Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
By Hannah Chan
If you like a science fiction mixed with romance type of book, then this is the book for you. Mare Barrow’s whole is divided by blood. You’re either a Red or Silver. Silvers are above Reds because they have powers. Mare is a Red and a thief. She is caught stealing something from a boy name Cal. The next day she is called to serve the royal Silvers. That day is Queenstrial, a pageant in which noble’s daughters present themselves in front of the royal family to show off their powers for the possibility of marrying Prince Tiberias Calore VII, Cal, or Prince Maven. In front of the royal family and nobles, she reveals that she has a power, lightning. A power that she didn’t know she had and is considered impossible throughout Silvers. Also, Mare is a Red and Reds don’t have powers. After trying to escape, Mare is disguised as the long-lost Mareena Titanos and betrothed to Prince Maven, the younger one of the princes. Mare and Maven later join the Scarlet Guard, a Red rebellion against the Silvers. Mare must conceal her Red identity and the fact she is now part of the Scarlet Guard.
By Hannah Chan
If you like a science fiction mixed with romance type of book, then this is the book for you. Mare Barrow’s whole is divided by blood. You’re either a Red or Silver. Silvers are above Reds because they have powers. Mare is a Red and a thief. She is caught stealing something from a boy name Cal. The next day she is called to serve the royal Silvers. That day is Queenstrial, a pageant in which noble’s daughters present themselves in front of the royal family to show off their powers for the possibility of marrying Prince Tiberias Calore VII, Cal, or Prince Maven. In front of the royal family and nobles, she reveals that she has a power, lightning. A power that she didn’t know she had and is considered impossible throughout Silvers. Also, Mare is a Red and Reds don’t have powers. After trying to escape, Mare is disguised as the long-lost Mareena Titanos and betrothed to Prince Maven, the younger one of the princes. Mare and Maven later join the Scarlet Guard, a Red rebellion against the Silvers. Mare must conceal her Red identity and the fact she is now part of the Scarlet Guard.