Rose Rivers is an unusual story about unlikely friendships, love and heartbreaking events.

Set in industrial Victorian times, the book overlaps with other of Wilson’s characters including Clover Moon and the lively Hetty Feather.

The three girls form a friendship that isn’t highly approved of by Rose’s family. Also Rose’s heart  is lifted as she discovers who she really loves deep in her heart.

Jacqueline Wilson did a fantastic job of letting the reader see the story visually inside their head.

I would recommend the book for girls 10+ because the book deals with quite a lot of difficult, mature problems.

The reason I don’t think many boys would enjoy this book is because it gets a bit girly and romantic toward the end.

I would rate this book five full stars because I absolutely loved it and it was very enjoyable.

Eve’s rating: *****