Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Hi people! I finished my next book! This book was recommended to me by the librarian at my school. The book is called Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Let me start by saying that if you love books that are 'all their own', you will love this.

The story begins with a girl named Katsa who lives in the Middluns. Katsa has a Grace for killing. A Grace is a special skill, and everyone who has a Grace has two different color eyes. Katsa has a blue and a green one. She works for King Randa, who sends her to do his dirty work and punish innocent people. In Lienid, a man, Prince Tealiff, has been kidnapped, and the people in Randa's court, including Katsa, have saved him. Randa does not know of this. Who kidnapped Grandfather Tealiff?

Prince Po of Lienid learns that his grandfather is in Middluns, so he comes by. Po is also Graced with fighting. Katsa and Po become very close friends, and practice fighting each other frequently. They realize that they had a past encounter, but where?

Katsa and Po travel to Monsea to save a princess, but why? Everyone says that King Leck is a great person, so why would they go to his court? Do they suspect him of kidnapping Grandfather Tealiff? Through this journey, Katsa and Po learn of each other's Graces, and they learn their true feelings about each other. Will they rescue the princess? Can they find out who kidnapped Grandfather Tealiff? Is Leck who everyone thinks he is? What will come of Katsa and Po? Read this enchanting story and find out.