The Rose Society

Title: The Rose Society

Author: Marie Lu

Rating:94%

Reading Time: ?

Bookworm Appeal: Did you like The Young Elites?

NON SPOILER REVIEW

It takes place inn a fantasy setting where blood fever has run through the lands leaving anyone that survives it with strange markings and occasionally special abilities. Throughout the story we follow Adelina as she searches for REVENGE! MY REVIEW FOR THE YOUNG ELITES

SPOILER REVIEW
1.That end scene tho

I feel so BAD for Adelina. I mean you can see that she's trying to stop but the voices in her head make it improbable. I DID NOT expect her to lash out at Violetta like that, I mean maybe a slap to the face but it never came to mind that she would actually kill Violetta.

I felt especially bad for Adelina when she's on the throne with the crown on her head waiting for that sweet feeling of relief course through her and it doesn't happen.

2. This book is sooooooooo much darker

It was so much darker than the young elites was. It's even darker than Knife Edge (which is from the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman that I have a review to in case you want to check it out) I mean before this Adelina was like "Oooh POWER!!! YAYYYY!!!!!" but now iit's more like "POWER I NEED MORE" It was just so hard at times to read from her perspective.

3. The ELITES

Their all GONNA DIE! AND I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING!!!! UGHHHHHHH!!!! #disappointed

When Rafaelle was talking about the Windwalker's bones hollowing out I thought it was because somehow Adelina's powers had manifested into something more, because the doctor was like it was as though the wrist twisted from the inside and that's sorta what Adelina does...rite? So, I kinda have a theory about how this conflict will end but that'll be somewhere down in another point. SOOOOO, READ ON!!!!

4. THE SHIPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO the easy to see ones are probably Maeve and Lucent and Sergio and Violetta. The one that I really want to talk about is between Adelina - Enzo - Magiano. SO I know a lot of you probably like the idea of Magiano and Adelina together because he brings out the best in her and he's a really good person and he has a really awesome power. They are cute but for some reason I can't seem to let go of the idea of Adelina and Enzo. I know Enzo isn't really there just a shadow of himself and we have to kill him off but I kind of like to think of the Underworld side of him like this thin layer of cloth on him  that they can somehow rip off. I'm pretty sure Marie Lu will write my first theory but I'm hoping for the latter.

5. GEMMA IS DEAD

I wasn't expecting that. I thought we would be done killing off the reast of the Daggers after Enzo and Dante but apparently we aren't and I know Enzo and the rest of the Daggers blame Adelina for Gemma's death but I kinda think that Gemma's death was Gemma's fault. I mean if Gemma hadn't tried to kill Adelina, Adelina would have never tried to kill Gemma,Plus it's not like Sergio could aim his lightning at Gemma he can make storms not control them. So really her death was her fault.

6. THEORY

After Violetta left Adelina she actually went to find the Daggers to go save Adelina. In return of them helping her save Adelina she'll help take away their powers so that they don't die. Then they'll kill Enzo and Adelina and Magiano will end up together and all of the other ships I mentioned will end up together as well. Maybe not Maeve and Lucent for some reason I imagine either one of them dying at the end.

7. Teren

The irony of the whole thing is the fact that he pretty much set his own downfall in motion I mean if he didn't try and burn Adelina in the first place I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been caught. I was reading the part where Adelina goes all "I'll kill your soul" on him and I kind of wanted her to mention the irony of the whole situation.

8. Adelina

Throughout the whole book Adelina was giving me this whole Levana kind of vibe. (Levana is from THE LUNAR CHRONICLES BY MARISSA MEYER) I mean her view of love and her reactions are all very Levana-like if you read Fairest you get it.

The Young Elites

Title: The Young Elites


Author: Marie Lu

Rating: 89%

Reading Time: ?

Bookworm Appeal: Human?

 




NON_SPOILER SUMMARY/REVIEW

I pretty much flew through this book. Literally... I got the book this morning at 7:00 in the morning at school and finished it at 11:40 at night. This book to me is kind of like a mixture of Dystopian (10%) and Fantasy (90%). It happens in this Fantasy world called Kenneth? (Kenettra) and we read it from multiple point of views, which is really nice. If you're a noob at Fantasy, I suggest not reading this until you're at least a novice. You should try out reading GRACELING first cause that's a really nice book. I probably give it an A- just because of a few things I'll explain in my SPOILER SECTION.
It's about this girl who discovers she has powers after almost being killed by everyone.

SPOILER REVIEW

1.This book was soooo dark

But soooooooooooooo intriguing. Just the whole process of her discovering how to control her powers was so dark. I mean, imagine having to grip onto the things you fear most to use your powers every single day and feeding off other people's fears and liking it is really reaally really messed up.

2.Enzo and Adelina

I kinda knew they were gonna end up together as soon as he saved her. I was supposed to be listening to a leadership speech but instead I was reading this book under the table. And the whole time he was saving her I was just smiling like a madman and telling all my friends and I quote "I know they're gonna end up together and I don't even know his name yet." and when I found he was the prince I pretty much went crazy and started gripping all my friends arms and stared at them wide eyed saying "He's the PRINCE" really slowly. They were really cute together in my opinion. I really liked them together but I do wish that we knew more about this Daphne person than what Enzo told Adelina. The part before the Duel was really nice too.

3.The OTHER Young Elites

Gemma seems really nice and Michel too. Adelina seems to be closer to these 2 elites than the other 2. She and Lucent seem to be more like allies or acquaintances rather than friends. And spider just seems like a jerk.

4.Rafaella

Where do I begin. HE was kind of like her anchor, her shoulder to lean on. Throughout the book I just felt really bad for him. Especially when you're told his backstory. And tht end scene with him and Adelina was just spirit crushing

5.Enzo

Did I expect him to die? NOPE! I did not. I kinda suspected someone would die as soon as someone said there was someone with the power to bring people back from the dead but did I expect it to be Enzo! NOOOOOOO. I like Enzo but I feel as though we don't realy know him. I mean we know Adelina , her secrets, her fears but Enzo I barely know anything only that he was a prince, he was friends with Teren before the fever and that he was the first young elite and the girl he loved died.
I need to KNOW MORE!!!!

6.The blood fever

I want to know how it came about in the first place. Like what's its origin how did it start? Who got it first? There wasn't much on the backstory of the fever just that it was always there.

7. Teren

SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Teren was good before that (CURSE WORDS) convinced him that he was no better than a dog. I could probably see a nice different future for Teren if itwere'nt for that evil queen . The solution is prettyy simple though, just kill off Teren I mean sure I pity him but he's better off dead

8.TELLING THEM

OMG!!! Why didn't she tell them that her sister was locked up. It would have made things so much easier. Halfway through the book I slammed the book on the table and was just like Imma kill Marie Lu for making Adelina so damn stupid. LIKE SERIOUSLY nothing good ever comes from with holding information.

9.The ROSE SOCIETY

Adelina ain't backing down. She's a survivor. She gonna make it. Keep on survivin'.

10.Violetta

Is amazing!

"What if? What if, what if we lost our minds?"
                                                                          - YOUTH, Troye Sivan