Cannonball Read 18

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I (mostly) liked this series

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Queen Song by Victoria Aveyard

Steel Scars by Victoria Aveyard

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The Red Queen series is great for young adult readers who are maybe not quite grown enough for Game of Thrones but love a fantasy adventure involving royal intrigue and superpowers. The first in this series is Red Queen. Mare Barrow is a teenage pickpocket, stealing in the marketplace of her town to help support her family. They are ‘Reds’, an oppressed class of citizens ruled by ‘Silvers’. The designations are due to the colors of the group’s blood. Reds have red blood and work as a […]

The Backstory of Red Queen: The First Betrayal & the Start of the Scarlet Guard

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Overall Rating: 3/5 Queen’s Song: 2/5 This is the story of Coriane Jacos, the mother of Cal from Red Queen. Coriane is nothing special and her house is falling on hard times. Her uncle that governors the House is old and dying; while her father has ambition, he is a terrible leader. When Coriane befriends Tiberias the Sixth, aka the Crown Prince, her father believes he has found the answer to all his problems, while Coriane believes she has found a friend as lonely as […]

Talk less, smile more

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I was hesitant to read yet another YA novel about a young woman thrust into a new, impossible situation (mostly because I’m fairly certain that’s almost all of what I’ve read so far this year) but I was so happy with this one. Which is weird to say now, because up until the last few chapters or so, I was beginning to wonder why everyone loved this book so much. (Spoiler alert: I didn’t LOVE LOVE it, at least not upon first finishing it (maybe […]

Fake It Til You Make It

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This is it. My penultimate Cannonball read. Last year I only made it a little over halfway, and this year…well, I’m almost there. I’ve been trying to select my last few books carefully, wanting to go out on a bang (I mean, I’m going to keep reading and reviewing after I hit 52, but come on. #52 has to be special.) Red Queen is a title I’ve seen kicking around lately and I’m a sucker for books like this. YA, female protagonist, magic, class warfare, dystopian. […]

Anyone Can Betray Anyone

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This is why this review took me two weeks. This book was good, but I really wanted to LOVE it. It’s about a society where the people are divided by blood. Reds have red blood and are the bottom class. Silvers have silver blood that gives them abilities and they oppress the Reds. Mare is a Red who demonstrates an ability to control electricity in an arena full of Silvers. The King and Queen decide to hide her in plain sight by making up a […]



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