{"id":33698,"date":"2018-06-06T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33698"},"modified":"2018-06-06T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:22:09","slug":"review-of-blood-rose-rebellion-by-rosalyn-eves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33698","title":{"rendered":"Review of Blood Rose Rebellion, by Rosalyn Eves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/blood_rose_rebellion_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/blood_rose_rebellion_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34876\" \/><\/a><em>Blood Rose Rebellion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Rosalyn Eves<\/p>\n<p>Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2017.  407 pages.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m getting used to alternate histories with magic, but this was an alternate history of something I didn\u2019t know much about in the real world \u2013 the Hungarian revolution in 1848.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Arden doesn\u2019t mean to break other people\u2019s spells.  But sometimes, especially when her emotions get stirred up, this happens spectacularly, and people get hurt.  After she ruins her sister\u2019s debut, she\u2019s sent off with her grandmother to stay in Hungary for awhile at her grandmother\u2019s childhood home.<\/p>\n<p>But various people find out about Anna\u2019s unusual abilities.  Would she be able to break the Binding spell \u2013 the one that confines magic to the nobility, the Luminate class?  And what are the motives of the people who want to use her in this way?  But at the same time, what would be the cost?  Would this break the power of the Circle, so that common people can have access to magic?  But what will the Circle do to stop her?<\/p>\n<p>Anna\u2019s confused as to what she should do.  Meanwhile, there\u2019s a handsome Romani young man whom Anna would like to teach her Romani magic.  Maybe if she can\u2019t do Luminate magic, maybe she could do Romani magic, which is so different.<\/p>\n<p>Romance and adventure, magic and danger \u2013 all put into the context of the actual history of the Hungarian rebellion from the Hapsburgs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouseteens.com\">randomhouseteens.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1101936029\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/blood_rose_rebellion.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/blood_rose_rebellion.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2017. 407 pages. I\u2019m getting used to alternate histories with magic, but this was an alternate history of something I didn\u2019t know much about in the real world \u2013 the Hungarian revolution in 1848. 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