This was great! And because it is a young adult novel - the prose is very quick to get through. Combine that with a really compelling story and you will also be done with this in no time. Graceling is the story of a young woman who has a special power - she is "graced" with the skill to fight like none other. The world that she lives in contains seven kingdoms, and as the story opens she is on a rescue mission to find someone who has been kidnapped by one of them. The main plot of the rest of the novel is figuring out who kidnapped him. If you like fantasy novels and don't mind YA, I recommend picking this up. It would make a great vacation read.