Review: The Winner's Curse

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A big thank you to this book for getting me out of my reading slump ❤️

This book was so good! It was definitely the fantasy book I needed to get out of my school-induced reading slump. It had me hooked from the start with a badass character named Kestrel, who's actually not that good at fighting. This is different from the new trend of kickass female characters that all know how to kill a man. This didn't make her any less badass--she was still super clever and used that to her advantage all the time.

She's sort of like a second-rate Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass. Or maybe I just kept thinking of how the cover looked so much like Queen of Shadows... Honestly...



The romance seemed forced to me, but that may be because I didn't care much for Arin. I 100% understood why he did what he did, but I also 100% did not trust him or care for him. He hurt Kestrel but she still ended up falling for him, which honestly just pissed me off. I mean I'm not for slavery or anything, but I was honestly rooting for Kestrel to win here (to be fair, she doesn't really condone slavery either).

Their relationship was not healthy. I do not approve. Kestrel should've stuck with Ronan.

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