Glass Sword
The second YA dystopian fantasy adventure in the globally bestselling Red Queen series
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4.3 • 174 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
'I chose this book over sleep more than once . . . It really did have me pumped full of adrenaline at 2am unable to put it down' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Hunger Games meets the X-Men in this internationally bestselling YA fantasy series soon to be a major TV show from the producers of Divergent directed by and starring Elizabeth Banks . . .
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I WAS BORN TO KILL A KING, TO END A REIGN OF TERROR BEFORE IT CAN EVER TRULY BEGIN . . .
If there's one thing Mare Barrow knows, it's that she's different.
Mare's blood is Red - the colour of common folk - but her Silverblood ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court is desperate to control over all else.
Pursued by the vengeful Silver king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other defectors to join the rebellion.
But she is soon led down a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying so hard to defeat.
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Readers love the RED QUEEN series:
'Will grab you from the first page, and you'll be unable to put it down, right until the bitter end . . . You will feel all the feels. You will rage. You will cry. You will even laugh. You'll love characters even more, get to know new ones, and dread leaving the world yet again' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Breathtaking . . . Each chapter is flawless. There doesn't seem to a wasted line, or word for that matter!' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The most amazing ending which has kept me desperate for the past year . . . yet again I have been left a desperate puddle in need of the fourth and final book in this amazing series!' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Read the RED QUEEN series in full:
Book 1: RED QUEEN
Book 2: GLASS SWORD
Book 3: KING'S CAGE
Book 4: WAR STORM
Novellas collection: BROKEN THRONE
And don't miss the Sunday Times-bestselling REALM BREAKER series:
Book 1: REALM BREAKER
Book 2: BLADE BREAKER
Book 3: FATE BREAKER
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Victoria Aveyard's book 'Realm Breaker' was a No. 7 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 03-05-2021.
Victoria Aveyard's book 'Blade Breaker' was a No. 4 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27-06-2022.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this startling follow-up to her debut, Aveyard sends readers hurtling back into the world of Red Queen with a fierce battle scene, reunions with old friends, and a story arc fraught with deception and betrayal. The powerful Silvers continue their reign, but the Red rebellion is rising, led by Mare Barrow. She plans to track down other mutant "newbloods" like herself to form an army capable of defeating the crown. Collecting newbloods is dangerous work, and the death toll mounts in a race against King Maven, a manipulative man who is slaughtering the mutants in a bid to force Mare back under his control. The story exposes painful truths about real-life bias and bigotry as well as the brutal costs of war, and children are not always spared gruesome fates. At the epicenter, Mare is an exquisitely flawed heroine who at times gives into her basest desires for revenge, raising questions about her own morality and revealing striking similarities to Queen Elara, whom she so despises. A cliffhanger finale should leave fans anxiously awaiting the next installment. Ages 13 up.
Customer Reviews
AHHHH
It was the ending that killed me !!! I don't think I've ever read a book from Victoria Aveyard, but boy, her endings are GOOD. I'm used to the sappy 'We all cheered around the table, we've one the fight' or the 'He looked down at my eyes "I chose you" and he kisses me.' (Get my gist?) and then the next book starts off with the slow ascending plot to the next fight. However, Aveyard has gone and finished this book at the start of another book Red Queen #3 'King's Cage'. The ending absolutely killed me what is going to happen ??? And worst of all, I have to wait possibly 2 months for the third book to find out what happens. Also not 5 stars because of the ending as it annoys me so much, and Aveyard used 'He said/she said/they said/I say/he murmurs/she murmurs/I murmur' way too many times.
Glass Sword
The second book doesn't let you down. Amazing and just as good as Red Queen. Picks up from where Red Queen left it and it was just ace. God knows how I'm supposed to wait another year for the next book! Gimme gimme now!
Great series so far!!
Loved the first two! Onto the 3rd!