Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Jewel by Amy Ewing

1 review

viviette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Well…the ending to me was just too much of a shocker—

I already could guess Carnelian was going to find out about Ash and Violet but I really didn’t think she would snitch. I seriously thought she FELL for Ash and instead would just try to frame Violet of a crime to save Ash from execution. I…was very wrong…

The book is also quite slow in my opinion and it won’t “leave you on the edge of your seat” or anything, but at a certain point I was definitely wanting to read more. To summarize—read this—it’s a good book and, especially if you liked  The Selection, is a sort of classic YA Romance~DARK YA Romance. Dark…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse, Eating disorder, and Infertility

Minor: Abandonment and Grief

Wild bloody miscarriage(s) and a strange surrogacy tradition is the WHOLE plot of this book!

The main characters best friend is being physically abused and tortured with parts of her brain (supposedly) being mixed around in order for her to be a mindless slave to the “royals”

I could go on a little more but just beware of the warnings I’ve listed!