In order to save herself and preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest-though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all that she’s achieved.Īdelina’s forced to revisit old wounds when a new danger appears, putting not only Adelina at risk, but every Elite and the very world they live in. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows.

She’s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.Īdelina Amouteru is done the suffering. The book peaked at number two on the New York Times Best Seller list.The Midnight Star is the third and final book of The Young Elites trilogy by Marie Lu. She calls it The Rose Society.Īfter gathering the Rose Society, Adelina manages to take control of Kenettra as the nation's new queen, with Teren imprisoned and the previous queen dead. Amouteru strives to form a new 'society' composing of only the strongest malfettos, which includes Magiano and a discarded Dagger.

Plot Īdelina Amouteru has turned her back on the people she loves and has loved after they turned theirs to her, except for her sister, Violetta, the only person that prevents her from submitting to the darkness that threatens to consume her. She compared Adelina to Darth Vader stating that she initially thought it would be 'fun to write from Darth Vader’s point-of-view', but eventually realized that she was instead exploring the darker, more complex sides of psychologically unstable villains. Lu revealed in various interviews that she felt uncomfortable writing The Rose Society as it explored Adelina's more psychotic side, stating that she was scared that nobody would want to read a story with a character as 'unlikeable' as Adelina, and she struggled to make it look reasonable and not just a symptom of pure insanity. The story follows Adelina Amouteru as she embraces her notorious newfound identity as the 'White Wolf' and undertakes to form a new 'society' to rival the Dagger Society, whose remaining members expelled her, and the anti- malfetto government.

It is the second book in The Young Elites trilogy, being preceded by The Young Elites. The Rose Society is a fantasy novel by American author Marie Lu released on October 13, 2015.

The Rose Society by Marie Lu