There were also many moments that really shocked/surprised me!ġ.

He was always one step ahead and was such a meticulous planner! Because he wasn’t in many scenes, each moment w/ him was impactful and really showed his true colors as a villain!īoth Mare & Cal are different too! After RQ, they find it very difficult to trust others and question everything b/c of it. After Glass Sword however, he is now my FAVORITE!! ❤ After I finished Red Queen last year, I liked Maven but didn’t love him as much as everyone else did. Where this book definitely shines is in its characters. We see growth and development from the original cast of characters, but also get introduced to some new ones (mostly New Bloods). Even the metal knows it does not belong to him” (21). “When he turns his head, his crown slips, too big for his skull. However, we also see character insight with just a few lines, which is what I love about Victoria’s writing style so much. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?Įven while writing this review, I’m still unsure about the rating (debating between 4/4.5)! I still really did enjoy Glass Sword though!Īs with her previous works, Victoria’s writing style continues to keep the story fast-paced.

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. Summary: 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 book cover