Review: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Title: Glass Sword

Author: Victoria Aveyard

Publisher: HarperTeen

Publishing Date: February 9th, 2016

Pages: 444
Audio Length: 14 Hours and 39 Minutes

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Red Queen

Source: Audio

 

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.

What made me pick this book up: 

I read the first one and loved it. So I wanted to continue the series.

What did I like about the cover: 

I am in love with all of these covers, the minimalist feel of it is amazing. And they're all so shiny. I feel like it matches the books. It would be cool if this one had a sword on it.

What made me read this book: 

The first one was amazing. I absolutely loved it. And I needed to read a book with a color in the title (Red Queen) and a sequel by the same author (Could have been a different series, but this just made it easier)

What did I like the most: 

I did like the story. Obviously I loved the first one, and this is just a continuation of that same story. 

I still love Cal, of course. He's always going to be one of my favorite people I think. 

***Spoilers, highlight to read***

I loved reading about how Cal decided to help them take down the reds. Though not by choice, but he came around to it. And I love that.

***End spoiler***

I found it really interesting to read about the different people and their "powers". It was interesting to see what they could do.

What didn't I like: 

Mare was very annoying in this one. I get she's going through a lot and was just thrown into everything, but get over yourself. Just a little please.

I guess she has a strong case of PTSD from the first book, because she kept saying "Anyone can betray anyone" And I was just done with her saying that. 

I felt like this book just didn't get anywhere, the first one was so amazing and gave me so many feels. This one felt like a filler book to me.

It was still written well and had a good story, just meh.

I also wish we could have seen more about what the powers were and what they could do.

Would I read the rest of the series/more from this author?
I do actually want to finish the series. I'm invested now!

I still enjoyed the book, just not nearly as much as I did the first one.

“If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel myself beginning to shatter.” 
― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword

I'm a screenwriter/YA author who likes books and lists. This site is the nexus of my universe.

My book RED QUEEN will be published Winter 2015 from HarperTeen at HarperCollins. I'm repped by the incomparable Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.
The genres I'm into include YA, Fantasy, Historical, Adventure, Apocalyptic - if people are dying, I'm buying.