Young Adult Book Review: The Jewel by Amy Ewing

The Jewel is the first book in Amy Ewing's new series The Lone City that sucks readers into a dystopian world where magic is both a curse and a blessing. The story follows young Violet as she is taken from her family to be trained as a surrogate to one of the royal houses that make up the heart of The Lone City, known as the Jewel. Here, she will be showered in wealth and riches, but the price she will pay is high as Violet must learn how to outmaneuver deadly intrigue and cruelty among the Jewel's ladies of nobility. Can Violet escape the Gilded Cadge she has been thrust into? Or will she hall victim to the Jewel's deadly machinations. Magic, forbidden romance and murder surround Violet in this page-turner.