Author: Marie Rutkoski
Series: The Winner's Curse Trilogy #1
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Release Date: March 04, 2014
Source: ARC
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Winning what you want may cost you everything you love
As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.
One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.
But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.
My Thoughts:
When ARCs of The Winner's Curse went out and bloggers started raving about how awesome this book is I knew I had to somehow get my hands on a copy! Luckily, I entered a giveaway for it and I won!
There is something so fascinating about this world. I definitely feel like it could be a dystopian but it also has some magical elements to it. The society itself is just very interesting where all citizens are required to either join the military or get married. Male and female alike. Not very interesting choices.
Kestral is the general's daughter who just wants be to free to make her own choices. Then there's her slave Arin whom she bought in the marketplace. I love the dichotomy of these two main characters. Kestral is part of the people who conquered Arin's people when they were both just children. Up until he was about nine years old, Arin's family was very wealthy and he lived in a world where he could have anything he wanted. Then Kestral's people conquered the land and forced Arin's people to be slaves.
There's not a whole lot that happens in The Winner's Curse but it's still really good! There's a lot of world building, we're getting to know the society and the characters. It's a lot of building up to what's going to happen at the end and since I'm not giving away any spoilers, the whole last third of the book was really good! And there's a crazy cliffhanger that really took me by surprise!
The Winner's Curse is a richly imagined new world and a brand new trilogy that I will definitely continue reading! And that cover is one of my favorite of this year so far!
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