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I just finished reading Glass Sword a couple of days ago, and wrote a really long review about it. In short though, I felt that it was a little slow but the ending was definitely worth the journey. The character development was really good too. I think it was a good sequel, but not quite as good as a book as Red Queen was, IMO.
OMG I FINISHED this in April and I was blown away! The first book sucked to me because it was predictable and cliché and I really didn't enjoy it. But this one was SO much better! The world and character building was beautiful and I actually began to feel for the characters. Victoria Aveyard actually was able to get me up in the feels so that was an improvement. Long story short : skip to this book and do not waste your time with Red Queen.
I pretty much hated the first book. It was soooo Hunger Games/X-men spin-off, but poorly done at that. THIS book, which I just read last month, was quite a bit better. The main character still annoys me quite a lot, but I read it anyway for Cal, Shade and a couple others. The ending to the book was rather cliffhanger-ish...so I'll more than likely pick up the next book when it comes out. But yeah, a sequel that's actually an improvement over the first book, maybe the 3rd book I'll actually love :D
I feel that this book didn't have much development, plot-wise or character-wise. I still prefer Red Queen, and the only reason I'm even continuing is because of that ending
Krutula wrote: "I feel that this book didn't have much development, plot-wise or character-wise. I still prefer Red Queen, and the only reason I'm even continuing is because of that ending"Oh my goodness, exactly! Especially because Red Queen was page turning, unstoppable, amazing. Glass Sword is good, but I'm struggling entirely. I own the physician book and tried to read it via audiobook. Still isn't working. I will persevere!
That's it, Maven has to die. The ending completely gutted me. I found myself liking Mare a lot more than I did in the first book. So to see her...humiliated hurt me. And Aveyard was not pulling punches when she decided to kill (view spoiler) If I had been sitting down, I would have jumped out of my seat. I'm glad that this series is still enjoyable to read and I look forward to the next book.
I definitely loved this book more than the first! I liked getting the 2 POVs and learning more about the characters. The ending was good too! I would rate this a 4/5
If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.
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.
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.
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.
But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.
Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.