It acts as a backdrop for the romantic angst and never truly feels fleshed out and believable.
Outside of this, I found the politics and magic plot completely uninteresting. Violet herself gave a lot of lip service to being tough and badass and preferring to "run among wolves than be devoured by them" but I'm not sure exactly what she did here outside of dream and get hot for the prince. I found myself thinking Come on, really? when the make outs started. drama? This happens multiple times throughout and it became hard for me to suspend disbelief. The characters acted a certain way then suddenly seemed to change their mind and become at odds with their previous characterization because. Which is what happened here, in my opinion.
Love/hate, flirtatious bickering, followed by passionate sex is not without its appeal, but love/hate relationships are delicate, difficult to craft, and, if not handled carefully, they come across as merely inconsistent and unbelievable. It's biggest selling points are the steamy semi-graphic sex scenes between two characters who spend most of the book insulting each other. It's closer to the latter, but I didn't enjoy it as much as either. I read Violet Made of Thorns because the blurb described it as being "perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove", both of which I liked. And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdom-or doom them all. Violet’s wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can’t change her fate. Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that’s growing between her and Cyrus. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so- not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he’s crowned at the end of the summer-unless Violet does something about it.īut when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom-all depending on the prince’s choice of future bride. Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased-and not always true-divinations. A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies-perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove.
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