Title: Glass Sword (Red Queen #2)
Author: Victoria Aveyard
1st Date of Publication: February 9, 2016
1st Date of Publication: February 9, 2016
ISBN: 9780062310668
# of Pages: 444
# of Pages: 444
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Age Rating: 13 (Death, Bullying)
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Book Description:
If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.
Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.
The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.
Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.
But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.
Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.
Point of View: 1st person- Mare Barrow
If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.
Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.
The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.
Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.
But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.
Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.
Point of View: 1st person- Mare Barrow
Goodreads Rating: 4.01
My Rating: 3.90
Part of the Book that Caught My Attention: Both
View on the Cover: I think that the crown looks really cool with it made of glass and blood running down. It makes me wonder why there is blood dripping.
View on Title: Since Mare is the Red Queen, it made me wonder if she is also the Glass Sword.
View on Title: Since Mare is the Red Queen, it made me wonder if she is also the Glass Sword.
Pros:
- There is a lot more action in this book compared to Red Queen. It made the read a lot faster and easier to read.
- A bigger glimpse of the Scarlet Guard and the world around the reds and silvers makes the book series more interesting. While Red Queen shows a town filled with reds and a town of silvers, but you see many villages of reds and the silvers that live among those.
- Mare's relationship with her not-so-dead brother, Shade, is shown and how much she truly loves him. A lot of her identity is based on her relationship with him.
- Cal's character is interesting as he deals with a world full of reds who absolutely hate him because of his brother, step mother, and father's oppression but also somewhat respect him for killing his father, the king.
Cons:
- The way Mare reacts to everything really bothered me, but they were typical reactions to those kinds of situations.
- I was hoping for more character development. I felt that the characters seemed flat from the beginning of the novel to the end. Sure, they go through some pain and suffering but their responses are the same and do not seem to grow very much. They just get angrier.
Critics' Reviews:
“Aveyard certainly has a flair for the dramatic… The action hits the ground running and doesn’t stop until after the last page is turned.” -School Library Journal
“High-stakes excitement and sharp plot twists… make this a fast-paced, exciting read and a thrilling sequel.” -Booklist
“Fast-paced and action packed, Glass Sword is compelling and strong, guaranteed to gratify anxious readers of the series and fans of dystopian and fantasy literature.” -VOYA
“Aveyard certainly has a flair for the dramatic… The action hits the ground running and doesn’t stop until after the last page is turned.” -School Library Journal
“High-stakes excitement and sharp plot twists… make this a fast-paced, exciting read and a thrilling sequel.” -Booklist
“Fast-paced and action packed, Glass Sword is compelling and strong, guaranteed to gratify anxious readers of the series and fans of dystopian and fantasy literature.” -VOYA
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