WARNING: SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS FAR IN THE RED QUEEN SERIES, STOP NOW. DO NOT READ. THIS IS BOOK 2. CHECK OUT RED QUEEN FOR THE REVIEW OF BOOK 1.
Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.
The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.
Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.
But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.
Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul."
Review:
I said I wanted more from Mare in the first book, and boy did the second book deliver! To me, she was more cruel and morally ambiguous than most heroines and I loved her for it. She knew the price of war was lives lost, innocent or not. Most, if not all heroines are "no one should die for me" but not Mare and I was impressed with her ruthlessness.
While everyone else in the book seemed to slowly see her as a heartless monster, I knew that she was doing what needed to be done for the greater good! How no one else seemed to understand was beyond me. After all the trauma and world-altering decisions she's had to make - the world resting on her shoulders - you'd think someone would cut her some slack!
Her and Cal have a bond that cannot be ignored and their shared trauma brings understanding no one else knows. However, they cannot heal each other. I loved that they both have changed drastically from where they started, and they aren't always on the same side.
We've come so far and yet the ending, while not surprising, was still quite devastating. I can't wait to see what happens next! I might've been on the fence before, but now I'm in it to win it! Let's see what Maven has in store for us next!
As always, let me know you're own thoughts and feels down below in the comments, and stay tuned for my next review!
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