Glass Sword is the second book in the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard. I was waiting so patiently for this book to arrive from the Toronto Public Library. Once I got the notification to that
the book arrived, I raced over to the library and as soon as I got my hands on
the book I began to devour every single page.
Summary
The second novel continues with Mare’s
journey fighting against the Queen and the backstabbing King Maven with the
help of Cal and the Scarlet Guard. Mare begins her journey of tracking down
Newbloods from the list given to her before sh**t hit the fan in the previous
book. The Newbloods that Mare and her team are recruiting are all interesting
characters with well built up backstories to each of them. They all possess
exciting and different kinds of power. Mare also quickly discovers her brother,
Shade, is not dead but a Newblood who has the ability to disappear or “jump” to
any destination he chooses.
However, as we have learnt from the previous book,
the Queen knows the list of Newbloods too by having forced herself into Mare’s
mind. So for Mare and her team, it’s a race against the Queen to get to these
Newbloods. Unfortunately, the Queen has found some of these Newbloods and
locked them up in a prison with silent stone, which dissolves their powers. We
soon discover that the Queen has also locked away Cal's Uncle along with Sarah in that same
prison.
With the help a new recruit who has
previously escaped the prison discovers that the silent stone does not affect
her powers. So Mare, her brother and the team of new recruits, storm into the
prison… and I wont spoil the rest!
So with all this commotion going on Mare is
also facing conflict with her personal relationships. Kilorn admits his love
for Mare while she gives him a cold rejection. Common Mare! Although the
relationship between Mare and Cal continues to grow which causes an inner
conflict. How can someone like Mare be with someone is born and raised a
Silver? I mean who doesn’t love a good fictional love triangle while on the
brink of a revolution?
Thoughts
I am not exactly sure what it is about this
book but it just sucked me right along for a fictional rollercoaster ride.
Maybe, it’s because there’s a strong female character leading a revolution? That’s
pretty badass. Maybe, the love triangle is a contributing factor too?
One of the new recruits kept repeating her
point of this revolution would only recreate a world that they are already living.
The Newbloods would replace the Silvers and someone will stay be at the bottom
of the ladder. With this character
continually repeating this point, it makes me wonder what will happen next?
Will a revolution actually happen? Will Mare have enough strength and power to
keep history from repeating itself?
