Black Rose

K.L. Bone’s dark fantasy book “Black Rose” skillfully combines themes of honor, love, and revenge. An upper-class team known as the Black Rose Guard destroys the Muir Court, setting the scene six centuries ago. Mara their captain swears an old oath known as the Black Rose, which obliges her to pursue revenge. She struggles with suffering, sorrow, and a love that has faded as her journey takes her down a violent and bloody path.