"I must stop wishing for things to happen. Because something will happen eventually, and when it does, I'll be bound to wish it hadn't." 
 read while resting in piles of pillows after long days at work 
 So even though this book was my least favorite of the three, I still give it 5 stars because: 
 1) I love Kristin Cashore's writing style. Even while reading Bitterblue, only once or twice did I think, "Wow, this could really be shorter and I wish it would move faster." I never get bored with what she writes and I love the world that she built. Even though this book was my least favorite in terms of characters/plot, I like the Dells more than the territories described during Graceling and Bitterblue . 
 2) This book was definitely the most up-in-your-face about feminism and women's issues, but I still enjoyed the fact that female characters are so strong in these books and persevere through losing the things they care about most. They are extremely relatable and even if I was like, "Ok, Kristin, I get it. She an independent woman who don't need no man," I still respected characters like Clara and Mila a lot. 
 3) Even if Fire wasn't relatable in her (perfect?) looks, I think she was extremely relatable in what she was going through when she was working through her feelings for Archer and how her relationship with her father was something she could appreciate while still understanding how destructive his personality was. I loved how complex Fire's relationships were and how her character developed over the course of the book as she figured out how she fit in to the world. 
 4) We got backstory on Leck!! 
 5 stars because I really, really liked this book. It's not a favorite like Graceling and I'm not sure I'll ever re-read it, but I loved this series and I appreciate so much how all of the books dovetail together. 
 Now I'm just saying goodbye to this series and it's difficult and WHY DOESNT KRISTIN CASHORE HAVE MORE BOOKS PUBLISHED