The Jewel

The Jewel

☆☆☆☆

Status: Finished

Type: Trilogy

Series: The Lone City

Violet Lasting is a surrogate for royalty in The Jewel, a place that “guarantees” honor and glory to the surrogates. After being bought by the Duchess of the Lake at The Auction, she realizes the Jewel is darker and dangerous than it's described to be. Now, she on a mission to escape the Jewel and save all the other surrogates.

I was skeptical of this book when I first read it, but now I like this book. The cover is sooooo pretty. It has a glitzy and glitter feel to it that reminds me of Keira Cass's The Selection. The way the royalty treat the surrogates is so crazy, they act like the surrogates are pets or experiments. It's literally like a competition to the royalty.
This book deserves way more recognition than it has.

PROS:
•I like the idea of The Auction and the Auguries, powers that allow the surrogates to change the shape, color, and growth of things.
•I also like Violet's loyalty to her tough best friend, Raven. I think that's the best part about the book to me, Violet's and Raven's friendship.
•I like Violet's love for her family. You can tell she loves each and every member of her family, dead or not.
•I like how unique the world is set up. The Lone City is shaped into an oval with five going from richest to poorest. Farm is my favorite.
•Forbidden love between Ash and Violet.

CONS:
•There also the cliché of forbidden love and insta-love in this book.
• Ash is kinda whiney and has a “woe is me” attitude.
•This book deserves way more recognition than it has.
•It can be a little slow paces at times.

Favorite Character: Raven

I like that she's tough and tries to defy the rules. Like I said, I love and adore her loyalty to Violet. I loved how reassured her when she was angry and comforted her about going into the Jewel.

Least Favorite Character: Countess of the Stone

Raven was her surrogate. She doesn't take care of Raven and instead uses her as an experiment. She is cruel and has something dark under her sleeve, and the worse part is that she's not working alone.


Overall, I rate The Jewel by Amy Ewing, four out of five hearts.