4.5 stars 
 Woah!* Marie Lu I finally recognize you* The Rose Society was so damn good! 
 Finally, we get all the action missing from TYE and more. This book it not just action-packed, it's a page-turner, full of plotting, revenge, betrayals and oh-so-awesomely-dark. It's an epic journey, a slow descent into madness, a trip down into the darkest recesses of the human heart. 
 The action enhanced the already spectacular world building. Although, I didn't fall in love with a particular character or the characters I loved The Rose Society as a whole *I'm in awe* 
 Talking about characters, I found batshit-crazy-Adelina a much interesting narrator compared to her in TYE. *definitely much better!* ( I don't know what it says about me hahaha!) 
 Maeve, I couldn't stand. She annoyed the hell out of me me from the previous book and she continued to do so in this second installment *even more so, actually* 
 Raffaele, well I continued to like him (view spoiler)[ although I partially blame Adelina's madness on him, if He hadn't turned his back on her when he did maybe we would have had one less nut-head walking in this world. 
 Anyway, the last scene between him and Enzo was perfect!! *oh God, the feels!* (hide spoiler)] 
 Violeta, well in TYE I would have gladly throttled her but I must say that at the end of TRS I (kind of) started to appreciate her. 
 And what about the new entry, Magiano? Oh boy! I loved him! He's so sassy and cool---He's well on the way to become one of my favorite characters (The other one is Enzo, and he's dead -_-) Talking about Enzo, (view spoiler)[ Enzo, oh Enzo... I loved you...I never thought I'd say this but...at this point, it would have been better if you'd stayed dead *Maeve, you b**ch! Because yeah I get it (even if Adelina refuses to get it), the Enzo we knew is dead *my poor feels!! my ship is now beyond dead, it's resting at the bottom of dead-ships-sea *cries* (hide spoiler)] 
 I need The Midnight Star---NOW! NOW!I don't want to wait 'til October *sighs*