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A review by ari_reading_
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
4.0
Trigger Warnings: Instance of Child physical abuse, emotional manipulation, Violence– self-harm (for ritual) – some instances of casual racism
Violet Made of Thorns has received a lot of chatter recently, a few friends of mine raved about it when it came in their fairy loot boxes. It is pitched for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent and Dove. I loved both of those series (though I despised Books 2 and 3 of the latter series)
The plot follows Violet, a seer, and prophet who is always fully believed, hence why she gets away with so many lies. With this gift, she wants Prince Cyrus, someone she despises to fulfill a prophecy to save the kingdom. This means working with Cyrus, and from there, things get very interesting.
Violet liked saying how much of a badass she was, we definitely didn't get to see that side of her until later on. Due to the sales pitch, I went into this expecting her to be like Jude or Lou, but she wasn't.
Also, I expected Dante but at the same time, I also didn't expect Dante.
As for Cyrus, I didn't much care for him and the hatred he had for Violet, the magnitude of hatred made not much sense to me. When the making out between them started, I was confused.
The world was interesting, I'll give it that, but I would have loved more explanation behind the fairy wood forest and the fairies, gods etcetera. Also, the way the royalty works, I also would have loved more page time for Cyrus's older sister, she seemed cool. I wanted to know why she couldn't rule, because of her gender?
I still found myself intrigued and Violet was more badass later on, however, I gave this book high expectations due to its pitch. Violet Made of Thorns is definitely more like Serpent and Dove than The Cruel Prince in my opinion.
Overall, while somewhat underwhelming, it sets up the rest of the series fine and it has all the fairytale vibes content you would want, however, I wanted more detail on some aspects of it.
↠ 3.5 to 4 stars
Violet Made of Thorns has received a lot of chatter recently, a few friends of mine raved about it when it came in their fairy loot boxes. It is pitched for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent and Dove. I loved both of those series (though I despised Books 2 and 3 of the latter series)
The plot follows Violet, a seer, and prophet who is always fully believed, hence why she gets away with so many lies. With this gift, she wants Prince Cyrus, someone she despises to fulfill a prophecy to save the kingdom. This means working with Cyrus, and from there, things get very interesting.
Violet liked saying how much of a badass she was, we definitely didn't get to see that side of her until later on. Due to the sales pitch, I went into this expecting her to be like Jude or Lou, but she wasn't.
Also, I expected Dante but at the same time, I also didn't expect Dante.
As for Cyrus, I didn't much care for him and the hatred he had for Violet, the magnitude of hatred made not much sense to me. When the making out between them started, I was confused.
The world was interesting, I'll give it that, but I would have loved more explanation behind the fairy wood forest and the fairies, gods etcetera. Also, the way the royalty works, I also would have loved more page time for Cyrus's older sister, she seemed cool. I wanted to know why she couldn't rule, because of her gender?
I still found myself intrigued and Violet was more badass later on, however, I gave this book high expectations due to its pitch. Violet Made of Thorns is definitely more like Serpent and Dove than The Cruel Prince in my opinion.
Overall, while somewhat underwhelming, it sets up the rest of the series fine and it has all the fairytale vibes content you would want, however, I wanted more detail on some aspects of it.
↠ 3.5 to 4 stars