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A review by ambeesbookishpages
The White Rose by Amy Ewing
4.0
The full review can be found at The Book Bratz closer to the release date!
The White Rose was deliciously written, packed with drama, mystery, betrayal and plot twists fans of The Jewel will love it! I finished in less then two days (Note: This review was written in May), so I abandoned studying and preparing for prom to finish this, I loved it that much!
The White Rose picks up right were The Jewel ended, Ash is locked up and Violet stuck in her room. When we thought things couldn't go worse the Duchess arrives, and if you have any hope that she has a kind bone in her body, you are wrong. Lucien manages to get Violet, Raven and Ash out of the Jewel and into the farm lands to a place called The White Rose, where the head of the rebellion is located. Lucien things Violet is the tool they need to bring down the royalty and end surrogacy for good.
I loved the growth of Violet from The Jewel to now, her growth is amazing. I spent a good majority of my The Jewel review complaining that Violet did nothing to gain her freedom, even when things were going down hill. Finally in The White Rose she took those leaps she needed. Amy expanded on all of her characters in this novel, especially Raven who had quickly has become one of my favorites. One of Violet's strong suits is loyalty to the people she cares about, she refused to give up on Raven, she supported Ash and trusted Lucien even when his choices were questionable.
Another complain I had with The Jewel was the Auguries, and the history of the island not being explained well enough. Things aren't what they seemed to be though, history has been twisted. The way the Auguries had come about wasn't something I expected, but it was an interesting twist and the already screwed up history of the island.
I am going to believe that Amy likes to make her readers suffer with cliffhanger endings. Considering I found the ending to The Jewel predictable I was thinking the same was going to happen with this one. Boy was I wrong. I never saw that ending coming, and I am dying to know what is going to happen. Overall I really did enjoy The White Rose.
The White Rose was deliciously written, packed with drama, mystery, betrayal and plot twists fans of The Jewel will love it! I finished in less then two days (Note: This review was written in May), so I abandoned studying and preparing for prom to finish this, I loved it that much!
The White Rose picks up right were The Jewel ended, Ash is locked up and Violet stuck in her room. When we thought things couldn't go worse the Duchess arrives, and if you have any hope that she has a kind bone in her body, you are wrong. Lucien manages to get Violet, Raven and Ash out of the Jewel and into the farm lands to a place called The White Rose, where the head of the rebellion is located. Lucien things Violet is the tool they need to bring down the royalty and end surrogacy for good.
I loved the growth of Violet from The Jewel to now, her growth is amazing. I spent a good majority of my The Jewel review complaining that Violet did nothing to gain her freedom, even when things were going down hill. Finally in The White Rose she took those leaps she needed. Amy expanded on all of her characters in this novel, especially Raven who had quickly has become one of my favorites. One of Violet's strong suits is loyalty to the people she cares about, she refused to give up on Raven, she supported Ash and trusted Lucien even when his choices were questionable.
Another complain I had with The Jewel was the Auguries, and the history of the island not being explained well enough. Things aren't what they seemed to be though, history has been twisted. The way the Auguries had come about wasn't something I expected, but it was an interesting twist and the already screwed up history of the island.
I am going to believe that Amy likes to make her readers suffer with cliffhanger endings. Considering I found the ending to The Jewel predictable I was thinking the same was going to happen with this one. Boy was I wrong. I never saw that ending coming, and I am dying to know what is going to happen. Overall I really did enjoy The White Rose.