Roses & violets / Gry Kappel Jensen ; translated from the Danish by Sharon E. Rhodes.

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Title:

Roses & violets / Gry Kappel Jensen ; translated from the Danish by Sharon E. Rhodes.

Author:

Jensen, Gry Kappel, author.

Rhodes, Sharon E., translator.

ISBN:

9781646900121

Uniform Title:

Roser og violer. English

Edition:

First hardcover English edition.

Physical Description:

333 pages ; 22 cm

Series:

Rosenholm trilogy, Volume 1.

Rosenholm trilogy ; 1.

General Note:

Originally published as "Roser og violer" in 2019.

Abstract:

Four girls receive invitations to apply for a school they've never heard of and make it through the unusual testing process to find themselves placed in a magical boarding school for students with powers. Once the school year begins, a young woman's spirit urges the new girls to solve her murder which has been cold since the 1980s -- but unbeknownst to them, doing so will put them in mortal danger.

Rosewood Boarding School is a school for magic, deeply embedded in Nordic mythology, nature magic and shamanism. All of the students have powers. Four girls from different parts of Denmark have been invited to apply for a reason that is as yet unknown to themselves. During the unorthodox application tests it becomes apparent that a spirit is trying to establish contact with the girls: a young girl was murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1980s and the killer was never found. Her spirit is urging the four girls to bring justice and find the killer. But helping the spirit will put all of the girls in grave danger.... -- adapted from jacket

Title Subject:

Boarding-school -- Fiction.

Boarding-school

Subject Term:

Magic -- Fiction.

Boarding school students -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.

Teenage girls -- Fiction.

Internes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Meurtre -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Crimes non résolus -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Adolescentes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)

Geographic Term:

Genre:

Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction.

Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism.

Added Author:

Rhodes, Sharon E.,

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Summary

A fantastical romance with Norse roots that's a thriller murder mystery!

Four girls from very different backgrounds are making their way to the mysterious Rosenholm Boarding School from different corners of the country. The one thing they have in common is the strange offer they have received to apply for a place at what will turn out to be a school for magic, deeply embedded in Nordic mythology, nature magic and shamanism. The girls have been invited to apply for a reason that is as yet unknown to themselves, but already during the unorthodox application tests, it becomes apparent that a spirit is trying to establish contact with the girls. It turns out that a young girl was murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1980s and the killer was never found. Her spirit is still haunting the place, and she is now urging the four girls to bring justice and find the killer. But someone is keeping an eye on them and it quickly becomes clear that their lives are in danger.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

This trilogy opener, translated from the original Danish, brings together a restless spirit and four new friends investigating an unsolved murder. Four protagonists narrate this well-written and well-conceived story. Wealthy, stylish, but haunted Victoria; prickly, direct Malou; insecure, unworldly Kirstine; and cozy, maternal Chamomile have been accepted as first-year students at Rosenholm Academy on Zealand. Not your average boarding school, Rosenholm teaches four branches of magic: Earth, Growth, Blood, and Death, and each student becomes a mage in one of them. Not unexpectedly (but helpfully for character development) Kirstine, Malou, Victoria, and Chamomile each have different mage abilities. In its narrative style as well as its emphasis on Norse mythology and magic, this one mostly walks its own path within a setting that holds evergreen appeal as a genre staple. As the story unfolds, Trine, the spirit who is haunting Victoria, reveals to the four girls during a séance that she was murdered at Rosenholm. Trine offers a mysterious warning and asks the friends to discover who killed her. The choice to alternate among the third-person perspectives of the different narrators works well, giving the novel a lively narrative lilt. Text messages, some cryptic, some not, liven up both the design and the intrigue factor. The ending sets up the next book in the series. Main characters read white. The Scandinavian atmosphere and engaging narrative voices uplift and deepen this magical boarding school story. (Fantasy. 14-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.