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Red Queen

By: Victoria Aveyard
Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
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Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace, where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a power of her own - an ability she didn't know she had. Except...her blood is red.

To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks her new position to aid the Scarlet Guard - the leaders of a Red rebellion. Her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince - and Mare against her own heart.

From debut author Victoria Aveyard comes a lush, vivid fantasy series where loyalty and desire can tear you apart and the only certainty is betrayal.

©2015 Victoria Aveyard (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

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Not original

This had high ratings, sorry to say that I was disappointed. Felt like I was listening to the hunger games.

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Couldn't stop listening!

I was iffy when I downloaded this book. It's not something that I normally read but I was pleasantly surprised! I couldn't stop listening!!! There were so many twists and turns and surprises. I absolutely loved it! I highly recommend it!

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Wonderful

This was my first audible experience and I just say I'm glad a settled on this title.
Characters are well thought out along with the story.
Highly recommend.

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Hunger Games Lite

Story was good and narrator was pretty good, but I felt like I was listening to the Hunger Games all over again.

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Just ok

I liked it enough to finish- it was an interesting story but not perfect. Some parts went too fast, some too slow. There were predictable parts, and other parts I wondered where in the world that came from. I also felt like the author made Mera, the main character, way too much like Katniss from Hunger Games, or the girl from Divergent. She should have had her own style, not a typical dystopian heroine. Above all else, Mera is murderer, willing to sacrifice people who oppose her or her cause. That's no hero to me.

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Simple divide, brilliant idea!

The simplicity of the idea of a world divided by the mere colour of blood, red and silver, is brilliant. The task of making us understand and empathise with these characters all through Mare’s point of view is daunting, but Victoria Aveyard has risen to the feat. I can't imagine anyone else but Amanda Dolan bringing her story to life.

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loved it!!

great story, easy to follow...always left me wanting to hear more and not wanting to stop listening

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Hooked!

It was entertaining from the beginnig. I did had some trouble following up all the names of the story but the story line was very captivating!

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Red/Silver

I love this series and author. At first I was like... ok this isn’t great but not bad... and then it just took off... I couldn’t stop. I literally went through the entire series in a matter of days. I had to know what was next! Highly recommend.

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Mmeehh it's ok

It is a bit too like Hunger Games, overly complicated and trying to be gritty.

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