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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)

Victoria Aveyard

Start date: March 1, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Mar 01, 2015 Aira rated it really liked it

Oooo I liked this! It was really entertaining. I just can’t decide if I like Mare or not. I’ll elaborate on that later.

So Mare is a red. Reds do not have powers. They are not special. They are beneath the silvers.
Silvers are powerful. They are special. They are above the reds.

But you see, Mare here is even more special than the silvers. She’s a red, but she has powers. And when the silvers and Mare find out about her powers, that’s when things start to get really interesting.

Her whole life i ...more

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Oct 12, 2015 Bonnie rated it really liked it

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*3.75*

"The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind."

I went into this book knowing many people had mixed feelings, and that most of the complaints were that it is very similar to other YA dystopians. And I agree. However, I still really enjoyed it, for the most part.

I think the best way to describe this book is The Hunger Games (as well as a few other YAD's but mostly THG) mixed with Game of Thrones (since there is a sort of fantasy aspect, and a co *3.75*

"The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind."

I went into this book knowing many people had mixed feelings, and that most of the complaints were that it is very similar to other YA dystopians. And I agree. However, I still really enjoyed it, for the most part.

I think the best way to describe this book is The Hunger Games (as well as a few other YAD's but mostly THG) mixed with Game of Thrones (since there is a sort of fantasy aspect, and a court with different houses). I haven't read Game of Thrones, only watched the show, so that's what I'm basing it off of.

A lot of the Hunger Games similarities come from the characters themselves: Mare is very Katniss-y, Kilorn is very Gale-y (although I didn't love him like I do Gale), and so on. The events however were more similar to what goes on in Catching Fire, the first half, especially with the Katniss/Mare similarities.

This book is set in a world where people with Silver blood have abilities, and therefore rule over those with Red blood who have none. Our main character finds out that she, however, is special, and has an ability despite her red blood.

I thought from the first page, the story was really well paced. You get a lot of action right from the start and it continues through most of the book. I also really loved the writing. Victoria Aveyard is a good writer, even if she may have some plot things to work on, and I'm excited to see how she improves throughout this series.

I didn't find the characters to be anything special, but I didn't hate them either. I enjoyed Mare's sass and her decisions really did make sense. I found Queen Elara to be really intriguing, just because she was so damn awful. She reminded me so much of Cersei Lannister.

As for the romances in the story . . . I didn't really get it. Obviously I could see the direction it was going in, but there was never any build up between any of the relationships formed. It was kind of just tossed in there at random parts to the point where it was pretty pointless. I especially wanted something more between Cal and Mare, because I just??? There was nothing, and then something kind of??? I can't get into it without spoiling things, but it definitely needed some work or simply be cut out until the next book (which would have been wonderful).

Something else Aveyard needs to work on is her amount of foreshadowing. While I will admit she kept me somewhat guessing as to where the story was going to go, (or more so hoping for what I thought was going to happen to not because I really didn't want it to) I sort of just knew what would happen, and I was right.

Despite it's flaws, though, I was really interested in the story and didn't want to put the book down. I felt enough for the characters that I was rooting for them, and I'm very interested to see where the next book goes. ...more

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Feb 09, 2016 Carla rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Mar 14, 2015 Marci M. rated it it was ok

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When I heard about this book and that it was fantasy and the characters possessed superhuman abilities I ran to the store and bought a copy. How could I not love this?! Well...I didn't.

Red Queen was a book that I had such high hopes for. It was one of my most anticipated reads and when I finally got around to it I was excited to see what debut author Victoria Aveyard had in store for this series. To put it lightly, I was very disappointed.

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Apr 26, 2015 Leah rated it really liked it

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Well, that was a wild ride! And I very much enjoyed (almost) every moment of it. While the sorry dragged a bit at the end, and I still have some questions (mostly regarding Cal's mother) I really really liked this story (and have ordered and preordered the second and third books). There were lies and betrayals and everything was so interesting! This one's definitely got me wanting to read more fantasy.

I loved the world building - and I felt that I could relate way too much to Mare and her situa ...more

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Feb 27, 2015 Alex rated it really liked it

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3.75 Really entertaining but most of the book was predictable.
Didn't even need the clues which were repeated so many times for me to guess the general ideas of what would happen. ...more

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Mar 17, 2015 Lisa rated it liked it

It was just OK, when I first read it I was enjoying it but somewhere I got lost and couldn't find my way back its a shame because this book did get good reviews just 3 stars for me

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