Hardcover, 383 pages
Published February 10th 2015 by Orion
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard was a very good start into YA high fantasy, the premise is something Iv'e read before, segregating the classes by blood and Victoria's twist on it was really well thought out.
When you have silver blood running though your veins something as simple as blushing is twisted.Silver bloodstains sound both beautiful and horrific. Almost like throwing up glitter.
I'm learning the importance of grabbing the readers attention within the first five pages of a book. And I was hooked right into this book's beginning. Yes the beginning was slow an I was itching with every page turned to learn what our heroine Mare's powers would turn out to be, but at the same time the slow pace of the beginning let me learn more about Mare, her world, and it drew me in.
Cal, I wasn't into him this whole book, I war rooting for this bother. This is the first time I can remember not rooting for the obvious love interest and boy did it blow up in my face!
Maven was a real sheep in wolves clothing. He really pulled it off till the end. But when he let his real colors show I found him to be much more childish/foolish and his reasons for betraying his whole family seemed hollow.
I'm looking forward to book two when it comes out February of next year. Maybe there will be hope for Mare and Cal (who else will she turn to?) and even more Silver mixed with Red characters will show up with powers to rival the Silvers? I hope so.
3.4 Stars.
