Read my review for Red Queen here.
General Information
Title: Glass Sword (Vol #2 of 3, Red Queen trilogy)
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Original language: English
Publication: 2016
Summary
After the showdown between Maven, Cal and Mare, the latter two are on the run from the new Silver King and on a mission to find other Newbloods to help overthrow the government. Without knowing who she can truly trust, Mare finds herself shifting allegiances and allies to ensure her win against Maven, once her friend but now a crazed king.
Review
I tried. I tried really hard, but I just couldn’t keep going with this book. I made it to the half-way mark before it slowly drifted out of my mind and got replaced with way more interesting books from other authors. As much as I loved the first book, I absolutely hated the second one.
Mare is the most obnoxious, self-righteous, self-obsessed, self-absorbed little twat I have EVER encountered. She was already pretty obnoxious in the first book, but she really let herself go and showed her true colours in the second one. She suddenly became this selfish monster who doesn’t think twice about killing and using innocents as collateral. Her ongoing martyring attitude was so off-putting, I could only roll my eyes at every other sentence. On top of her horrible attitude, she continuously pines after Cal yet blames him for everything (which in his defense, he hasn’t done anything to deserve her constant moody backlash). She has such beautiful empty and weightless declarations like this:
“No matter how much I might want to feel him, I cannot. I must keep my eyes ahead, and away from the fire of a fallen prince. I must freeze my heart to the one person who insists on setting it ablaze.”
Get. The. Violins. Out.
What a bleeding heart she is. I’m touched (NOT). Then she says things that prove how much of a tortured character she is:
“But I can’t shake the feeling that, while they stand with me, there’s no one beside me. Even with an army at my back, I am still alone.”
Poor sweetie, I wish I could do something to help -wait- no I don’t.
I could keep going and keep complaining about Mare and her stupidity (and my deep hatred of her), but I’ve got better things to do, like reading good books.
Final Verdict
Victorian Sensibilities 
Aw, bummer. Although this is not my favorite series, I enjoyed it. This book definitely had middle-book syndrome. But it actually did get better – just not until pretty late in the book. At least you tried! 🙂
Rebecca @ The Portsmouth Review
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Yeah, I really enjoyed book 1 but unfortunately, book 2 was a big let down for me. I don’t think I’ll be giving book 3 a chance. It’s too bad really, the series alhad a lot of potential but it fell short with its weak characterizations.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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