Published by: HarperTeen, February 10th 2015
Genre: YA, Dystopia, High Fantasy (sorrrrrta)
Pages: 383
Format: Ebook
Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace itself, where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a power of her own—an ability she didn’t know she had. Except…her blood is Red.
To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betrothes her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks her new position to aid the Scarlet Guard—the leaders of a Red rebellion. Her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince—and Mare against her own heart.
From debut author Victoria Aveyard comes a lush, vivid fantasy series where loyalty and desire can tear you apart and the only certainty is betrayal.
Alright beginning, hella cool middle, disappointing train wreck of an ending.
I really liked Red Queen at one point. I was loving Maven, and the tension was building, and the world was starting to grow on me. The rebellion plot was a bit overdone but I liked the powers part, so I rolled with it.
But then the ending happened. The one shining light of the book for me was Maven. He was legit the only one I cared about. AND THEN HE WAS RUINED. I liked him because he was sweet and caring in a world of YA alpha males. He stood out for his quiet strength. But then the book villainised him and ruined all that. Normally I love villains (just look at my track record of faves) but Maven was special because he was good, and making him bad just killed this book (and series) for me.
Right now I'm not going to read the next book, but that could change. We'll see.
Overall: disappointed
Characters ★★★☆☆
Setting/world-building ★★★☆☆
I loved Maven too but am curious to see how he is shaped in future books. That ending threw me for such a loop!
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