I have been meaning to write this review for a very long time but I have yet to do it. So Today is the day! I shall finally review Red Queen by: Victoria Aveyard. I read this book awhile ago and really enjoyed it, after I got over the book its self. I honestly thought that my friend who made me read it made me read it just to mess with my head. Now I have her in the same position, I've read the other two and know what is to come. Anyway, I now have to give my tedious spiel about how this is a teen book and so on and so forth. Bear with me for a moment please. This is a TEEN book, I repeat a TEEN book. Not an upper middle grade book but TEEN. It deals with some slightly more mature themes and ideas that are not necessarily what your parent(s) (unless you are a parent, in which case you (Or you're a teacher in which case the parents of your students)) would want you to read. If the authority figure which may be your parent(s), the parents, or you the parent says go for it, have fun, or if you have any questions come to me etc., then fine by me go ahead but as the friendly blogger behind the screen I feel the need to present this information before I delve into the nitty-gritty stuff. By now if you are a dedicated reader *cough* my mamma *cough* you probably actually have this memorized but for those of you who are new (all of y'all) that is my tedious PSA.
Moving on, the characters!!
- Mare Barrow- she is the main-character here. Mare is a red, which means her blood is red not silver and she doesn't have any special powers. Well, she's not supposed to anyway. Her family consists of her sister Gisa, her brothers Bree, Tramy, and Shade, and her parents. Being unremarkable in most ways is usually good for Mare but not always.
- Killorn Warren- he's Mare's best friend for the longest time. His blood is red too and he is just another dime a dozen Red. Like most Reds he hates the Silvers for how they treat the Reds.
- Gisa Barrow, Mares little sister and part of the reason any of this happened. I can't tell you more about her without spoiling it, other than she can sew really well and she is a Red.
- Tiberius Calore VII- he's a Silver and goes by Cal. I really want to tell you more about him because I absolutely love him but I can't because it would spoil stuff. And if I spoil stuff my friends might just kill me
- Maven Calore- He's Cal's younger brother, Silver, and reminds me a bit of Loki. Shout out to anyone who reads this and then goes "Yes, he really is similar to Loki!"
Those are my major characters for this book. Don't get me wrong, there are many more semi major characters in this book, I mean what kind of book is it if you only ever hear about five characters, but these are the most major characters in this book. The plot on the other hand is ridikkulusly (get that reference anyone ( and that one too)) complicated and cannot be described in detail with out being spoiled but here I go. Mare and her sister go into the Silver city to deliver some of Gisa's sewing/goods/what ever the haymitch they are and get into some minor trouble. Later Mare meets Cal and gets a job at the Silver's palace. There she discovers that she does indeed have Silver like powers but her blood is Red. The book follows her adventures as she deals with the aftermath of her display of her powers. It gets really complicated and made me loose trust in everything that I knew.
Personally I loved this book and give it ten of ten paw prints 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾. I recommend for ages thirteen and up. If your parents okay it and you are mature then twelve and up I go no lower on this for future reasons. I also advise that when acquiring a copy of this book you get the next two as well, you will want them.
Farewell for now my bibliophiles,
Merlin:)
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