Review: Royal Assassin

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I thought this was the strongest book of the series so far. In the last we see Fitz grow into a young man. In this we see him taking charge of his life even if it goes against what others believe is best. I could see how he was making changes to the world around him in this book. In the previous book we was being acted through.
Even though the Wit is consider Beast magic and unclean, Fitz uses it. He bonds with a wolf, Nighteyes, and uses it to protect himself from the white ship and those who wish to harm. He does his best to hide his use of Wit magic and keep people from discovering he has it.
At the start of this book Fitz is ready to give up on life but he quickly changes his mind when he thinks about his childhood friend Molly and what may have happened to her. Once he thinks of her he has the courage to leave he Mountain Kingdom and return to Buckkeep. He is still recovering from being poisoned when he gets back and having the maintain his appearance is at first hard for him. However, he finds solace in Molly who is now at the castle.
This book covers a lot of ground in a short about of time. I'm looking forward to the next book, and seeing how Fitz grows into himslef. He is an interesting character whom I enjoy spending time with.

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