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tinysierra's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Rose Society follows Adelina as she builds her own group of allies to fight back against the Inquisition.
The new characters were intriguing, and we get to see more of the Daggers as well.
The new characters were intriguing, and we get to see more of the Daggers as well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, and Slavery
Minor: Colonisation
noellelovesbooks's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings: Violence, abuse, human trafficking, police brutality, slavery, torture, self-harm, murder, child abuse, blood/gore, and attempts at genocide.
Much like book one, we bounce back and forth between four different perspectives. We get to follow Adelina, Raffaele, and Teren [who we all saw a lot of in book one] along with Maeve [who we met at the very end of book one]. Mostly seeing the story, through Adelina’s POV, we see her grappling with the events of book one and how each event has impacted her actions, throughout book two.
During the first book, we see the Young Elite gather, train, and formulate a plan to take down the King and Queen of Kenettra. We saw a young, somewhat timid, and scared Adelina learn to grow confident in herself, and her powers, during everything she’s experienced. Now in book two we see Adelina strike out on her own, since the Elite cast her out at the end of book one, and try to form her own team of Elite to strike back at the Inquisitors and the crown of Kenettra herself.
I was surprised at how intense and dark this book became. As Adelina’s powers grow so does the darkness within, that Raffaele warned about. This was an incredible read and I can’t wait to jump into book three and see how this series ends.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
readtildawn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Murder, and War