A review by onetruenorth
The Rose Society by Marie Lu

5.0

i enjoyed this book a lot more than the first one. usually i struggle reading a book for long stretches of time, but with the rose society, i struggled putting it down. i loved that the points of view switched from adelina’s more often, giving the other characters more weight. i found myself unable to choose a side to root for, wanting everyone to win, even though they were on opposite sides. i found myself sympathizing with the enemy, my heart strings tugged on multiple occasions. marie lu has created a world that feels so alive you can live in it, characters so real and complex that you love and hate them all at once. and that ending - it left me breathless and yearning for more, bother excited and dreading what would come next.