Monday 4 May 2020

A-Z Recommendation R: Red Queen


Our book recommendation for the letter R for YA is... Red Queen

Mare Barrow was born with red blood making her part of the lower class society that serve the elite Silver Bloods of there society, which possess incredible super-powers.  After a tragic event Mare goes from a normal life in the slums to working in the Silver Palace surrounded by people she hates. After trying her best to keep her head down and not anger the silver elite, one wrong move sees Mare plummeting to her death. This terrible moment triggers something in Mare and powers she never knew she had saves her life. This shocks the silver bloods that are present to their very core because there has never been a known red blood to have powers before and if other reds were to know this it could mean silvers losing there elite status and they are not about to let that happen

Mare is then forced to pretend she is a silver blood while she is studied by a top silver scientist to see how a red blood possess silver powers. To help the scientist Mare is hidden in plain sight with the other young silver bloods at an academy where she learns to harness her powers.
         But will Mare be able to keep her true identity hidden amongst this group of kids shes grown up hating ... and with powers to challenge them does she even want to keep herself hidden.

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