The Jewel
By: Amy Ewing
Publisher: HarperTeen
Date: September 2, 2014
Series: The Lone City
Violet enters servitude in the Jewel when she is auctioned off as a surrogate to the royalty, but a forbidden love threatens the balance of their whole world.
Violet, born and raised in the marsh, has been raised to be a surrogate since a young age. It was not by choice that she entered this arrangement, the royals may have wealth but they are unable to have their own children, necessitating another arrangement. Violet is greeted with a slap by the Duchess and soon realizes she will have to fight to survive in this treacherous world full of lies, backstabbing, and violence. One bright light in the Jewel is a hired companion to the Duchess's niece, but he is one thing she can't have. The author does a fabulous job looking at the issue of a caste system and how those relationships work when the people start to realize their importance.
This book will appeal to YA readers that enjoyed The Selection and other Dystopian series.
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