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lyraggs's review against another edition
5.0
Un libro igual de emocionante que "Los Jóvenes Élites", ahora tenemos la introducción de nuevos personajes que me han gustado mucho, en especial Magiano, pero aun así mi favorita siempre sera nuestra oscura Élite Adelina, me fascina su personaje, tanto sus miedos como su deseos de venganza, la manera en que la consumiendo poco a poco y aun así sigue adelante, "El Lobo Blanco" , feroz y cruel, un personaje que posee oscuridad y complejos, otro de ellos es Teren, cruel pero su crueldad tienen su propio significado uno incluso mejor que Adelina, su fe, su amor "obsesion" por la reina, y su odio por los malfetos; por ello este libro es uno de los que me he devorado en horas.
Pero como dije al principio, los nuevos persones que aparecen me gustan, le dan un giro a la trama, como ellos no son iguales a los Dagas, como tampoco le temen a matar y tienen un ideal distinto a estos, aunque también tienen la parte buena y mas racional que es la hermana de Adelina, quien aleja un poco su locura.
Los lugares y las dificultades que estos personajes se enfrentan, llevaos por 3 Pov, centrándose mas en Adelina, nos emocionan, nos hacen llorar, y nos dan ganas de leernos el siguiente libro !ya!, en especial con ese final.
Aunque todo cambia, también se siente apresurado, pero la autora nos prepara algo diferente del cual se enfrentaran estos jóvenes Élites.
Pero como dije al principio, los nuevos persones que aparecen me gustan, le dan un giro a la trama, como ellos no son iguales a los Dagas, como tampoco le temen a matar y tienen un ideal distinto a estos, aunque también tienen la parte buena y mas racional que es la hermana de Adelina, quien aleja un poco su locura.
Los lugares y las dificultades que estos personajes se enfrentan, llevaos por 3 Pov, centrándose mas en Adelina, nos emocionan, nos hacen llorar, y nos dan ganas de leernos el siguiente libro !ya!, en especial con ese final.
Aunque todo cambia, también se siente apresurado, pero la autora nos prepara algo diferente del cual se enfrentaran estos jóvenes Élites.
nuzhath's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
4 ⭐ CW: violence, blood, death, gore, child abuse mention
The Rose Society by Marie Lu is book two in the Young Elites series. This book was so much darker than the first book, but I still loved it! I love having a series all about the villain, and a villain Adelina certainly is.
We pick up with Adeline and her sister Violetta after she has been cast out from the Dagger Society. Adelina seeks to find more Elites to join her own society in order to take over Kenettra. Adelina's ambition has taken over as the darkness inside her grows. She finds Magiano, an elusive Elite who is a thief guided by greed and has the ability to mimic another Elite's power, and Sergio another Elite who was cast out of the Daggers and controls the rain and storms. Together they are a fearsome group with grey morals. Now they must defeat the Inquisition Axis and free the malfettos.
The Daggers are still reeling from the loss of their leader, but also want to defeat the Inquisition Axis. However, they are doing this by allying with the rival nation of Beldain and their Young Elite Queen. Rafaelle has also discovered something shattering about Elites and the consequences of their powers. Both groups clash as they fight for the same thing.
Adelina descends further into madness as her illusions become more unpredictable, and she struggles to figure what is real and what are just the whispers in her head. She's such a great character, although not someone we are particularly rooting for. I do like that this book doesn't clearly give us a good guy or a hero.
Looking forward to seeing how this story wraps up and what will be Adelina's (and Kenettra's) fate.
The Rose Society by Marie Lu is book two in the Young Elites series. This book was so much darker than the first book, but I still loved it! I love having a series all about the villain, and a villain Adelina certainly is.
We pick up with Adeline and her sister Violetta after she has been cast out from the Dagger Society. Adelina seeks to find more Elites to join her own society in order to take over Kenettra. Adelina's ambition has taken over as the darkness inside her grows. She finds Magiano, an elusive Elite who is a thief guided by greed and has the ability to mimic another Elite's power, and Sergio another Elite who was cast out of the Daggers and controls the rain and storms. Together they are a fearsome group with grey morals. Now they must defeat the Inquisition Axis and free the malfettos.
The Daggers are still reeling from the loss of their leader, but also want to defeat the Inquisition Axis. However, they are doing this by allying with the rival nation of Beldain and their Young Elite Queen. Rafaelle has also discovered something shattering about Elites and the consequences of their powers. Both groups clash as they fight for the same thing.
Adelina descends further into madness as her illusions become more unpredictable, and she struggles to figure what is real and what are just the whispers in her head. She's such a great character, although not someone we are particularly rooting for. I do like that this book doesn't clearly give us a good guy or a hero.
Looking forward to seeing how this story wraps up and what will be Adelina's (and Kenettra's) fate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Child abuse
vnika's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
bardo's review against another edition
4.0
4.5/5: Well that escalated quickly. Good and Evil is never black and white. Complicated characters with dangerous flaws and interlaced relationships.
tana_tomp's review against another edition
3.0
Don’t remember what happened in this book but magiano could fucking get it
keimre734's review against another edition
3.0
“Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends.
Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all...
Adelina Amouteru's heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of re-venge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she flees Kenettra with her sister to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies.
Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.
But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good when her very existence depends on darkness?” - Quote from inside front cover of my copy of The Rose Society by Marie Lu.
After falling in love with The Young Elites, the first book in this series, I’m torn on how I feel about this book. I loved watching Adelina grow and learn to better control her powers but I’m heartbroken at the choices she has made. 3.5 stars out of 5 stars
Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all...
Adelina Amouteru's heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of re-venge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she flees Kenettra with her sister to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies.
Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.
But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good when her very existence depends on darkness?” - Quote from inside front cover of my copy of The Rose Society by Marie Lu.
After falling in love with The Young Elites, the first book in this series, I’m torn on how I feel about this book. I loved watching Adelina grow and learn to better control her powers but I’m heartbroken at the choices she has made. 3.5 stars out of 5 stars
raven_nyx's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ihateprozac's review against another edition
5.0
The Rose Society follows Adelina
Talk about not being in the mood for a book……...I adored the first one when I read it years ago, but I’ve picked up and put down this novel a good 4-5 times since 2015!!!! No matter how hard I tried I just wasn’t in the mood for it. UNTIL NOW.
And honestly, why the fuck didn’t I get to it sooner? It was so jam packed with adventure, moral dilemmas, and political intrigue. There’s so much going on in each chapter to keep you hooked, and it paaaaaaaains me that this isn’t a TV show. This could absolutely be the YA Game of Thrones in the hands of the right studio and network!
The Rose Society was so much darker than the first novel, with Marie Lu taking Adelina to some really dark places. In the first novel it takes the reader a while to cotton on to the fact that Adelina is actually the villain in this piece, while the second novel cements her status as a villain and further reveals the layers of complexity and moral greyness that lie within her.
Adelina is also privy to some fantastic political intrigue and manipulation, showing that sometimes the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend. I really enjoyed watching her move the figurative chess pieces around the board in her attempt to exact revenge and take the throne.
We also get some new Elites as well as getting to explore the ability of some previously marginalised Elites! Exploring a magic system or superpower system is one of my favourite things to do in fiction, and I was so excited to learn more about the malfetto abilities and the limitations and repercussions of such power.
PSA: Someone kick me in the teeth if I leave The Midnight Star half as long as I left this novel, because clearly I can’t trust my mood and have terrible taste. I absolutely devoured this and adored everything about the story; whether it be the political intrigue, Elite abilities, character development, and new characters. I need mooooooooore.
Spoiler
in exile as she tries to build her own army of Elites - the titular Rose Society - and lash back against the Daggers and the Kenettran regime. We’re introduced to a royal Beldish Elite whose ability and political clout poses significant threats as well as opportunities for both the Daggers and the Rose Society in wresting control back from the Inquisition Axis.Talk about not being in the mood for a book……...I adored the first one when I read it years ago, but I’ve picked up and put down this novel a good 4-5 times since 2015!!!! No matter how hard I tried I just wasn’t in the mood for it. UNTIL NOW.
And honestly, why the fuck didn’t I get to it sooner? It was so jam packed with adventure, moral dilemmas, and political intrigue. There’s so much going on in each chapter to keep you hooked, and it paaaaaaaains me that this isn’t a TV show. This could absolutely be the YA Game of Thrones in the hands of the right studio and network!
The Rose Society was so much darker than the first novel, with Marie Lu taking Adelina to some really dark places. In the first novel it takes the reader a while to cotton on to the fact that Adelina is actually the villain in this piece, while the second novel cements her status as a villain and further reveals the layers of complexity and moral greyness that lie within her.
Adelina is also privy to some fantastic political intrigue and manipulation, showing that sometimes the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend. I really enjoyed watching her move the figurative chess pieces around the board in her attempt to exact revenge and take the throne.
We also get some new Elites as well as getting to explore the ability of some previously marginalised Elites! Exploring a magic system or superpower system is one of my favourite things to do in fiction, and I was so excited to learn more about the malfetto abilities and the limitations and repercussions of such power.
PSA: Someone kick me in the teeth if I leave The Midnight Star half as long as I left this novel, because clearly I can’t trust my mood and have terrible taste. I absolutely devoured this and adored everything about the story; whether it be the political intrigue, Elite abilities, character development, and new characters. I need mooooooooore.