Although I read numerous amounts of books during the first semester, the one that really stood out to me was the book Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It is an adult fantasy novel with a total of 388 pages to enjoy. This book is about two different groups of people separated by blood. People with Silver blood, Silvers, who have intense abilities, and people with Red blood who are sent to die in a war that the Silvers have started. The main character, Mare, has red blood which means that she is supposed to have no special abilities, and when she turns 18, she will be sent to war. She was able to gain a job working as a servant in the Silvers palace, when it was discovered that she was different then the Red Blooded people. Mare is now supposed to pretend to have silver blood and forget everything she ever knew in order to adjust to a new way of life. She learns that even in the palace, everything is not as perfect as it seems, and that Red Blooded Rebellions are starting to form against the Silvers. It is up to her to choose a side to be on, all while trying to survive and lie in order to protect everything she loves.
Personally, I really enjoyed this series, and especially this book. I found it to be an interesting concept. Usually, I am pretty good at predicting plots, but there was a major twist that I never even saw coming, which propelled me to continue to read the other books in the series. There was a lot of character development and many different sides to each one of the characters which helped me build a stronger connection and become more attached to what I was reading. I would recommend this book to read if you like action, romance, and dystopian societies.
This sounds like a very interesting series. The idea of separation due to blood color and abilities sounds not so far as the idea of royalty and the middle class from older times. With the idea that royals were of "blue blood" and were people of god, while others were lesser beings who were servants to the higher. Do you think the author did this on purpose or used the past as an inspiration to the book?
ReplyDeleteI have actually read the first few chapters of this book last year. I'm not really a fan of fictional books but this one kind of hooked me into it. I like the plot but I didn't have the chance to finish the entire book. I like the romance and the action part of this book. Based on this review, it makes me want to finally finish it. :)
ReplyDeleteThis book seems interesting to me. This book reminds me of the book series and movie called The Darkest Minds, where children are divided based on color due to their superpowers. Thanks to your review I’m going to add this book on the list of novels I am going to try soo
ReplyDeleteI like the whole plot of the story and it seems to be interesting. Im not a fan of cliches so I like how this story has many plot twist and everything is unexpected.
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