Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
[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.
Booklist
A volatile world with a dynamic heroine.
ALA Booklist
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.
Stephanie Garber
Aveyard weaves a compelling new world of action-packed surprises… inventive, character-driven.
School Library Journal
Breakneck pace and engaging characters.
Publisher’s Weekly
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.
Kirkus
…the true intrigue lies in the ever expanding war for the crown as the players grow and change games.
School Library Journal
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.
Booklist
High-stakes excitement and sharp plot twists… make this a fast-paced, exciting read and a thrilling sequel.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
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.
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
[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.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
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.
Kirkus
Aveyard weaves a compelling new world of action-packed surprises… inventive, character-driven.
USA Today
A sizzling, imaginative thriller, where romance and revolution collide, where power and justice duel. It’s exhilarating. Compelling. Action-packed. Unputdownable.