King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard

King's Cage (Red Queen, #3)

by Victoria Aveyard

The highly anticipated new novel from New York Times number one bestselling author of RED QUEEN.

Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal.

Now a king, Maven continues weaving his web in an attempt to maintain control over his country - and his prisoner.

As Mare remains trapped in the palace, the remnants of the Red Rebellion continue organizing and expanding. As they prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows, Cal - the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart - will stop at nothing to bring her back.

In this breathless new novel from the bestselling author of the Red Queen series, blood will turn on blood and allegiances will be tested on every side. If the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?

Read by Amanda Dolan, Adenrele Ojo and Erin Spencer

(p) 2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Reviewed by Kait ✨ on

4 of 5 stars

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I was really impressed with this instalment of the series. I felt like Mare really came into herself and finally escaped the clutches of the Hunger Games vibes I was getting from the first two books. I was impressed also how engaging the beginning of this book was considering it focuses entirely on Mare during her imprisonment — Victoria Aveyard writes subtle political machinations really well. This was also the first book in the series where Aveyard threw a few plot twists that I didn’t 100% guess ahead of time, so it was fun to have the rug pulled out from under me since this is something she seems to be well known for.

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