He was a marvelous opponent. She couldn’t get to him. She couldn’t hit him where she meant to, or as hard as she wanted. He was so quick to block or to twist, so quick to react. She couldn’t knock him from his feet, she couldn’t trap him when their fight had devolved into a…

Some of the passageways were secret, and some were known by the entire court. I think that’s the most reasonable thing this book has said yet. Po and Katsa meet up with Raffin and Bann.  Bann is Raffin’s friend and also likes botany.  For some reason the book decided to take that last sentence and…

Katsa goes to the archery range to work out her annoyance.  Then she drove arrow after arrow into the knees of her targets. Then the thighs, then the elbows, then the shoulders, until she’d emptied her quiver. She could disarm or disable any man with this bow *sigh* Guys.  Stop it.  Just stop. Do you…

This chapter begins by introducing us to Helda.  Helda had a kid who was a graceling, but King Stupid Pants didn’t think that swimming was a useful trait (…well, they are a landlocked kingdom, I guess) so he got sent home.  So…Helda came to work at the nursery?  …did she do this when her kid…

The sun was well on its way across the sky when their horses clattered onto the marble floor of Randa’s inner courtyard. Yay finally we’re done with that pointless travel section! …who puts marble floors in a courtyard?  And if someone were dumb enough to waste the money, why would you take your horses there? …