchantment to save her friend and herself. 
 Choices, growing up, independence are all part of this story, as well as discovering your own true self. I guess, for that reason, this makes a wonderful YA book. I think anyone interested in fantasy fiction, though, could take something from this book.