Author: Victoria Aveyard
Publisher: Orion Publishing
Year: Feb 2017
Pages: 507
ISBN: 9781409151197
Series: Red Queen #3
Genre: Young Adult
Reading Time: Feb 7 - 12
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
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Blurb:
Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal.
Now a king, Maven continues weaving his web in an attempt to maintain control over his country - and his prisoner.
While Mare remains trapped in the palace, the remnants of the Red Rebellion continue organising and expanding. As the prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows, Cal - the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart - will stop at nothing to bring her back.
Review:
Wow, it feels as though it's been a long wait for this book. When Red Queen first came out I was utterly captivated by this world, by the time Glass Sword was released I'd reread my favourite bits of RQ so many times I was obsessed! Now King's Cage is an excellent instalment for the series and I was kept awake all night thinking of my own plots for RQ#4. A step up from Glass Sword, but I don't ever think it's fair to compare a book to the first in the series, it's the one that started it all and we'd only just discovered the world by then.
After the last book - actually since book one - I've wanted to see more of Samson Merandus, the whisper had me intrigued and I wasn't disappointed. We spend a lot of time in the one place throughout this novel, which was a big contrast to the constant moving in GS. I didn't get bored of it, the settings were a luxurious place of nightmares. We do see more of the world again, the travelling spurred by Maven's schemes.
Maven... Oh my, Maven. I'm a straight up Cal supporter but...Maven's got me a bit in this one. He's incredibly intelligent and confused. The loss of the last book left so much to discover about him and he opens up to a little of his history under his mother's wrath. It's fascinating. He's still playing games and he's gotten better, so much still needs to be explained of how he feels for Mare.
Cal, I needed more of! Again, he has to make a choice and the end, well. I was awake all night. I want to see how the brothers would choose to directly compare them so I can decide who is best for Mare because right now I really don't know.
We also had a couple different POVs in this book and when I noticed we switched to Cameron's POV I nearly screamed. Cameron, I'd forgotten about and she was a real stubborn character to read from, very similar to Mare but filling us in on all the characters we were missing. Then Evangeline... Well, that was just a phenomenal mind to get into.
New characters made for huge plot turning points, so I need to avoid them but Anabel, I will kill you! You ruined it all!
I'm going to go and crawl in a heavily stocked library until the next book...
Blurb:
Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal.
Now a king, Maven continues weaving his web in an attempt to maintain control over his country - and his prisoner.
While Mare remains trapped in the palace, the remnants of the Red Rebellion continue organising and expanding. As the prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows, Cal - the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart - will stop at nothing to bring her back.
Review:
Wow, it feels as though it's been a long wait for this book. When Red Queen first came out I was utterly captivated by this world, by the time Glass Sword was released I'd reread my favourite bits of RQ so many times I was obsessed! Now King's Cage is an excellent instalment for the series and I was kept awake all night thinking of my own plots for RQ#4. A step up from Glass Sword, but I don't ever think it's fair to compare a book to the first in the series, it's the one that started it all and we'd only just discovered the world by then.
After the last book - actually since book one - I've wanted to see more of Samson Merandus, the whisper had me intrigued and I wasn't disappointed. We spend a lot of time in the one place throughout this novel, which was a big contrast to the constant moving in GS. I didn't get bored of it, the settings were a luxurious place of nightmares. We do see more of the world again, the travelling spurred by Maven's schemes.
Maven... Oh my, Maven. I'm a straight up Cal supporter but...Maven's got me a bit in this one. He's incredibly intelligent and confused. The loss of the last book left so much to discover about him and he opens up to a little of his history under his mother's wrath. It's fascinating. He's still playing games and he's gotten better, so much still needs to be explained of how he feels for Mare.
Cal, I needed more of! Again, he has to make a choice and the end, well. I was awake all night. I want to see how the brothers would choose to directly compare them so I can decide who is best for Mare because right now I really don't know.
We also had a couple different POVs in this book and when I noticed we switched to Cameron's POV I nearly screamed. Cameron, I'd forgotten about and she was a real stubborn character to read from, very similar to Mare but filling us in on all the characters we were missing. Then Evangeline... Well, that was just a phenomenal mind to get into.
New characters made for huge plot turning points, so I need to avoid them but Anabel, I will kill you! You ruined it all!
I'm going to go and crawl in a heavily stocked library until the next book...
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