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Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard

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Book Description:

This is a world divided by blood – red or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance – Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart…

My Rating: 4/5

If you really loved The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner or Divergent series, then chances are you’ll enjoy this read! And as much as I loved those books, it is also the reason I could only give Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard a 4/5 star review. This book has hints of a dystopian world with a YA-Fantasy/Adventure feel. Book #1 of the Red Queen Trilogy series.

Definitely a great read! I will admit to it having been a bit of a slow start for me because of The Hunger Gamey/Divergenty vibes going on. There were so many similarities that it kind of annoyed me and it was hard to keep focused (like Kilorn, come on, does this remind anyone else of Gale from The Hunger Games?). Eventually, I had to tell myself that it was made pretty clear it was going to be that way from the book jacket description, so I couldn’t blame the book like I was trying to do but only myself for ignoring those warning signs. Once I got over that, I got enveloped in the book and overall it ended up being a fun read! So as long as you can ignore the typical “brotherly love triangle” and the “oh, this sounds a lot like ____” friends, then it’s worth a shot in my opinion. I didn’t find the plot twist quite so shocking as I have read in other reviews, if anything, it was kind of predictable to me. I won’t say I COMPLETELY figured it out, because I didn’t, but I definitely had it as a possibility of one of the outcomes. I still hope it changes to my liking later in the upcoming books though, because it was good… and some what heartbreaking because I was really rooting for the way it was headed :] Also, Mare’s character was a little bland. She didn’t really do much for me. But Maven, oh my wittle Maven…. I enjoyed reading him develop! I will definitely be grabbing book 2 of the trilogy – Glass Sword coming out in 2016!

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FIRST! (Does Anyone Else Loathe This Internet Trend?)

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Any who, before I start actually posting reviews, I just thought I’d letcha know what the trend is going to be around here, at least starting off.  I’d definitely like to add more fun book related topics besides reviews in the future, but I suppose that all depends on if anyone actually reads what I’m writing ^_^  I usually read 1 book a week, sometimes more, sometimes not.  This all depends on varying factors such as my work schedule (which changes weekly), babysitting schedule (a newly acquired, hopefully not much longer, life sucking….), house upkeep do goods, and of course, just natural life balance.  I LOVE reading, I do it almost every day, but I do have other hobbies and sometimes you just gotta break it up and give love to the other makings of your heart.  So with that being said, I’m going to be posting a book review about once/twice a week.  Again, it all depends!

The first few reviews I’m going to be putting up are going to be books I’ve read somewhat recently and already have published reviews on via amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, librarything.com (still trying to figure this one out, this website is a bit confusing), and of course, goodreads.com (I will link all my accounts to these at the bottom of the post, as well as my “Get To Know Me and My Blog” section).  I will be updating these before I put them on here though so they will not be entirely the same cause that’s no fun and defeats the purpose!  But until I catch up on here, the first few reviews I post won’t be that different.  Now the whole reason behind me making this blog was to go more in depth with these reviews, so although they will be similar, if you’re reading it on here, you’re getting THE WHOLE REVIEW so it will be different.  Consider the views on my blog the novel and the reviews on every other website the ARCs or the “first few chapter sneak peaks.”  So you will see me making comments about books-to-screen via these smaller reviews, but on here, they will be 2 separate posts.  To me, it’s like 2 different reviews so I will not mush them together.  I will usually post these book-to-movie reviews either the same day or next day depending, again, on la sheshul (schedule).  Even if I’ve already seen the movie, I like to re-watch it after I’ve finished the book to get a fresh perspective and to make sure I can write the most accurate review possible.  Most likely these reviews will have SPOILERS, but I will put it in the header as a forewarning because I don’t want to ruin anything for anyone but I still want to give my whole hearted opinion!  So now that I got that out of the way, I will be posting my first review to my blog shortly…. dundunDUNNNN!

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