So filled with complex and cunning characters, lots of political mystery, fantasy and magic as well as the age-old trope of enemies-to-lovers romance, I am completely sold on this book. I do wish I could pick it up when the final installment was out though because the wait might kill me. I love the lack of inhibitions and the way their story was constructed. I loved how they worked through it and their problems to try and come to some sort of mutual understanding. It was so obvious that the characters were struggling with their attraction for each other.

I thought the romance was really well done. Always more entertaining to teeter on the line of the forbidden. Violet Made of Thorns is a debut book by Gina Chen. That you should never again kneel for the scraps of kings. There’s nothing wrong with a completely good character, it’s just so much more fun to write one who has to school herself into being good. Violet Made of Thornsby Gina ChenPub Date: That you are worthy of so much more, little star. It was a breath of fresh air to all the girls who are described to be completely good, and who always toe the line. She was smart and witty and she did what she had to do to survive. I related to Violet as a protagonist more than I’ve related to any of the Disney Princesses I watched growing up.

It follows her journey as she navigates court and tries to figure out a curse placed on Crown Prince Cyrus… who she happens to hate. She uses her gift and her wit to climb her way up the ranks until she becomes important enough to the King himself. Violet made of Thorns follows our protagonist Violet who was orphaned at a young age and possesses the gift of sight. I was lucky enough to win an arc from Netgalley and I’m already counting down the days to the sequel! So let’s dive right in. There are cynical girls with tongues as sharp as steel who make you love them for their honesty, wit, and sarcasm. This is a fairytale every girl must read, so there is no misconception that not every heroine of a fairytale book is the Disney princess version.

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