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Red Queen
- 428 pages · about 7 hours
- First published 2015
- 35 editions
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1 About this book
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood--those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace itself, where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a power of her own--an ability she didn't know she had. Except her blood is Red.
To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks her new position to aid the Scarlet Guard--the leaders of a Red rebellion. Her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince--and Mare against her own heart.
- Love & Romance
- Fantasy & Magic
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- Romance
- Redemption
- Coming of age
- Ability
2 What to expect
A young adult fantasy set in a kingdom divided by blood: silver-blooded nobles with superhuman powers rule red-blooded commoners. A poor Red girl who is found to have a power of her own is hidden at court as a lost princess while a rebellion grows outside. Court intrigue, a love triangle with two princes and questions of loyalty and betrayal fill it, at a quick pace, and it is the first of four books.
Good for readers who want: young adult fantasy, court intrigue and rebellion, and the start of a gripping series.
3 About Victoria Aveyard
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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