Title: Red Queen
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Series: Red Queen #1
Pages: 383
Published: Feb 10th 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen, Orion
Bought this book along with the sequel back in 2016 and didn't find time to get into it until. Recently however, I felt this incredible urge to get into it so here I am mind blown and scarred for life. I had expectations of these books or rather I thought I knew what kind of book it was but I was wrong. I was expecting high fantasy, magic and stuff. A little along the lines with Throne of Glass or Queen of the Tearling. I was wrong. This is more along the lines of The Jewel. It is more dystopian than fantasy and there is plenty of technology involved. I was prepared for technology but it plays a huge part of the plot. Although the cover is not misleading in any way, but rather discrete, I was convinced that it was a high fantasy book (I hadn't even read the back).
Furthermore, and if you haven't read the book I suggest you skip this paragraph of the review. People were talking all over BookTube about this mind-blowing plot twist in Red Queen. So of course, I'm prepared for this plot twist and I keep it in mind the whole time while I'm reading. And as much as I'd like to ignore the fact that someone is going to betray Mare I start speculating and I wasn't as surprised as I would've been. Lesson for the future: stay away from BookTube! We all know that's not going to happen, I can't stay away from BookTube. I'm just saying, be careful with reading/watching reviews and discussion before you've read the book. You may enjoy it more after you've read it and can truly understand and join in. It's also made me realise that I should probably be careful to not spoil too much for you guys.
But back to the spoiler-free part of this post. This book was a kind of mix of Divergent, Hunger Games, and The Jewel. Except it was better than Hunger Games and Divergent put together, in my honest opinion. It was so gripping, not a single calm moment but action filled from the first to last page. Read it in two days from literal obsession, and I don't consider myself a fast reader.
I felt like the characters truly came alive. They were deep and had layers and layers to be explored. No one character could be truly stereotyped and it was refreshing to have such a diverse set of characters. It played with the idea that people are not simply evil or good and that people approach issues differently.
Absolutely brilliant book. The new great YA dystopian fantasy. I would love to see this on the big screen.
Plot Summary:
This is a world divided by blood.
The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possessions of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow - a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.
But Mare possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.
Fearful of her potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess. Knowing that one false move will mean her death, Mare must use her new position to bring down the regime - from the inside.
Now Mare has created a game of betrayal and lies.
This is Red against Silver, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart...
- Back of Book
Favourite Quote:
'Anyone can betray anyone'
More Books in the Series:
Red Queen (Red Queen #1)
Glass Sword (Red Queen #2)
King's Cage (Red Queen #3)
War Storm (Red Queen #4)
Queen Song (Red Queen novella)
Steel Scars (Red Queen novella)
Bought this book along with the sequel back in 2016 and didn't find time to get into it until. Recently however, I felt this incredible urge to get into it so here I am mind blown and scarred for life. I had expectations of these books or rather I thought I knew what kind of book it was but I was wrong. I was expecting high fantasy, magic and stuff. A little along the lines with Throne of Glass or Queen of the Tearling. I was wrong. This is more along the lines of The Jewel. It is more dystopian than fantasy and there is plenty of technology involved. I was prepared for technology but it plays a huge part of the plot. Although the cover is not misleading in any way, but rather discrete, I was convinced that it was a high fantasy book (I hadn't even read the back).
Furthermore, and if you haven't read the book I suggest you skip this paragraph of the review. People were talking all over BookTube about this mind-blowing plot twist in Red Queen. So of course, I'm prepared for this plot twist and I keep it in mind the whole time while I'm reading. And as much as I'd like to ignore the fact that someone is going to betray Mare I start speculating and I wasn't as surprised as I would've been. Lesson for the future: stay away from BookTube! We all know that's not going to happen, I can't stay away from BookTube. I'm just saying, be careful with reading/watching reviews and discussion before you've read the book. You may enjoy it more after you've read it and can truly understand and join in. It's also made me realise that I should probably be careful to not spoil too much for you guys.
But back to the spoiler-free part of this post. This book was a kind of mix of Divergent, Hunger Games, and The Jewel. Except it was better than Hunger Games and Divergent put together, in my honest opinion. It was so gripping, not a single calm moment but action filled from the first to last page. Read it in two days from literal obsession, and I don't consider myself a fast reader.
I felt like the characters truly came alive. They were deep and had layers and layers to be explored. No one character could be truly stereotyped and it was refreshing to have such a diverse set of characters. It played with the idea that people are not simply evil or good and that people approach issues differently.
Absolutely brilliant book. The new great YA dystopian fantasy. I would love to see this on the big screen.
Plot Summary:
This is a world divided by blood.
The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possessions of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow - a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.
But Mare possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.
Fearful of her potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess. Knowing that one false move will mean her death, Mare must use her new position to bring down the regime - from the inside.
Now Mare has created a game of betrayal and lies.
This is Red against Silver, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart...
- Back of Book
Favourite Quote:
'Anyone can betray anyone'
More Books in the Series:
Red Queen (Red Queen #1)
Glass Sword (Red Queen #2)
King's Cage (Red Queen #3)
War Storm (Red Queen #4)
Queen Song (Red Queen novella)
Steel Scars (Red Queen novella)
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