Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard REVIEW

Summary:

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.

My Thoughts:

I know I'm pretty late on reading this, but I kind of forgot about this book for a while.

The story was nice. It wasn't entirely original (someone of a lower class has something the higher class wants to kill her for but can't because it will end badly for them if the problem is found out) but this particular way of telling it was interesting.

Love triangles are awful. Honestly, the only one I can stand is the one from the Hunger Games because it's actually developed enough to call it a love triangle. Mare and Cal seem to sort of care for each other, and Mare and Maven seem to sort of care for each other...but it's underdeveloped to the point where I want to throw this book out the window whenever it's implied that they romantically care for each other. If it's not developed, how can we believe it???

The betrayal of Maven was great. I honestly thought it was going to be Cal, but the author surprised me on this one.

The end was nice. It wasn't a cliffhanger, but it still made you want more.

Overall? This book was pretty good, but not the best of it's genre.

My Rating: 4 stars