Red Queen
I picked up Red Queen on a whim in Edinburgh airport last summer as both the cover and the blurb intrigued me. Ever since I bought it, I was pretty eager to read it and see what the hype was about. I have got to say, Red Queen is my favourite out of the three books I have read this year. As with any of my reviews, there will be spoilers.
Red Queen was an amazing story which was so well written and hooked me straight off the bat. Even though the main story took a few chapters to really kick off, I enjoyed getting to know Mare and her situation before she was thrown into termoil with Kilron, Gisa, The Scarlet Guard, and the royal family. Even though The quotation on the back cover claims that 'Red Queen is a clever blend of The Hunger Games, The Selection, Graceling, and Divergent,' I believe it is perfectly unique.
Once I read about the Silver's powers, I wished that Mare would discover she had powers, and I'm so excited that it happened, but even more ecstatic when she found out that she could not only manipulate, but create, putting her over the Silvers. Wanting to find out what this all meant really kept me gripped to read more.
I did suffer a back and forth conflict between Cal and Maven. I couldn't decide who I wanted Mare to love. Cal, the tall, strong, forbidden older brother just drew me in with his charm, but I couldn't ignore Maven's kindness and outright protection of Mare. In the end, the story chose for me, and honestly, I'm still shocked that Maven turned out the be evil, I was rooting for you man!
My favourite character is definitely Mare (cliche I know). I just loved that she was one of the big parts of the story which brought mystery, excitement, and action. She stuck by what she believed in and was a strong character. She could be sassy and sweet, the perfect mixture I think.
My least favourite character is Evangeline, but not because she was a badly done character; I loved every character in the book, Evangeline is just the one I loved the least. She is just so mean, for pretty much no big reason. Though, she was the perfect opposite to Mare, so it did work.
Overall, Red Queen was such an excellent story with so many interesting character, I couldn't possibly want more out of it. I can't wait to read Glass Sword.
