Eyes eyes eyes eyes gracelings.

So I'm reading a book called Gracelings by Kristin cashore. It's pretty excellent. It focuses around a world where some people are called gracelings, gifted with a special talent such as mind reading or sword fighting. From what I can tell it seems like these gracelings are identified as such at birth from their unusual eyes. Two different colored eyes of an unusual color or shade. The main character in this book is named Katsa, and she has an especially unpleasant grace. Killing. She can flip a grown man ten times her size right over her head or smash someone's head in without a second thought. Because of her unfortunate talent, she is used as a weapon by her father, and she is recognized easily by her eyes and face. She has one bright blue eye and one vividly green eye. While her father sends her on his missions, she goes on her own at night.during these self appointed missions, she has to hide her eyes and face as best she can. She also tries to train herself to control this power and keep it in check. Her father wants messy deaths. She does not. I actually really enjoy the character. It would be very easy to write her in a way where she would bother me but she doesn't . She's cold and distant, the way that someone would react to being put in a situation like that since their birth. People are terrified of her. It's entertaining, fast paced, and the world it takes place in is awesome,

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