Breakneck pace and engaging characters.
Red Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, is a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series.
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.
Breakneck pace and engaging characters.
for Red Queen
[Aveyard] sets her audience up for a gaspworthy twist that reconfigures nearly every character’s role and leaves Mare with no one to trust but herself… This blend of fantasy and dystopia will be an unexpected and worthy addition to many genre fans’ reading list.
for Red Queen
Fascinating world building… Readers will be intrigued by a world that reflects today’s troubling issues concerning ethnic inequality, unfair distribution of wealth, pollution, warfare, political corruption, and the frightening power of the media.
for Red Queen
[Aveyard] sets her audience up for a gaspworthy twist that reconfigures nearly every character’s role and leaves Mare with no one to trust but herself… This blend of fantasy and dystopia will be an unexpected and worthy addition to many genre fans’ reading list.
for King's Cage
Aveyard’s frenetic action sequences initially take a backseat to the patient study of Mare’s captivity. But there are still plenty of schemes amid royal fissures and ill-fated rescues, an assassination attempt, and raging battles on multiple fronts to help this story keep pace with the previous installments.
for King's Cage
High-stakes excitement and sharp plot twists… make this a fast-paced, exciting read and a thrilling sequel.
for Glass Sword
A sizzling, imaginative thriller, where romance and revolution collide, where power and justice duel. It’s exhilarating. Compelling. Action-packed. Unputdownable.
for Red Queen
…the true intrigue lies in the ever expanding war for the crown as the players grow and change games.
for King's Cage
A volatile world with a dynamic heroine.
for Red Queen
Fast-paced and action packed, Glass Sword is compelling and strong, guaranteed to gratify anxious readers of the series and fans of dystopian and fantasy literature.
for Glass Sword
Aveyard weaves a compelling new world of action-packed surprises… inventive, character-driven.
for Red Queen
Aveyard certainly has a flair for the dramatic… The action hits the ground running and doesn’t stop until after the last page is turned.
for Glass Sword
Aveyard weaves a compelling new world of action-packed surprises… inventive, character-driven.
for King's Cage
In this showstopping finale to a series begun with Red Queen (2015), the world has widened greatly—but the legions of readers who have been here from the beginning will be dying to know how it all ends.
for War Storm
