By: Victoria Aveyard
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Dystopian
Length: 444 pages
If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.
Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.
The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.
Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.
But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.
Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.
My Review:
My Rating:
***Caution May Contain Spoilers***
If you follow our blog, ya'll know that I absolutely loved Red Queen, from beginning to end. I was so excited when Glass Sword we released, I couldn't wait to read this book. So picture my disappointment when I started this book only to dislike much of how the story played out. Now don't get me wrong the book was still very well written and I look forward to the next installment, hoping for a few things to recover that took a huge dip for me.
The first being Mare, she was one of my favorite female characters so when her attitude did a complete shift I was disappointed. Her character went from strong-willed and caring, to a cold warrior determined to destroy Queen Elara and Maven. It was hard to read the book at times because I hated almost every decision she made. The only time you saw a semblance of the old Mare was the last chapter, when she sacrifices her freedom to save those that she loved. I hope to see more of that Mare in the next book.
I truly loved Mare's brother Shade (once presumed dead), he was quite the character. He and Farley made the story a bit more enjoyable and I had hoped for more of them. I was looking forward to more Shade and Farley in the next book, however it appears we won't be getting that. Shade's death was probably one of saddest deaths I have read since Allegiant.
I was also hoping for more Cal and Mare, especially after they escaped death together and spent months together. It was alluded throughout the book that they had "grown closer" and in a way "loved each other." However, I was hoping to read a few more scenes with these two lovebirds. Hopefully we can get that in the next book.
Instead, we got a lot of descriptive scenes, describing the places they were going to find newbloods, like Mare and Shade. While I love scenes like this, I was getting a little over the missions and constant traveling to find newbloods for Mare's army. Mare was so goal-oriented on finding people like her that she forgot about her family and friends in the process. I think that is what bothered me most about this part of the story.
All in all the book was just okay in my opinion. I was expecting more after such a spectacular first book. I am hoping the next installment of this series goes back to the amazing story telling of Red Queen.
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