Red Queen Character Analysis

Red Queen is written with such passion, that it envelops the reader in the story, hung on each and every word. A beautiful tale of hardship, romance, and betrayal. Aveyard does an amazing job of making the reader feel as if they are right beside Mare Barrow on her journey, of becoming the Red Queen.

Mare Barrow is a young girl who lives in a village known as the Stilts. In this dystopian world all Red bloods work for the Silvers, which are believed to be touched by the gods and given great powers no mortal should hold. With her brothers at war and her sister Gisa making a living as an apprentice, Mare lives out her live waiting until she is 18 to be conscripted into the war with her brothers. Everything takes a turn when her dear friend Kilorn’s master dies, he is to be conscripted to war. She soon meets with the fabled Scarlet Guard whom say they will help her

On her journey to collect the payment, she meets a boy named Cal, near her age who helps her pay for the escape of her and her friend. Her sister’s hand is broken in the process of trying to save Mare from Silver soldiers, in turn making her lose her job and sending the family into poverty. She meets with the Scarlet Guard, the Guard leads her to the palace where she serves the god like Silvers. Here is where her life will change forever. Discovering her abilities of a Silver, lighting, even if she is a Red. To change things more, she finds that the generous boy, was the crown prince of House Calore and Jacos, son of late Queen Coriane, heir to the Kingdom of Norta and the Burning Crown, Tiberias the Seventh. It was Cal and his brother Maven, son of Elara, the current Queen. Her life changes as she is engaged to the young Prince Maven. Taken into the royal family, posing as a Silver, as Lady Mareena Titanos, daughter of Ethan Titanos. Now walking on a wire, Queen Elara, King Tiberias the Sixth,and Cal’s fiance Evangeline, will all kill her if she makes one wrong move. Young Mare lives out