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Goldener Käfig, by Victoria Aveyard

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anniereads221's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

The only thing I love about these books is Maven. He is such a complicated character and I love him dearly.

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ishouldbereading's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Maven once again saved this horrible abomination.

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Tell me why does Mare end up with Cal? He chose THRONE over HER TWICE!!! If a man does that he should be glad he doesn't have red mark on his face from my hand

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

First off, I really love multiple POVs. I love Cameron's POVs. They gives insight of the Scarlet Guard operation and her feelings towards herself and people around her. Cameron reminds me a bit of Mare. And I also love Evangeline POVs because I got to read her love towards Elane.

And second of all, why is Maven so hot in this book. Especially the bathroom scene wtf. Mare and Cal's moments together too wtf. This book is just *chef kiss*

ALSO OMG THE EPILOGUE?!??!???!!?!!? WTF VICTORIA!!!!!😤😤😤

[𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗦𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞]

In this book we can see Maven's ruling of Norta after the death of his mother. And because of that, we can truly see that a lot of his ruling drives from his obsession to Mare. For him, it was never about conquer and rule Norta, but his obsession towards Mare. Because of this obsession, his throne slowly losing its supports. And what's so crazy is that Reds and even Silvers (only at the beginning) believe Maven and Queen Elara fully. Like in Glass Sword both of them even broadcast that Mare is a terrorist and murderer and now in King's Cage, he saif Scarlet Guard manipulates her for their scheme. Both Reds and Silvers believe them, until a rebellion start in the Royal Court.

We can also see that because of Elara's whisper, Maven went from a nice, isolated boy to the most dangerous boy in the world. Now I see why he doesn't fit to be a king. Even in Red Queen is very hard to imagine him as a king. Not because he's Queen Elara's son, but because he grows up learning only to be a prince while Cal grows up to be a king. Cal knows how to rule, Maven doesn't. That's why his throne is always shaky.

I think the reason why Maven loved (or obsessed in this case) Mare so much because he grows up with his mother always whispering this and that in his head, his father doesn't take notice of him, children of High Houses always underestimate him, etc until he met Mare. In Red Queen, she loved and adored him because he was supporting the idea of Reds should be released from their oppressors. But things change.

I think even during in Glass Sword, when Queen Elara was still at his side, whispering him what to do on the throne, his ruling was still based on Mare. For example, in Glass Sword, he kills Newbloods just so Mare can surrender herself to him and keep her for himself. In King's Cage, Maven made peace with Lakeland all because he wants to win Mare back but his too stupid to think that. Because of his alliance with Lakeland, he lost the most important High House for his throne. Pretty sure, if Queen Elara is alive, she will try her best to know let Maven lose one of the most important High Houses for the throne.

“𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚.” –Maven Calore

As for Cal and other Silvers, I think they're very stupid to build a throne when they're already losing. Scarlet Guard already did so many changes and open so many Reds' eyes about the oppression of Silvers on them. So, it's not very smart to build a throne on a kingdom that's already starting to change. Silvers are very greedy for power. They're still in their bubbles that Reds will stay as their slaves and them as their oppressors. Nope, they're wrong. They're very wrong indeed.

But right now, I'm so mad at Cal, after everything he saw and been with the Scarlet Guard, he's still wants to be a king. He knows how much Silvers' oppression effects Reds and yet he still choose the Crown over Mare.

“𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚.” –Cal

No, Cal. There's no place for you to be a king when you're on the bridge that's already want to break.

“𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙨, 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝘾𝙮𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙛𝙩, 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮-𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙜 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣. 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙡, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣, 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙨. 𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.” –Mare Barrow

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slow-paced

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

King’s cage was definitely a better read than Glass Sword, but does not quite add up to Red Queen. Mare Barrow is consistently an unlikable character focused primarily on herself the majority of the book.

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. Having the characters split gave them some extra time for progression (both character and plot).

While I get why Mare would be kept prisoner for so long, I would have preferred more interactions with the court, if not with Maven.

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Even bringing in Evangeline's POV chapters earlier would have helped that section fill out a bit more, even if it tipped her family's hand a bit.

Cameron was an interesting POV for the Scarlet Guard/red side of things, which again left much of the political machinations off the page, but at least gave the basics. Even Kilorn would have been a better choice, in my opinion.

I feel like the final third of the book dragged a bit, at least up until the climax,

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the second battle at Corvium.

It just felt like the pacing was off after

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Mare was rescued by the Scarlet Guard.

I think there was too much build up in the beginning that didn't leave enough room for the three bigger battles.

Finally,

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I know we should want Cal to choose Mare, but I don't think he's wrong to ask Mare to choose him instead. I'm hoping there is a way for compromise in the final book, but I'm happy that each of them are actually dealing with what they want instead of throwing away their convictions, training, or lives.

Overall, this was a strong sequel, and I was surprised by a few things; I'm very excited to read the final book and the short stories.

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

I really loved this book, it’s better than the previous one.

⛔️ Spoilers ahead ⛔️

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I loved Cameron and Evangeline POVs and enjoyed being in their heads for a change. Mare is good but she can’t pick aside just like Cal, she’s desperate and in love-hate relationship with Maven … yes she hates him but at the same time he’s all she can think about and want his attention and get jealous and want to convince herself she doesn’t care about him all the time.

Maven’s back story just broke me, i mean i guessed before his mother did something with his brain but I didn’t imagine it to be that bad, she converted him into a sociopath and i just hated her more.
and can we talk about how the bath tub scene is THE BEST .. I don’t know why but my heart broke into millions and millions pieces after reading that chapter it was so great i felt every emotion … I’m not ready to read how my mavey baby gonna die 😢😭💔

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This one is soooo much better than the Glass Sword. It is crazy of the development of all the characters. It started off really slow but after that it got a lot better and the different pov’s made the story of all the characters a lot better.

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