Red Queen

“Words can lie.” It is unknown who said this quote. Mare Barrow the main character arrives at the Silver Palace, the Silvers Palace is for the people whose blood is Silver. Mare meets Cal the first silver prince and Maven the second silver prince, Mare has to marry Maven because she is the Red princesses because Mare has red blood. Maven tells Mare lies and when she finds out it is far too late, Mare and Cal then have to fight for their lives. In the novel Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, a theme doesn’t trust people for who they say they are, which is developed by the character Maven and Mara, the setting the Silver Palace in the arena, and the plot events when Maven betrays Mare and plans to have her and Cal executed. Maven betraying Mare Barrow developed the theme by Mare trusting Maven and falling in love with him.Mare Barrow was feeling safe and that he could protect her and she could protect him, she felt like if they ever need someone to lean on, it would be them. Mare was slowly falling in love with Maven she thought she knew him but she didn’t once she found out she regretted everything, she wanted to go back she wanted to marry Cal, not Maven. On page 339, ”It breaks against me, memories falling into place. I should've known, deep down, not to trust Maven. He was too perfect, to brave, too…

Red Queen is a book full of adventure and suspense that will keep you at the edge of your seat. This book takes place in a completely different world where everything is divided by blood type. Silvers live in luxury whereas reds live in poverty. This book is a timeless book because it could take place in the past or present, and the reader would see no difference. This is because the events take place in a completely different world. The main character in this book is Mare. Mare is an average…

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Set in the vast, fictitious Kingdoms of Norta, Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen is a thrilling novel centered around the life of heroine, Mare Barrow. Raised in the slums of the Red city The Stilts, Mare lives with her parents and her sister, Gisa. She has three older brothers as well, but they live on the front lines of battle, essentially sacrificing their lives for the sake of their Silver King. For as long as they have known, Mare Barrow, her family, and the rest of the citizens with Red blood,…

Victoria Aveyards’ dystopian book series “Red Queen” is an amazing book that takes the reader through many plot twists and betrayals. The series takes place in an altered world where the people are divided by the color of their blood. The Silver bloods, who each have a specific power, run the country and it’s corrupted government. The Red bloods are a poor, lower class of servants and workers who are sent off to fight a useless war against the neighboring country. The main character, named Mare,…

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In the book series Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard, the characters are placed in a futuristic world where the society is split into two social classes based on the color of blood, silver blood, and red blood. When the main character, Mare, learns she has the powers of a silver but is red, she quickly learns the government is wrong and is hiding something from the rest of society. Mare knows she has to fix the division of groups but faces many challenges on the way. One theme this story suggests…

“The truth doesn't matter. It only matters what the people believe” (Aveyard, Page 342). Victoria Aveyard’s book “Red Queen,” is about the physical and emotional journey of Mare Barrow, the main protagonist. The setting of “Red Queen” is located in a fictional land called Norta. Mare is perceived to have many character traits, such as her resilience, compassion, and intelligence. As the story’s plot proceeds, the reader can make certain connections to the characters or story of “Red Queen” and…