Tieno answers “Team Maven or Team Cal? Personally, I ship...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about War Storm (Red Queen, #4):

Team Maven or Team Cal? Personally, I ship Maven and Mare because I'm not buying the Maven-is-all-bad thing.

Tieno Nah... Maven can Mare wouldn't ever really work. It's so obvious since Book 1 that she was always going to end up with Cal! But, with that being said,…moreNah... Maven can Mare wouldn't ever really work. It's so obvious since Book 1 that she was always going to end up with Cal! But, with that being said, I agree with you. I don't buy the whole "Maven-is-all-bad" thing. I feel like Mare tried to force that idea on us through her POV and so did the other POVs I guess, but you cannot tell me that just because someone is broken means that they don't deserve redemption -- especially when it's not their fault. Yes, Maven did terrible things. Yes, he should pay the consequences... but did he deserve to die for the way that his mother twisted him?

Mare says that it's his own fault for making his decisions, but... was it? Until the end, a part of him still wondered and still cared. Can she imagine what it's like to have no one and to feel no love? What an empty world that would be! She has ALWAYS had someone. She doesn't know, nor does she have the right to say that it was his decision. (less)

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