To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change.
Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the centre of
those she hates the most. She quickly discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy Silver control.
But power is a dangerous game. And in this world divided by blood, who will win?
From Screenwriter Victoria Aveyard, comes this thrilling novel about social segregation and the class system. We follow protagonist Mare as she is dragged into the upper class world of royalty and attempts to take it down from the inside. But with two princes vying for her attention, a queen who hates her and vicious to be princess in the midst, things aren't as easy as that. Plus everyone has powers, it's very Game of Thrones meets Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon NOT the movie).
“In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again.”
Mare is a typical dystopian or fantasy heroine, she's had it rough and wants to fight back. However up until her discovery of power which only silvers possess, she is in-extraordinary. She's no particularly pretty, not a skilled fighter, kind of misbehaved and really is not the member who will save her family from the world. She is in all ways an underdog given an opportunity to rise to. The casualties are great and she messes up a lot but as a reader it's wonderful to see the character development, the book ends where a series would normally start, but we get to see all the build up. The world is well built, much like Game of Thrones we just accept it, we don't ask questions just enjoy the ride.
This book is fun and it ends on a good'ol cliffhanger and yet things seem so despondent, I can't even imagine what will happen in the next book (which is apparently longer) the series just changes direction and twists the plot round and round until you can't predict the outcome. It;s one hell of a read and I highly recommend it to any fans of LOTR, Game of Thrones or Avatar.
Happy Reading
I have not decided if I will be reading this for sure or not. I have seen a lot of mixed reviews. I am glad to see that you liked it. Thank you for your review.
ReplyDeleteI read this recently and have to admit to not really enjoying it... my review was rather ranty to say the least. It just wasn't what I was expecting, it kind of read like every other YA dystopian I'd read recently. I'm glad you enjoyed it more than me though, will definitely check out your review of the sequel if and when you read it.
ReplyDeleteI do reccomend this book, even if you are on edge. The writing makes it very clear that Aveyard was a screenwriter, it is every visual and the pacing is great.
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