Sunday 22 February 2015

Red Queen

Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)

Debut author Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen is the first book of the trilogy of the same name.

The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers.

To Mare Barrow, a 17 year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change.

Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the center of those she hates the most.  She quickly discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own.  One that threatens to destroy Silver control.

But power is a dangerous game.  And in this world divided by blood, who will win?

The Breakdown:
1. I loved this book from the first page.  There was a lot of buzz about this debut book, and boy did it live up to the hype. Aveyard has done an amazing job in both world building and character building in this book.  The country has such a huge difference between the haves and the have nots, not only in their jobs and money, but right down to their blood color.  Then there is the fact that Aveyard creates some many layers to her characters in this book, not just Mare, Cal, and Maven, but the supporting characters are so well done.

2. Mare's character is fantastic.  She is street smart, but it is easy to see she is out of her element in the palace.  She is loving and loyal to her family, despite the fact that they don't always get her, and even when she has access to all that the Silver's have, she still miss being with her family.

3. Oh my the two princes to compete over Mare's affections.  I was immediately drawn to Cal from the first moment Mare meet him.  There is something warm and kind about him, even though he does have a very hard military side to him.  Then there is Maven, who is more reserved, but he has moments of kindness toward Mare that made me like him.  I was very interesting to watch how their relationships played out, and not going to lie, some of it left me very shocked.

4.  It is easy to why George R.R. Martin was one of Aveyard's inspirational writers, she was not afraid to kill off characters.  I am still in shock over a couple of deaths in this book.  Oh, and the tag line: Power is a dangerous game, never was a tagline more true than with this book.  It truly was a game, and not all the players knew that they were playing, and some kept which side they were playing for very well hidden. I was riveted to the pages of this book, and I was more than a little sad to see it end.  Even more so when I know I will have to wait a year for the next.

To Read or Not to Read:
Must Read!!!

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