Red Queen

I thought this book would be more interesting than it was. The concept was good. I thought I would find the war between the Red's and the Silver's to be fascinating. Mare, the protagonist, was a little annoying and made too many dumb decisions. Overall, the book was okay. I have a feeling I will be too annoyed to read the rest of the series, so I think I will skip it.

This is not for me I'm telling ya...but I will read the 2nd book to it so I can see what happened. The plot twist was trash. Already knew what was gonna happened. Y'all hyped the plot twist up so much and I found out it was horrible... I didn't even make a face...my face was straight... I had a mean mug aka like a mugshot I will take if I ever go to prison. Somebody said the ending was mind blowing.... where...where was it mind blowing at...tell me bc I might of missed it...oh wait I didn't bc it was trashed like u can predict it and u will Be right

Plus it was boring... I didn't want to dnf bc I wanted to know what happened

I have very mixed feelings about this book. It's highly derivative to the point if you've read any YA dystopian fantasy of any kind...you'll likely know exactly where it's going and how it's going to end. For me as well with YA, one of the biggest pet peeves I have is how relationships and romance will be shoehorned in to advance the plot...but hey at least it's kicked up a notch with a love square! Triangles are so passé.

I don't want to sound like I hated this book though cause that's not the case. As I said mixed feelings. I love a good story about throwing off the yoke of oppression and confronting the powers that be. Plus superpowers in the mix that are passed down through blood? I'm there for it. To see those that are considered less than because of their blood rise up and show the silvers that they aren't inferior or as weak as they think. That's a story that I wanted and still want to read. The ending, while predictable, did a lot to bolster my hopes for this series as we moved beyond the love square that was so stifling in the majority of the novel. 

I'll be continuing on for at least one more book because the potential is definitely there.

DNF. I pushed 2/3 of the way through this book and couldn't finish it. I don't know what it was exactly, the plot was interesting enough, and the world was amazing! The characters weren't even bad really, I just couldn't connect with them they seemed too shallow, and everything moved too quickly for me. Overall it was a book that had everything I should have loved and wanted to love but couldn't deliver in the areas I wanted it to.

YA fantasy mengenai kerajaan lagi. Kerajaan yg terbagi atas 2 kaum, yaitu kaum perak & merah. Kaum perak merupakan para bangsawan, yg memiliki kemampuan tertentu, ada juga kaum perak sipil. Kaum merah merupakan golongan budak, pelayan, pekerja kasar, kaum rendah.
Mare merupakan kaum merah, pertemuannya yg tdk terduga dgn pewaris tahta, Cal, mengantarkannya menjadi pelayan di kerajaan. Di suatu ajang pemilihan ratu gk sengaja terungkap kalo Mare meiliki kemampuan spt kaum perak. Dia kemudian dijadikan calon istri untuk adik Cal, Maven.
Mare bergabung dgn kaum pemberontak, secara gk terduga Maven pun bergabung. Kebohongan & penghianatan membuat cerita buku ini begitu menarik & aku suka. Bahkan a kittle romance pun sangat manis.

First off, how awesome is that cover. I liked this book. I got [b:The Hunger Games 2767052 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) Suzanne Collins https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1447303603s/2767052.jpg 2792775] vibes here and there. Its hard to describe without giving away parts of the book. I think you'll understand when you read it. Anyways. I should have learned my lesson by now, NEVER read reviews before or while I am reading a book, because I was able to guess the big plot twist. It was like when I had a friend read [b:Ender's Game 375802 Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) Orson Scott Card https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1408303130s/375802.jpg 2422333] and he said he could guess that the “game” at the end was real because everyone and their mom gushed about how amazing the ending was. Back to Red Queen, Mare Barrow. I hated her name, I wanted to call her bone marrow every time they said her first and last name. She was annoying, and so gullible. I felt like Cal's character didn't know what he wanted to do. Like he started out being a good guy, but then he decided screw being the good guy? But then he was like, I am the good guy. I am not sure. He was confusing. I see this series has 4 books scheduled, not sure if it will hold my attention for that long, but I will definitely be reading the next book.

DNF @50%. This broke my spirit: ??? Times move slowly when you???re waiting for something good, so naturally the days fly by as the dreaded ball approaches.??? The premise is a 30 something???s fever dream. Plot consists of a MadLibs style melange of popular teen movies. Do you relate to going to school? Do you want to wear a leotard and train with others in an arena? Do you relate to being part of the downtrodden class? Do you instantly accept your higher position in life when the ruling class makes you one on them? Do you fall in love with anyone that is slightly decent to you? Are super powers and a secret underground revolution the only way you can fight against the upperclass?

If you said yes to all of these, this book is your jam.

It is a fun book of you haven???t seen or read anything. It will be a great movie series???get Anya Taylor-Joy, Ansel Elgort, and Tom Holland.

Thanks for reading,
Clay