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A review by lilonishi
The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith
5.0
I am not exaggerating at all when I say that I WILL NOT KNOW PEACE UNTIL I HEAR MORE ABOUT BOOK 2!!!!
Omg that freaking ending blew me away, I did not see it coming at all and I can’t believe that the author hid what was really happening so well!!! Ugh it was such a good last chapter and threw everything that I thought I knew on its head. I am just hoping with every fibre of my being that by the end of this series most of the characters will get a happy ending (because they deserve it after everything that they had to go through!)
Aside from that, this book sounded so intriguing!! Who wouldn’t want to read about regency England being ruled by a fae queen who made bargains with her subjects when they came of age? It sounds so interesting and unique, and it was masterfully pulled off too!
I think that If you’ve watched Bridgeton or anything else set in regency England you’ll have a really pretty visual and a really accurate visual in your head for what everything is meant to look like, all of the clothes and locations. I only say this because the author doesn’t really go into a great deal of detail describing everything, but I really appreciated it because sometimes all of the descriptions can make the book drag. Just bear that in mind if you decide to pick this up.
I think the pacing of this one was ok. It was really interesting at the very start with the prologue being probably the most captivating chapter until a third of the way through, but that makes sense with all of the set up and character intros that needed to be made.
I feel like the pacing slowed down a few times and actually dragged a little bit, but not enough to be that noticeable or take away from just how enjoyable this was to read.
There were so many different things constantly happening, so many characters to get used to, multiple POVs and a lot of scheming/backstabbing. In all honesty things started off really fluffy and tame but as the story progressed, the trials that all of the girls were competing in got harder and there were more mentions of the fae and trying to unseat the Queen, things got so much more cut throat and intense.
It really felt near the end as if the line between good and evil was being blurred and like each of the humans were being more fae than the fae were.
I don’t want to give anything away because there is just so many good plot twists that happen in this book that I think it would really take away from just how enjoyable it is, but the romance was out of this world (even if it is only YA), the banter between Ivy and the prince had me giggling so much, things aren’t at all how they seem at first, and prepare yourself for the ending and how insane things actually get.
Again, I can’t wait to see where the author goes with this story in the next book but I have the feeling that its going to be even more insane than this one was!
Omg that freaking ending blew me away, I did not see it coming at all and I can’t believe that the author hid what was really happening so well!!! Ugh it was such a good last chapter and threw everything that I thought I knew on its head. I am just hoping with every fibre of my being that by the end of this series most of the characters will get a happy ending (because they deserve it after everything that they had to go through!)
Aside from that, this book sounded so intriguing!! Who wouldn’t want to read about regency England being ruled by a fae queen who made bargains with her subjects when they came of age? It sounds so interesting and unique, and it was masterfully pulled off too!
I think that If you’ve watched Bridgeton or anything else set in regency England you’ll have a really pretty visual and a really accurate visual in your head for what everything is meant to look like, all of the clothes and locations. I only say this because the author doesn’t really go into a great deal of detail describing everything, but I really appreciated it because sometimes all of the descriptions can make the book drag. Just bear that in mind if you decide to pick this up.
I think the pacing of this one was ok. It was really interesting at the very start with the prologue being probably the most captivating chapter until a third of the way through, but that makes sense with all of the set up and character intros that needed to be made.
I feel like the pacing slowed down a few times and actually dragged a little bit, but not enough to be that noticeable or take away from just how enjoyable this was to read.
There were so many different things constantly happening, so many characters to get used to, multiple POVs and a lot of scheming/backstabbing. In all honesty things started off really fluffy and tame but as the story progressed, the trials that all of the girls were competing in got harder and there were more mentions of the fae and trying to unseat the Queen, things got so much more cut throat and intense.
It really felt near the end as if the line between good and evil was being blurred and like each of the humans were being more fae than the fae were.
I don’t want to give anything away because there is just so many good plot twists that happen in this book that I think it would really take away from just how enjoyable it is, but the romance was out of this world (even if it is only YA), the banter between Ivy and the prince had me giggling so much, things aren’t at all how they seem at first, and prepare yourself for the ending and how insane things actually get.
Again, I can’t wait to see where the author goes with this story in the next book but I have the feeling that its going to be even more insane than this one was!