⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
The Prison Healer is a story about Kiva, a girl who has been at Zalindov, the death prison, for a decade. When the Rebel Queen gets brought in and has to go through the elemental trials to fight for her freedom, Kiva takes her place.

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”

I have seen so much love for this series and have had the book on my shelf since just before The Gilded Cage came out. Naturally, I also read about the cliffhanger ending and decided to wait reading it until the whole series was complete haha.

I absolutely loved reading this book and truly understand the hype surrounding this story! I loved how unique this book felt. It was written beautifully and in a way that I could easily drown in the words and forget all around me.

I loved the plot in this book. I really liked how the trials weren’t the only plot point in the story. The sickness in the prison and the different focus points made every chapter that much more engaging to read.

While the whole story takes place in a prison, the world feels so much greater and bigger than that, due to the different kind of people at the prison and the little descriptions of the world outside the prison.

I loved Kiva! Seriously, I want her in my life hahaha. I loved how strong she is despite everything that happened to her. Despite all, she remains good and somehow pure of heart. The other characters also stole my heart, but Tipp has gotten a special place!

Spoiler

my heart sank at the end when Kiva found him dying! I have never been more relieved for a character to be okay!!!

The plot twists in this book honestly blew me away! They were written so well and I had never seen them coming! I love how they were executed and how they remained secret until they were revealed hahah.

Something I also really loved, which might be a bit of a spoiler? is how Kiva made it through the trials! I loved how realistic it was that she kinda only survived because of the help she got and luck. She didn’t suddenly get powers and did everything by herself. I really liked that Lynette Noni stayed true to Kiva, who is a healer and not some fighter.

Overall, I absolutely loved reading this story! It blew me away with how good it was and I can’t wait to start the sequel The Gilded Cage soon!