The Duchess walks in once Annabelle is done and looks Violet over. Her lady-in-waiting, a young mute by the name of Annabelle, is the one who helps her. She ends up being bought by the Duchess of the Lake.Īt the Duchess' palace, Violet is cleaned and changed once more so she can formerly meet her mistress. She also meets Lucien, a male lady-in-waiting, whose job was to get her ready for the event. This is where Violet meets Dahlia who is Lot 200 in the Auction and therefore the most valuable surrogate. The day of the Auction, she, her best friend, Raven, and 198 other surrogates are groomed, primped, and prepared to start their new lives as the carriers of royal children. Throughout the day, Violet visits her mother, her younger brother (Ochre), and her younger sister (Hazel) whom she spends dinner with. The story begins with Reckoning Day where she is supposed to visit her immediate family prior to attending the auction for the last time.

The Jewel follows the story of surrogate Violet Lasting (otherwise known as Lot 197). The Jewel is the wealthiest of all regions and is entitled to royal individuals while Marsh resides the poorest of people. The society is divided into five divisions and each region is entitled to people who can afford to reside there. The tale takes place in a dystopian kingdom named the Lone City where individuals from a particular division of the society posses peculiar powers specified as Augries. Suddenly Violet finds herself in a different kind of danger, one that may cost her more than she bargained for. Violet must try to stay alive and when an unlikely friendship offers her an opportunity, she sings to the hope of a better life-until a forbidden romance changes everything.

But after she is bought at the Auction, she quickly learns the brutal and violent truths that lie beneath the Jewel's glittering facade.

Like the other Marsh girls, Violet has been trained to work for the royalty. But for girls like Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, the Jewel means slavery. It was written by author Amy Ewing and was originally published on September 2nd, 2014 by HarperTeen. The Jewel is the first young-adult, dystopian, romance novel of The Lone City series followed by The White Rose, then The Black Key.

The jewel by amy ewing