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reviewed Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, #1)

Victoria Aveyard: Red Queen (Hardcover, 2015, HarperCollins Publishers) 4 stars

This is a world divided by blood—red or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by …

Review of 'Red Queen' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Torn on what to rate this...landing on a solid three stars.

Meet Mare. She's a Red, living in a world where the Silvers have all of the power. After a slow start, the action starts to pick up. She's thrust into the spotlight and fights to hide her true identity and survive. Vague description, yes, but I don't want to spoil you, friends. You will have to read it for yourself.

Gorgeous cover art, rather generic characters inside, the entire book feels like an homage to all of the other young adult dystopian novels that came before it. But there's enough there for me to read book 2.