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Violence
Some
Political violence and war as background; some action sequences
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological content: the impossible moral position of a spy who loves the people on both sides, and the cumulative cost of necessary deception
What this book is about
The second Winner's Trilogy novel finds Kestrel in the most dangerous position of her life — betrothed to the crown prince of the empire that conquered her people, using her access to gather intelligence for the Herrani resistance while falling into impossible personal entanglements. Rutkoski's series is notable for its emotional sophistication: the moral weight of Kestrel's choices and what they cost her at every level are the series' sustained subject.
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