Name: Seasparrow
ISBN: 9780593616031

Kristin Cashore

Seasparrow

Emily McMeans

Waiting is a way of making yourself as empty, small, nonexistent, and safe as possible.

Cassidy Nolan

They’re both so physical. I think it’s a sailor thing; sailors inhabit their bodies more fully than other people do. Jacky mostly hurls a sense of power and noise at me, accompanied by smirking, whereas now that Linny was pressed up against me, I noticed he smelled like salt and cold and was just my height. My same shoulder breadth too, and slender like me. My sailor twin. But prettier than me with that delicate face, and with those eyes lit like a honey jar sitting in a window.

Cats love Giddon. Probably they recognize an intellectual equal.

“I’ll leave you to it, habpva,” she said.

I said nothing, just watched her climb back up to the wheelhouse. Something fills my throat when people use that name. It’s not a bad feeling, exactly. But I can’t respond.

There’s nothing he’d rather be doing than cheering her on while she eats a. crumb. If I’m ever that fawningly devoted to someone, I hope someone will put me out of my misery.

“Please remember you have my life in your hands, because if you kill yourself, Bitterblue is going to kill me.”

Isn’t it nice, how much easier it is to have a flexible attitude when you’re getting what you want?

“All right,” he said diplomatically. “Well, you look like you sprang from a fairy tale about righteous heroes who screw the heads off of tyrants, which is usual. And also like you’re trying to keep your expression blank so that I can’t tell what you’re thinking or feeling about anything. Which is also usual.”

, and it’s also the name of a famous Dellian hero, a woman with scarlet, pink, and coppery hair who’s half human, half monster. She has the mind-controlling abilities of a Dellian monster, but the conscience of a human. A kind human. I saw her once, years ago. She’s terrifying and beautiful, and very, very old.

First of all I loved the size of the chapters! It made it very easy to read. I liked that we also got to see Hava’s side of the story in this series and I liked how she was interested in sailing. I liked that about the whole series, how each character had completely different interests I think it made it relatable to more people. I also loved all the details about the foxes I think it added a needed amount of humor since the first parts of the book were kind of heavy. I also enjoyed the survival in an arctic environment and it reminded me in a way the first book and the part where Katsa and Po survived in the woods. I also liked to see Bitterblue from a different point of view. I personally related a lot to Hava cause in a way everyone is learning how to behave in society just like she was hiding. You learn to become someone that might not necessarily be someone you like. You end up feeling empty, invisible and not knowing who you are. I liked how she progressed and we saw her go through this. I’d say this was a good book and a good series I’m looking forward for possible next books in the graceling realm!