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A review by nightshade_novels
Nightshade by Maryrose Wood
4.0
This was an interesting read. Similar to the first book not too much happened throughout the story: Weed went to Italy to try and find Jessamine, while Jessamine changed her name twice and traveled across England killing people.
It was weird how completely Jessamine’s character changed throughout the book. But this is presumably the effect of all the drugs she was taking and having Oleander talking to her all the time.
It was good to see Weed being proactive for a change and tracking down Signora Baglioni at the Orto botanico, in Italy. I liked the way that Weed used his ability to talk to plants and ask them to flower etc. to put on shows to make money and in the end to entertain King George III. It reminded me of the way Dustfinger in Inkheart by Cornelia Funke performs using his special abilities. There did seem to be a few random scenes however that did not seem necessary to the story, such as the human dissection scene.
I quite liked how the book ended; not with the happy reunion of Weed and Jessamine as you would expect, but with Oleander burying Jessamine in her father’s poison garden, leaving Weed to run after her again.
Overall this book receives four stars. It was similar to the first book, but it gains an extra star due to the darker route that this book takes and the unconventional ending.
It was weird how completely Jessamine’s character changed throughout the book. But this is presumably the effect of all the drugs she was taking and having Oleander talking to her all the time.
It was good to see Weed being proactive for a change and tracking down Signora Baglioni at the Orto botanico, in Italy. I liked the way that Weed used his ability to talk to plants and ask them to flower etc. to put on shows to make money and in the end to entertain King George III. It reminded me of the way Dustfinger in Inkheart by Cornelia Funke performs using his special abilities. There did seem to be a few random scenes however that did not seem necessary to the story, such as the human dissection scene.
I quite liked how the book ended; not with the happy reunion of Weed and Jessamine as you would expect, but with Oleander burying Jessamine in her father’s poison garden, leaving Weed to run after her again.
Overall this book receives four stars. It was similar to the first book, but it gains an extra star due to the darker route that this book takes and the unconventional ending.