Red Queen
by Victoria Aveyard
Buy on AmazonMare Barrow's world is divided by blood--those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace itself, where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a power of her own--an ability she didn't know she had. Except her blood is Red. To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons.…
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"The Red Queen series is about a girl living in a world where the colour of your blood determines your status. She has red blood, which means she is powerless and about as important as dirt. She runs into a guy with silver blood, which means that he has powers and is way more important than her. By powers I mean powers quite literally, some people with silver blood can control water, others can control fire. Some are very agile and some can bend light. The list goes on. This encounter sparks an event that changes her whole life, and reveals closely guarded secrets that could change the whole world."
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