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mbrogs2024's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and War
Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ameydireads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"We destroy. We rebuild. We destroy again. It is the constant of our kind. We are all a god's chosen, and we are all a god's cursed."
I liked how this book is bundled. On one hand we have several short stories and on the other hand Julian’s journal where he talks about the history of this world.
Queen Song is about Cal’s mother and focuses on how she meets Cal’s father and how she deals with Elara. I thought this story was particularly sad, because we see more and more signs of Elara messing with her mind as the story proceeds. Tiberias VI even knows about this!
"Speaking of punishment—if Elara whispers to you again, you show her the same courtesy."
"She knows, as everyone else knows, that my father will call for Queenstrial soon. I don't doubt she's wriggled into every maiden's head, to learn her enemies and her prey."
And to think that Tiberias VI eventually ends up marrying Elara is very disturbing and it shows how devastating Elara’s powers really are.
I liked how this book is bundled. On one hand we have several short stories and on the other hand Julian’s journal where he talks about the history of this world.
Queen Song is about Cal’s mother and focuses on how she meets Cal’s father and how she deals with Elara. I thought this story was particularly sad,
"Speaking of punishment—if Elara whispers to you again, you show her the same courtesy."
"She knows, as everyone else knows, that my father will call for Queenstrial soon. I don't doubt she's wriggled into every maiden's head, to learn her enemies and her prey."
And to think that Tiberias VI eventually ends up marrying Elara is very disturbing and it shows how devastating Elara’s powers really are.
There were of course more short stories! I was very happy to read the stories about Evangeline, Cal, Maven and Mare even though Mare was sometimes frustrating. Give Cal a break, jeez…
And Maven’s final conversion with Cal made me very emotional.
And Maven’s final conversion with Cal made me very emotional.
In short, I’m happy to have read the Red Queen series but I’m sad to let it go now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
frantically's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Let's be real — we are all only here for Mare and Cal and some Evangeline action. Thus, it was a bit of a pain to get through all the other stories but the last ones do deliver.
You can tell Aveyard is immensely invested in this world and manages to finally answer some questions about it's history in a way that doesn't seem forced. It was a good recap of the last books, so you could really easily get into the story again.
I really enjoyed Elane finally learning how to stand up for herself against Evangeline and her scenes with the Samos siblings were great fun. While I'm still unsure whether this book was really needed, it is fascinating to see the aftermath of a "usual" YA war in a last book — because it certainly isn't over after that last fight. Evangeline still has to come to terms with no longer being royal while also learning to appreciate the life she's now able to live. We get similar thoughts in Cal's chapters but they feel more refined for Evangeline.
It isn't easy for Cal and Mare to get back together and in the end, everything isn't solved either. They have work to do but it was nice to at least know there is something to work toward instead of them leaving each other at the end of War Storm.
The ending is satisfying for the series and the book is certainly a nice add-on for Red Queen fans but not a necessity, if that makes sense. Good for history buffs such as myself, though 😉
You can tell Aveyard is immensely invested in this world and manages to finally answer some questions about it's history in a way that doesn't seem forced. It was a good recap of the last books, so you could really easily get into the story again.
I really enjoyed Elane finally learning how to stand up for herself against Evangeline and her scenes with the Samos siblings were great fun. While I'm still unsure whether this book was really needed, it is fascinating to see the aftermath of a "usual" YA war in a last book — because it certainly isn't over after that last fight. Evangeline still has to come to terms with no longer being royal while also learning to appreciate the life she's now able to live. We get similar thoughts in Cal's chapters but they feel more refined for Evangeline.
It isn't easy for Cal and Mare to get back together and in the end, everything isn't solved either. They have work to do but it was nice to at least know there is something to work toward instead of them leaving each other at the end of War Storm.
The ending is satisfying for the series and the book is certainly a nice add-on for Red Queen fans but not a necessity, if that makes sense. Good for history buffs such as myself, though 😉
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia and War
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Blood
eleanor_forbes_m's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Grief, and War
Minor: Miscarriage and Blood
psliz's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
- queen song: heartbreaking
- steel scars: heartbreaking
- world behind: romantically optimistic
- iron heart: an elane pov!
- fire light: ship satisfied
- fare well: made me more of a maven-sympathizer and i don't like that
- the artifacts: loved the historian pov and the different sources of material!
- steel scars: heartbreaking
- world behind: romantically optimistic
- iron heart: an elane pov!
- fire light: ship satisfied
- fare well: made me more of a maven-sympathizer and i don't like that
- the artifacts: loved the historian pov and the different sources of material!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and War
kingspite618's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
not to be dramatic but the Farewell chapter has shaped me as a person in utterly fucked up ways and also rearranged my brain chemicals and perception of brotherhood forever thanks a lot! aside from that, this book ate and left no crumbs (which is no easy thing to do for a series' sequel)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Classism
claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The perfect endings for all of the characters and I loved reading Julians research, the end where we found out what happened when they grew up and the summaries. I’m actually devastated to be done with this series. I’ve loved it so much ❤️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Miscarriage
emmaopaline's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Disappointing. Boring. Too LONG. Not enough developement in political intrugue and secondary characters such as Kilorn
Content Warnings
Graphic: War