Review: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard

October 2016: She finishes reading Red Queen. She likes it and immediately bought the second book of the series but doesn´t read on.
September 2018: She decides that she´d like to read on but doesn´t remember much of the storyline of the first book. She re-reads it and again, she likes it. 
November 2020: She feels the urge to read Red Queen - the whole series this time. She reads all four books in about two weeks. She loves the books. 


 After four years, I finally read the whole Red Queen series, and no matter how often I had to read the first book to recall the storyline, I just love this book! 
    Red Queen takes place in a world divided by color - blood color. There are the Silvers with inhuman abilities. They tower above the population of their Silver ruled kingdoms. Then there are the Reds, the Oppressed. They have no abilities and therefore they are "worth less". They live a hard life, struggling to feed the family, while the Silvers live a splendid life. 
    In one of the Silver ruled kingdoms, Norta, there lives a girl named Mare Barrow. She´s a thief, used to sneak away, steal things, be invisible among the crowds. Until one day her live changes and she finds out she isn´t as Red as she thought to be. She finds herself in the middst of the royal Silver court, becoming a new person, hiding in front of the whole country to safe her live - because of her new found ability. The Nortan queen and king and their sons keep her well hidden in their court, disguising her as a Silver, telling the Nortans lies about her ability. 
    Mare is torn between two Nortan princes - one of them she should marry, one of them has her heart - and between an unjust world and the opportunity to change it. This opportunity is called Scarlet Guard. An alliance of Reds, ready to fight the injustice and the division of Norta and the whole continent. Twisted paths lay in front of Mare Barrow, her family and the two princes. All of them have to keep one thing in mind, a quote that reappears throughout the whole book. "Anyone can betray anyone." Because worlds can lie. 

    Why do I love Red Queen? Victoria Aveyard is a master of words and the books are infinitly good written. She makes the characters seem "real", because she displays every single twist in their emotion. Inspite of that, she still surprises with some unpredictable plot twist. Remember: "Anyone can betray anyone."

I rate this novel a 5 out of 5.

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