Without giving away any spoilers, it’s safe to say that Victoria has crafted a complicated and interesting character in Mare Barrow. Her character development is realistic, considering the events that take place in Red Queen. In the same way that Victoria expands on her world, she also expands on her characters.Ībove everyone, Mare in particular gains more depth. Glass Sword is primarily character driven. While the story is certainly filled with several action sequences, plot really takes the back seat in this installment. However, after a while the plot begins to feel very formulaic and repetitive. On one hand, it gives us a much wider glimpse into the world-a glimpse that I definitely appreciated. Yet while I enjoyed the world-building, I felt like this both both helped and hurt the story. The characters end up in many different locations as they go through their search. I’m personally a sucker for world-building, and so I appreciated that the nature of the plot is setup in a way that allows readers to truly explore the world that Victoria has created. Not only is Mare racing to save others, but she’s also racing to save herself from Maven’s wrath.
It’s a race against Maven, a deadly game of cat and mouse. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?Īs mentioned in the blurb, Mare sets out across Norta to find others like her-reds with silver abilities. Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.īut Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince-the friend-who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Mare Barrow’s blood is red-the color of common folk-but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. Glass Sword, Victoria Aveyard’s follow up to Red Queen, is a strong sequel that expands upon both its world and characters in a way that readers are sure to appreciate.
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