Waiting on Wednesday: The Red Queen

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week, what's really got my pages in a twist is...

The Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard

Publication Date: February 10, 2015

Hardcover, 400 pages, Harper Teen

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

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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 itself, 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.

My Thoughts

I’ve been on a HUGE fantasy kick lately. I just finished Throne of Glass, so I’m looking for more handsome sword-slingers and evil despots. And right now, this book is on the top of my must-have list. Plus, it already has a movie deal.

What book are you waiting for this Wednesday?