The Rose Society
Book 2 in The Young Elites
- Subject
- Fantasy - Dark Fantasy
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Speak
- Size
- 13.7 cm × 20.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9780147511690
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the second book of the acclaimed Young Elites series, Adelina is done being the victim and begins to amass her own army of allies in order to seek revenge.
“[Readers] will be fascinated to watch the main character descend into villainy and revel in it.”—School Library Journal
“A tightly woven tapestry of a story that ensnares even as it disturbs.”—Booklist, starred review
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 revenge. 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?
“[Readers] will be fascinated to watch the main character descend into villainy and revel in it.”—School Library Journal
“A tightly woven tapestry of a story that ensnares even as it disturbs.”—Booklist, starred review
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 revenge. 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?
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What reviewers said
"A tightly woven tapestry of a story that ensnares even as it disturbs."
"Lu constructs a fascinating triangle of opposing forces seeking power, and the ensuing twists and epic battles leave many dead, broken, or forever changed."
"Original and sobering, Adelina is an antihero of nigh-unremitting darkness: an unusual young woman in the mold of such archetypes as Lucifer, Macbeth, and Darth Vader."
"Teens will be fascinated to watch the main character descend into villainy and revel in it."
“By permitting her characters some grand failures, she raises the stakes in the best way possible . . . There is clearly more to know, and I look forward to it. This is a world worth revisiting.”
“Lu pivots from the ‘coming of age via romance’ formula to pry apart the many emotions that pass under the rubric of love . . . There’s nothing easy here, for Adelina or readers—there are no safe places where the pressures of betrayal, death threats, and rejection aren’t felt.”
