Title: King’s Cage (Red Queen #3)
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Publication Date: February 7, 2017
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: Way too Many 507
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Reviews for book 1 & book 2
In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?
Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.
As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare’s heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.
When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire—leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.
“In this breathless third installment…” Spoiler: it’s “breathless” because Mare uses all her breath WHINING AND MOANING.
The Red Queen series is one of the most disappointing series I’ve ever read. Book one started strong for me, although I still had issues with it. In fact, I rated it FOUR stars! Then Glass Sword was one of the absolute worst sequels I’ve ever read, getting a one star, ranty review. But I decided to give King’s Cage a try anyway, thinking maybe the series would redeem itself. Alas.
I didn’t make it far enough into King’s Cage to know if it continues the rinse and repeat formula of the previous book, but I definitely made it far enough to know that I was right to say I wouldn’t continue the series at the end of my Glass Sword review. I’m not sure if I had on rose-colored glasses while reading Red Queen or if the next too books really actually declined that much, but I won’t be giving the series a third chance.