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 Yet another FANTASTIC book by Kristen Cashore. I hope one day I can write like you, Ms. Cashore :) 
 Also, before a review it in depth, can I just say AAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!!!????? Did anyone else feel like that at the end? Because I know I did..... 
 This book was fantastic. Seriously. I always feel like Kristen Cashore's writing is so original. I love her ideas, like the gracelings and the monsters- I don't think I ever could have thought of something like that. Plus, her characters are always so full of emotion. As a reader, you can really feel the confusion they feel, because all of her characters are really confused, hehehe. 
 I love the storyrooms. They are great. I want one here where I live, seriously. I would go there like every night. 
 As for characters.... 
 Bitterblue: Bitterblue seems different from the way she was in the first book. Obviously, she would, because it's told from her perspective. But in the first book she seemed really held together, ridiculously calm for what was happening. And here she just kind of.... Leaked emotion all over the place. Like, at some point, her glass case of emotions cracked and it all just flooded out in one big wave... ;) I didn't like how she wasn't aware of how wealthy and powerful she was, but I think it was realistic. And I thought it was sweet how she made up a mother, because she missed her own. 
 Saf: I felt like I didn't really know Saf. Like... I never got enough insight into his past, or into his emotions. I wish that either Bitterblue had spent a little more time with him, or one of the other characters spent more time with him and then told Bitterblue about it. Eh. It wasn't noticeable while I was reading the book, but now, when I think about it, I realize that I feel that way.