The Rose Society

Marie Lu seem to just get better and better with each book she writes in a Trilogy. The Rose Society was by far my favorite of the Marie Lu books I have read so far. The action was intense and my heart was racing so fast I thought it would come out of my chest. This series is so intense and so well written. The new characters were fantastic, and I have so many new ships a sailing (hopefully) into the horizon.The Rose Society picks up right where we left off in The Young Elites. All the Elites are banished from Kentettra and The Daggers are hiding after the death of their leader Enzo. This book is center around Adelina’s swifty growing darkest and need for revenge against the Daggers after being kicked out of their group.The story-line in this book was really fast-paced. I highly enjoy it more than I did the first book because this book focused more on the action. We get to see a lot more Elites with amazing powers as Adelina comes to the conclusion that in order to take the Daggers down she will need her own Elite Army.“..by morning, every person in Merroustas will have heard you name. They will wonder and whisper over the White Wolf. They will fear you.”“Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for things—for love, for acceptance—that I do not really need. I need nothing except the submission that comes with fear. I do not know why it took me so long to learn this.”Adelina has become more unsteady since the first book. Her powers are growing, and with that the darkness inside of herself is growing more and more. I really enjoy see the darkness in Adelina because we get to see how it gradually starts to affect not only her but those around her.“What’s the point in searching for love, when love is nothing but an illusion.”She wants revenge and hell have no fury like a betrayed girl who draws the most powerful illustration from pain and fear. She is out for Dagger blood and is willing to do whatever it takes and sacrifice everything to get it.” He hefts a blade in one hand “I spy are favorite dagger,” he says with a smile.”Violetta Amouteru: Violetta is a character that I don’t really know how to feel about. We learn in the Young Elites that she is an Elite with no marking. She can take away the power of an Elite. I did enjoy the sister moments in this book.“You are powerful, mi Adelinetta,” she says “but you have the charisma of a burnt potato puddling.”“I like burnt potato puddling. It’s smoky.”I also enjoyed seeing how Violetta’s power was so important in the coming battles in this book. Now here is my problem with Violetta, she acts like Adelina is the only bad guy and she tries to come off as innocent and sweet. I feel like she is hiding behind a mask. The ending scene broke my heart, and made me want to punch her in the face so bad. I am interested to see what else is in store for this sister duo.Raffaele Laurent Bessette: Please don’t hate me, but I never really like Raffaele in the first book and the feeling grows stronger as the story progresses. Raffaele is now the leader of the Elites and has decided to join forces with the new Queen of Beldain to achieve the goals the Elites and Enzo have always fought for. The Daggers also have a few surprises up their sleeves in this book and become a force to be reckoned with.” The Dagger Society is a group of powerful Elites. We can bend the wind to our will, can control the beast, can create, and destroy.”Raffaele is always described as good and full of light but I feel like he has as much darkest growing in him as Adelina does. I never trusted him.Teren Santoro: This is a rough book for poor Teren. I am so conflicted when it comes to Teren, I can’t physically or emotionally make myself hate him. I mainly feel sorry for him. In Rose Society we get to see more of Teren unhealthy obsession love for the Queen and how this love is mainly center around his idea that she is pure and untainted by the blood-fever.“This . . . this is not love. This is obsession.”He is convinced that killing the Elites is what he was chosen by the gods to do. He actually believes he is an abomination and all like him are a stain on the world. This obsession that he had in the first book grows stronger and we get to see the mental toll it will take on him in this book.Queen Maeve of Beldain: Maeve has become a main character in this book. I loved seeing the dark secrets she has in this book after the major ending in the Young Elites. In Rose Society she is now the new Queen after the death of her mother and has her sights set on Kentettra. We also get to see more from her mysterious brother Tristan whom she visited at the end of Young Elites and finally learn the history of what happen. Maeve is a driven character, fighter, and cunning as well. This makes for an exciting story-line.The Rose Society is a well-done follow-up to the first book. Marie Lu has transitioned from the first book into the second book perfectly. This book was full of action scenes that were well written and made you feel as though you were really there. One of the better reads I have read this year! Can’t wait to read Midnight Star, the final book, and see how she will wrap this story up!

I'm a huge fan of the first book in the series - The Young Elites. However, I found this to be a little less impressive than the original. Here's a breakdown of what I liked and disliked (no spoilers!), so that you can decide if this book is for youStory Premise - 5/5This book picks up just a little bit after the first left off. Not much has changed, so I'll maintain the 5/5 rating for the premise. Again, is the premise original? Not really. But Marie does a great job putting her own twist on it, especially here, in the second book.Execution of the Story - 3/5I struggled with the first half of this book. Too much thinking, feeling, and talking. Not enough action. Adelina would literally think about and discuss an action for pages, and then finally do what she'd been thinking about over the course of a page or two. Then back to more thinking, feeling, and talking. It was very slow. But if you stick with it, it does pay off. The book picks up the pace at about the halfway point, and it was a struggle to put it down from that point on. I also appreciated the increased world building, which was a definite improvement on the first book.Ending - 3/5I struggled with this. To be honest, I can't really see a happily ever after for Adelina. She's pretty far gone. So if you were a fan of the first book, and are hoping for redemption for Adelina, you may not want to pick this one up. It is one continuous spiral of darkness, with glimmers of light that increasingly fade away. The darkness is intriguing, don't get me wrong, but I was really hoping she would take a different path in this book.Characters - 4/5Quite simply, nobody does characters like Marie. Deep, rich, brooding characters. The old characters maintain their depth (and even, in some cases, increase it as we learn more about them), and the new characters are generally good. Some of the new characters are pretty flat, but they aren't really central to the story, and there are plenty of other characters to latch onto. I'm a big fan of Maggiano though, and I really hope he continues to be a main character in the third book. Raffaele maintains his rich personality, and we get some much needed backstory on him, which was fantastic to see. However, I'm knocking a star because I actually became less attached to Adelina as the book progressed.Writing Style - 5/5Points gained back from the review of the first book for remedying the world building problem. As mentioned in that review, I'm not usually a fan of books that are written in the present tense, but the style is really growing on me, and Marie does it well.Originality - 4/5Exploring the dark side of a main character isn't usually a major theme you see in young adult fiction. So bonus points to Marie there. The basis of the story is not original (mutants being turned on by society and seeking to fit in), but Marie makes it her own through her characters and her storyline. It's pretty solid.Overall Rating - 4/5I struggled with a lot of this book. The first half was pretty slow, and it was a lot darker than most books I read. But more than that, it's almost painful to watch someone "turn to the dark side," if you will. I loved Adelina in the first book, and was very deeply attached to her. But as this book progressed, I couldn't help but hate her decisions and find myself distancing from her as a character. It's hard to read a book when you're not sure who the good guys are - or even if there are any good guys! And as other reviewers have stated, I really don't see a good ending for this trilogy. I don't think there will be a happily ever after. So if that's absolutely necessary to you, don't look for it here, go read the Legend trilogy (which had an amazing ending, BTW). But if all this is ok with you (as it is with me, mostly), then by all means, read this book and the next. Just don't say you weren't warned...

I really enjoyed the first book to this and I am usually sceptical about trilogies because sometimes the rest don’t live up to expectations, but this did!!!

El libro llegó en perfectas condiciones, en el tiempo de plazo establecido, además que no presentaba ningún tipo de deterioro o afectación durante el traslado. No puedo esperar por leerlo.

Che dire, questa trilogia migliora di libro in libro. Personaggi fantastici, complessi, super dark e mai scontati. Trama che non ti annoia mai.Compratela subito!

It’s too freakin good an amazing book by Marie lu how does she do this can’t wait to read the next one

I really enjoyed this book even when at times seems like it would be slow as it os a second book in a series. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed Adelinas story as she is such an attipycal character. Love following a villain instead of a goodgirl. This book has many shades of gray that it make me rethink my opinion about the color.