Language: R (39 swears, 2 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13 (Drinking and described sex); Violence: PG-13 (Blood, injuries, sword fighting and murder)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Prince Cyprus has lived his whole life being a hopeless romantic, full of poetry and beauty. But when the prophesy resurfaces, pressuring him to find a bride in order to save his kingdom, he can't do it. His childhood companion, Violet, is the new seer who must help him find a bride before the prophesy becomes true. Cyprus's father, enlists Violet's help to get Cyprus to meet and fall in love with a beautiful lady of the court during a masked ball. Violet must get Cyprus to love the match his father made, for the fate of the kingdom depends on it.
Violet Made of Thorns is set in a very whimsical kingdom, full of seers, ballroom scenes and princes. The characters are morally grey, which I find refreshing as the "heroes" of the story don't always make the right decisions and the "villains" aren't always burning down villages- they have humanity in them. Violet is described with “blushed yellow,” skin and Dante has “clay-brown” skin, and Raya has “brown” skin. Prince Cyprus or the royal family's skin is not mentioned.
Kenzie Hoehne
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