The Red Queen Analysis

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The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard I read the book, Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard. The book was published in New York by HarperCollins publishers in the year 2015. The book has 383 pages. I’ve never read a book by Victoria Aveyard before, but I enjoyed the book quite a bit. The book is fiction and it’s both action as well as romance. The title piqued my interest because I wanted to know what they meant by “red queen.” On the cover, there is a little quote that reads “Power is a dangerous game”. The artwork on the cover is an upside down crown with red blood dripping down. The story is told from the point of view of one of the main characters, Mare Barrow. Mare lives in the kingdom of Norta, a kingdom separated by blood. There’s red blood, which is the poor people—red blooded people don’t have any special abilities. Then there's the silver blood; the people with silver blood are the higher classes and nobles. Silver blooded people have special abilities based on their house. Mare has red blood, but has the ability to manipulate and “create” electricity. The silvers show off their skills to the reds in an arena on the first Friday of every month to instill in them the knowledge and inherent fear of the silvers’ godlike powers. Since the reds are low class citizens they are conscripted into the war that has been going on between the different kingdoms. They are conscripted, or drafted, once they are the age of 18 and they either don’t have a job or are not an apprentice. Mare is 17 years old, she’s jobless and not an apprentice so she would be The main idea of this book is coming of age. This is because the book revolves around people turning 18 to be conscripted to war or to become the next princess, and possibly the next queen. It also follows Mare’s growth as a character and how her life changes in such a short period of

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