Read moreĭiese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele I recommend this book to readers that are looking for something new, something daring, something brutal and engaging. It is so different from anything I have read and so intriguing. It is a mixture between Fantasy and Dystopian and readers will devour this story in a heartbeat.The ending had my heart racing faster than throughout the book and so hard it might have popped out of my chest. When I went into this story, I thought it was a Contemporary book, but I was so wrong. I would bite my nails a few times because this was intense to read. I would flinch and cringe at various scenes. Violet is one of the surrogates, and even though this wasn’t a live she wanted, the Duchess of the House of the Lake, is kind to her but things are not always as they seem and there are secrets Violet still needs to uncover.The Jewel is very brutal and dark, at times. Every year, an auction takes place so the royals can buy their own surrogate. I received the UK paperback copy from the publisher Walker Books in exchange for an honest review.The royals can’t have children and this is why they bring in the surrogates, seeing as these specific girls are able to bear healthy children. And toeing the line between being calculating and rebellious, Violet must decide what, and who, she is willing to risk for her own freedom. A forbidden love sparks.īut their illicit affair has consequences, which will cost them both more than they bargained for. But before she can accept her fate, Violet meets a handsome boy who is also under the Duchess’s control. Violet must accept the ugly realities of her life.all while fighting for her survival. And she quickly learns that beneath the Jewel’s glittering façade lies the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life. She is trained as a surrogate for the elite and is bought by the Duchess of the Lake at auction. But for Violet, the Jewel has always meant servitude.īorn and raised in the Marsh, Violet is destined for the Jewel. The Jewel has many meanings: wealth, beauty, royalty. New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing delivers a dark and riveting tale that "will have fans of Oliver’s Delirium, Cass’s The Selection, and DeStefano’s Wither breathless.”*
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