Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)

by Victoria Aveyard

Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?

Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood--those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.

To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard--a growing Red rebellion--even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.

Reviewed by A Darker Shade of Rosie on

4 of 5 stars

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Thank you NetGalley for lending me a copy of this book in exchange for a review!

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- I felt like I was seeing so many tropes from other books that I’ve read, and they all mashed into one REALLY good series-starter! The most noticeable was the fact that the Silvers (aptly named because of the color of their blood) had special abilities, like bending and controlling metal (Magneto, anyone?) and controlling water, and fire, etc., and it was like X-Men! Another series that Red Queen made me think of was The Hunger Games – mostly because of the people (Reds) who were living in poor conditions and forced to work and slave for the people who had special abilities (Silvers), and then there’s a rebellion!

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