Welcome back to another Book Review. My version of this Book is a special edition by LitJoy. I tried their subsciption and chose this book for my first box. It took quite a while to arrive and the shipping costs and customs added quite abit to the actual price of the book I probably paid 2.5x of the book itself because of that. Quite an expensive book you migth say and I coudn’t agree more. Is it gorgeous? Absolutely. I’m currently waiting for my second box and I’ll probabyly not gonna prolong my subscription after the initial committed boxed. While I really enjoy the speical edition, the overall costs do not justify it.
Synopsis
Every citizen of England is granted one bargain from their immortal fae queen.
High society girls are expected to bargain for qualities that will win them suitors: a rare talent for piano in exchange for one’s happiest childhood memory. A perfect smile for one’s ability to taste.
But Ivy Benton’s debut season arrives with a shocking twist: a competition to secure the heart of the Queen’s fae son, Prince Bram. A prize that could save Ivy’s family from ruin… and free her sister from the bargain that destroyed her.
Yet every glittering fae deal has a rotting heart—and at the center of this contest is a dark plot that could destroy everything Ivy knows.
Review
The first half of the book I really enjoyed. Ivy wants to help her sister to remember the bargain she made, by accepting a deal to compete against other girls to become the first pick of the price looking for his future bride. Help comes from his brother. What starts as a friendship becomes something more and makes everything more complicated.
I also enjoyed the girls and their individual stories (they could have been flashed out more though). How it evolved to them becoming friends and supporting each other along the way.
The bargains being made sounded a bit stupid. Sure, I would give away my toes for better hair. Right? Can I imagine some people being that stupid? Maybe. The last half of the book started to become messy. Too many things happening at once that and the pacing felt off. Suddenly the good guy became the villain of the story and we needed to set something up for the second book.
Overall, it felt to surface level and messy. With it being more aiming for a Younger Audience, the interactions / dialogue stayed very surface level most of the time. I enjoyed reading it but wanted to be done with it at the end.
Will I pick up the second book? No, I have too many series to finish and I want to focus on books that I’m really looking forward to read and not just read for the sake of having a series completed.
🌙 Recension: The Rose Bargain (The Rose Bargain #1) by Sasha Peyton Smith
📚 Genre: Fantasy & Romance
📅 Release Date: February 4, 2025
📖 Verlag: HarperCollins
📗 ISBN: 9780063372528 – available in various formats
📱 Read as: Physical Book
💸 Bought
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 400
⭐️ 3/5
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