How long does it take to read Bitterblue?
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore takes about 10 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Seven Kingdoms Trilogy
Previous: Fire Next: Winterkeep
About 10 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 563 pages, about 154,825 words. Written for children.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eight years have passed since the young Princess Bitterblue, and her country, were saved from the vicious King Leck. Now Bitterblue is the queen of Monsea, and her land is at peace. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisers, who have run the country on her behalf since Leck's death, believe in a forward-thinking plan: to pardon all of those who committed terrible acts during Leck's reign; and to forget every dark event that ever happened. Monsea's past has become shrouded in mystery, and it's only when Bitterblue begins sneaking out of her castle - curious, disguised and alone - to walk the streets of her own city, that she begins to realise the truth. Her kingdom has been under the thirty-five-year long spell of a madman, and now their only chance to move forward is to revisit the past. Whatever that past holds. Two thieves, who have sworn only to steal what has already been stolen, change her life forever. They hold a key to the truth of Leck's reign. And one of them, who possesses an unidentified Grace, may also hold a key to her heart . . .
Subjects: Fantasy, Ability, Imaginary places, Juvenile fiction, Telepathy, Fiction
