Pages:
304
Publisher:
Walker Books
Release
Date: 6th
October 2016
Edition:
UK paperback,
review copy
Violet
and the Society of the Black Key are preparing to launch an attack on the
royalty, and Violet has a crucial role to play. She must lead the surrogates as
they infiltrate the Auction and break down the walls of the Lone City. But with
her sister, Hazel, imprisoned in the palace of the Lake, Violet is torn. In
order to save her sister, she must abandon her cause and her friends and return
to the Jewel.
I’m a huge fan of this dystopian
trilogy and I was so excited to see how it all wrapped up for Violet and the
rest of the rebels.
When we pick back up with Violet,
she’s agonising over her sister being in the clutches of the Duchess of the
Lake and she decides to infiltrate the palace herself to protect her. I was
expecting this move to come with a boatload of drama and horrible tension, but I
found that it all actually sizzled along quite quietly. I usually race through
these books but I never found myself dying to get back to this one which was a
shame.
There was a sad lack of Ash in The Black Key, but a lovely dose of Lucien which was lovely. His position of
straddling the two worlds is fascinating and I could easily read a whole series
about him! I actually think there are a lot of side characters in the Lone City trilogy that are so strong and
so well-developed that they could carry their own stories – but especially
Lucien, Ash, Sil and Raven.
Just as with the other two books
in the series, the harsh reality of this world and the way that the poor and
women are treated in this society hit home. It feels like a scarily plausible possibility
(if there was magic, obvs) and I love the way dystopia can hammer home and
highlight the dystopian things going on in the very real world at the moment.
The
Black Key was a
tad anti-climactic, but I’m still really happy with how this story wrapped up
and I’d really love for Amy Ewing to go back to this world in the future for a
bit of a catch-up – there’s still a lot more to be explored.
Thanks to Walker for the review
copy.
Sophie
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