Violet Made of Thorns
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3.7 • 34 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A darkly enchanting fantasy about a lying witch, a cursed prince, and a sinister prophecy that ignites their doomed destinies—perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince.
“Everything you want from an enemies-to-lovers fantasy starring morally gray characters.”—BuzzFeed
Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased—and not always true—divinations. 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.
But 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 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.
Violet’s wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can't change her fate. 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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chen's searing duology-opening debut introduces 18-year-old Violet Lune, one of nine known Seers who has prophetic dreams and can glimpse people's pasts and futures by holding their hands. As a child, Violet used her Sight to avert the death of Auveny Kingdom's Prince Cyrus, an act that elevated her from living in the streets to being King Emilius's official Seer. Now she manipulates public opinion by delivering carefully worded predictions, many of which Emilius fabricates. Following the king's previous Seer's unfinished final missive—which prophesied a curse, a war, and Cyrus and his bride's potential to ruin or save Auveny—Violet is unable to See the end of the prophecy. But Cyrus, 19, remains unmarried, and the kingdom is getting anxious. Per Emilius's orders, Violet foretells a politically advantageous match with neighboring leader Raya. Shortly thereafter, however, attraction sparks between Violet and Cyrus, and to further complicate matters, Violet has a vision warning that Cyrus must die, or Violet will burn. Employing evocative prose, passionately antagonistic romance, and a snarky first-person narration, Chen borrows familiar fairy tale elements and crafts them into a uniquely dark fantasy. Cyrus is white; Violet cues as Asian; Raya has brown skin. Ages 14–up.
Customer Reviews
Pass
Super slow, the characters are predictable. In theory it’s going to be a good story but I almost stopped reading a few different times. I only kept reading in hopes it would get better not because I loved the book.
Disappointing
The concept had a lot of potential, unfortunately I felt it had poor follow through.