This is the second book in the Red Queen series and I enjoyed it but not quite as much as I enjoyed the first book. There are three books planned for this series.
This book finds Mare spending the majority of her time fleeing from place to place with the Red Guard trying to rescue the other Red Bloods with powers life herself. The Red Guard doesn't trust Cal at all and trusts Mare only a very little bit. This encompassed the first half of the book and was a bit slow for me. Mare seems a bit tired through this part of the book and reminded me a bit of Katniss in Mockingjay; just worn out and sick of being used. She's just too complacent.
The story picks up more in the second half of the book when Mare decides to actually do something useful with her status and power and I enjoyed this a lot more.
There's a lot of tension between Cal and Mare throughout; they've decided to focus on their mission and not each other which makes for some interesting scenes.
I really do enjoy Aveyard's writing style; it's very engaging and easy to read. I do think that the first part of the story could have been paced a bit better and that the story as a whole was a bit bulky; but overall I enjoyed it.
Overall a good addition to the Red Queen series. This is a wonderful epic fantasy of sorts (if also has kind of a sci-fi, superhero, and dystopian vibe to it). There are a lot of politics and sneaking around. I would recommend to those who enjoy YA epic fantasy. I will definitely be reading the third book to see how things wrap up.
This book finds Mare spending the majority of her time fleeing from place to place with the Red Guard trying to rescue the other Red Bloods with powers life herself. The Red Guard doesn't trust Cal at all and trusts Mare only a very little bit. This encompassed the first half of the book and was a bit slow for me. Mare seems a bit tired through this part of the book and reminded me a bit of Katniss in Mockingjay; just worn out and sick of being used. She's just too complacent.
The story picks up more in the second half of the book when Mare decides to actually do something useful with her status and power and I enjoyed this a lot more.
There's a lot of tension between Cal and Mare throughout; they've decided to focus on their mission and not each other which makes for some interesting scenes.
I really do enjoy Aveyard's writing style; it's very engaging and easy to read. I do think that the first part of the story could have been paced a bit better and that the story as a whole was a bit bulky; but overall I enjoyed it.
Overall a good addition to the Red Queen series. This is a wonderful epic fantasy of sorts (if also has kind of a sci-fi, superhero, and dystopian vibe to it). There are a lot of politics and sneaking around. I would recommend to those who enjoy YA epic fantasy. I will definitely be reading the third book to see how things wrap up.
