Red Queen: Discover the global sensation soon to be a major TV series perfect for fans of Fourth Wing

Victoria Aveyard

Feb 2015 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The Hunger Games meets the X-Men in this internationally bestselling YA fantasy series soon to be a major TV show from the producers of Divergent directed by and starring Elizabeth Banks . . .
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Set in a far-future post-apocalyptic America brimming with romance and revolution, Red Queen is a ferocious ode to the power and promise of resistance against the relentless fires of oppression - perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and The Bone Season.

'All hail Victoria Aveyard - the new Queen of dystopian fiction' GUARDIAN
'Exhilarating. Compelling. Action-packed. Unputdownable' USA TODAY
'A whirlwind of betrayal and plot twists' SCI-FI NOW
'It's slick, it's interesting, it's gripping' SFX
'A volatile world with a dynamic heroine' BOOKLIST
'Breakneck pace' SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
'A gaspworthy twist' THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
'Breathes new life into tired fantasy trends' KIRKUS

WELCOME TO A WORLD DIVIDED BY BLOOD - RED OR SILVER . . .

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers.

To Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red thief from the poverty-stricken Stilts where the only possible future is conscription into the empire's endless war, it seems like nothing will ever change, especially now her brothers and her best friend have all been called up to spill their blood for their oppressor.

Then she finds herself recruited to work in the Silver Palace by an enigmatic stranger who turns out to be none other than the crown prince himself, Tiberias Calore. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that she possesses a deadly power of her own - one that threatens to upend their entire world order.

Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to Maven Calore, their future king's brother. Even though she knows one misstep means certain death, Mare still works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, in a desperate guerrilla effort to bring down the Silver regime once and for all.

But this is a world not only of ultimate bloodshed but also of ultimate betrayal, and Mare has been sucked into a dangerous dance - Red against Silver, prince against prince, brother against brother, head against heart . . .

'The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.'
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Read the RED QUEEN series in full:

Book 1: RED QUEEN
Book 2: GLASS SWORD
Book 3: KING'S CAGE
Book 4: WAR STORM
Novellas collection: BROKEN THRONE

And don't miss the Sunday Times-bestselling REALM BREAKER series:

Book 1: REALM BREAKER
Book 2: BLADE BREAKER
Book 3: FATE BREAKER
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Victoria Aveyard's book 'Realm Breaker' was a No. 7 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 03-05-2021.
Victoria Aveyard's book 'Blade Breaker' was a No. 4 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27-06-2022.

Ratings and reviews

I loved it. I was legit obsessed with it while reading. I still am. It's a must read for anyone who loves the themes of politics, betrayal with a dash of romance. Though the last 100 pages left me with trust issues. And couldn't really comprehend what happened. Read it with caution cause this book is going to betray you.

So dramatic and heart-wrenching. I fell in love with the book by the first page. It pulls your heartstrings and transports you to a tottaly different world. The book will makr you cry without you realizing you have shedded a tear. ;)

The story is interesting and unique. I would give it 5 stars for the first two thirds, however the ending is not very exciting - almost as if the author was rushing or had a word limit. Overall I feel that Maven was a very well developed character; whereas our dear heroine's feelings and ideas were rather simple: survival and revolution. The ending was not too bad but it lacked something, leaving me in disappointment, maybe a cliffhanger would have helped?

About the author

Victoria Aveyard was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a small town known only for the worst traffic rotary in the continental United States. She moved to Los Angeles to earn a BFA in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. She currently splits her time between the East and West coasts. As an author and screenwriter, she uses her career as an excuse to read too many books and watch too many movies.

Find out more at www.victoriaaveyard.com or follow her on Twitter @VictoriaAveyard