Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) in Shadow Lounge Readathon Group

Apr 17, 2022 Nicole Dunton rated it liked it

Title: Red Queen
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Release Date: February 10th, 2015
Page Count: 398
Format: Audiobook
Start Date: July 23rd, 2017 and April 9th, 2022
Finish Date: July 25th, 2017 and April 15th, 2022

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Review:

I find it really amazing that I never wrote a review the first time I wrote this book. I do believe I read it during a readathon. So that could be the reason. But I digress. I really did enjoy this book very much. The problem is that the twists wounded me greatly. I still sm ...more

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Jul 01, 2014 Elyse rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I really liked it. I wasn't sure I was going to. I thought, felt, it was very predictable. But then Aveyard blew it all out of the water! Dang, the ending was crazy. My jaw dropped. I called some of it near the beginning but was ambushed by the end. Keep those twists coming! I was as convinced as Mare was and just as betrayed. I liked the storyline, Silvers vs. Reds. ...more

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Jul 25, 2017 Nicole Dunton rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Mare Barrow is a red blood. Not that she minds that. She'd rather be a red blood than a stuck up silver blood. What she does mind is that if she doesn't find a job soon, she will be forced into enlisting in a war that none of the red bloods believe in or understand. Finding it hard to find a job, she resorts to picking people's pockets. That is until she picks the someone's pocket and gets caught. Expecting the worst, she is surprised when she's not only not punished, but she's offered a pretty Mare Barrow is a red blood. Not that she minds that. She'd rather be a red blood than a stuck up silver blood. What she does mind is that if she doesn't find a job soon, she will be forced into enlisting in a war that none of the red bloods believe in or understand. Finding it hard to find a job, she resorts to picking people's pockets. That is until she picks the someone's pocket and gets caught. Expecting the worst, she is surprised when she's not only not punished, but she's offered a pretty amazing job. But that's where the fortune ends. Due to a freak accident, it's discovered that Mare has a gift. Until then, only silver bloods were believed to have gifts. Because of this, she is forced to pretend she's something she's not so that nobody catches wind of the fact that a lowly red blood has a gift.

I really enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would! If I could have read it all in one sitting, I believe I would! I especially didn't expect the twist that happened that I will not get into due to the fact that I encourage people to read this book and don't believe in spoilers. I saw a reviewer post about Mare's attitude. While I agree with their assessment, I also disagree. Red bloods were raised to believe they were worthless. They periodically get treated horribly by the silver bloods. So it's only natural that a red blood would have an attitude and mistrust towards silver bloods.

The narrator of this did a fantastic job. I was very impressed with her! She took an already action-packed and intense story and made it even more intense. She put life into the character and the stories. I like narrators like this and one day I will make note of all the ones I've liked because of this and go back and read more books they've narrated.

I really do recommend this book. I loved it so much that I knew I had to get my hands on the rest of the series. I haven't read them yet, but I plan to. I'm so excited to do so. I may even claim the gap in reading as an excuse to re-read this book! Either way, this is a really great read! ...more

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Aug 12, 2018 Juli rated it it was ok

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Apr 09, 2015 Chrissy315 Jones rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The ending OMG!!! Wow really good book can't wait to read the next one. Glad I already acquired it. ...more

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Feb 24, 2015 Shelleen Toland rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

LOVED this book!!! A country divided by Red blood people and silver blood people. Silvers are the royals and uppercrusts and have special powers. Red bloods do all the labor work and fighting in the wars. Then a red blood gets with the silver blood and all hell breaks loose.

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