The cost? 2,000 Crowns, enough to feed Mare’s family for the rest of their life.īut Mare does not give up. After some underground searching, she finds a rebel willing to transport Kilorn and herself to freedom. Mare freaks…she has protected her friend ever since he arrived on her doorstep, starving and orphaned. Anyone who does not work and is 18 must fight. When Kilorn, Mare’s best friend, loses his apprenticeship, he is forced to join the war. They fight against each other in the arena for the Reds to watch the Reds must never forget how strong their Silver overlords are. Some Silvers can control fire, or metal, and some can control objects with their minds. The ones born of Silver blood (they literally bleed silver blood!) are separated into a city full of luxury, and all have different powers. In our society here, people with red blood are second-class citizens. It battles on, Reds against other Reds: a war fought over land by the oppressive Silvers. It is called conscription, and all of Mare’s three older brothers have been taken to the war. At 17, she is coming up on her 18th birthday, and with it, mandatory service to the war front. And there’s so many beautiful graphics that it was hard to choose only a few. I actually went into this book thinking it was a retelling of Alice in Wonderland…you know, the Red Queen? How wrong I was! I feel almost foolish thinking that now, because it was so much better than I EVER expected. I wish I could find a bigger pic of this cover. This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA’s Tumblr, or my Goodreads page
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