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A review by chrissie_whitley
Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
2.0
Sporting a messy plot and a really uneven main character, Blood Rose Rebellion was a chore and I struggled to finish it. While the premise is interesting, and the setting should have potential, the ideas never really found their momentum and the main character, Anna Arden, remained static throughout.
Anna Arden apparently born without magic into a magical Victorian era, has been forbidden from entering Society because of this. Despite her higher class by birth, she's Barren—void of magical ability. She is selfish and self-centered in a way most MC's of high rank are, but she remains so throughout the book. She's frustrating and doesn't seem to have the ability to grow or learn from her mistakes. Even halfway through the book, Anna does the typical and overused, "I’m going to do this thing because I’m a strong young woman, even though it’s probably dangerous and stupid to go alone...I’ll show them."
The settings—Victorian England and then Hungary—should, by all rights, be interesting and atmospheric, but she hardly ventures out in England, offhandedly mentions Queen Victoria's magic, and, once in Hungary everything gets murky and misplaced—a mashup of other fiction seems to lend itself to the backdrop of the Hungarian countryside.
Anna takes forever to even consider something that it obvious, and all the predictable ideas are trotted out for the parade that is the build-up and ending. I have no interest in finishing this series. They just have interesting ideas and beautiful covers.
Anna Arden apparently born without magic into a magical Victorian era, has been forbidden from entering Society because of this. Despite her higher class by birth, she's Barren—void of magical ability. She is selfish and self-centered in a way most MC's of high rank are, but she remains so throughout the book. She's frustrating and doesn't seem to have the ability to grow or learn from her mistakes. Even halfway through the book, Anna does the typical and overused, "I’m going to do this thing because I’m a strong young woman, even though it’s probably dangerous and stupid to go alone...I’ll show them."
The settings—Victorian England and then Hungary—should, by all rights, be interesting and atmospheric, but she hardly ventures out in England, offhandedly mentions Queen Victoria's magic, and, once in Hungary everything gets murky and misplaced—a mashup of other fiction seems to lend itself to the backdrop of the Hungarian countryside.
Anna takes forever to even consider something that it obvious, and all the predictable ideas are trotted out for the parade that is the build-up and ending. I have no interest in finishing this series. They just have interesting ideas and beautiful covers.