Red Queen 4-Book Collection: Books 1-4 – The #1 NYT Bestselling YA Fantasy of Power and Rebellion in a Blood-Divided Kingdom

It's slow...A lot of angry characters.A lot of war.Some love.Some adventure.But mostly coated with tragedy with an open happy ending.Which is odd.I also kept forgetting that these are teens... Because of all the political language and culture of war.It changes perspective often.Not smoothly either...And there are chopping ’cut scenes’.The transition in the timeline is confusing.Some characters have great development.But not the main character in my opinion.I kept reading because I was curious about how the characters’ relationships develop... (Also there was a few mysterious predictions that caught my curiosity.)Not so much because the storyline itself. I got bored during the war or when one of the characters would go on and on about their anger or betrayal.I liked the supernatural abilities some characters have and the setting of the story. The writer paints their word in detail. The concept of fighting for cause vs accepting life as is-- nice overall message. Not everyone is going to agree; hint at the war.But eh...The storyline went in circles: main character cause trouble, she then is moody about it for three chapters, somehow becomes the anti-hero, only to cycle again with another troublesome events or tragedy... to then be the anti-hero of her story... Again.The paragraphs are sometimes very cleverly written, but still a book for a patient reader. Slow.Sorry if this sounds vague, I'm trying not to give too much spoilers.Basically it has a historic-fictional vibe. There is clearly romance as well but the main character is to stubborn to accept it for three books worth! The fourth is when she wholeheartedly accepts it. Well. More like the mid of the third book but not openly. Her rivals are my favorite characters. Mostly because they developed to most interestingly.

Loved the books.Great storyline;but I found the characters logic somewhat faulty resulting in foolish if not down right stupid actions which frustrated me. Still the books kept me wanting more and I fell in love with characters. The only other compliant is I didnt care for how many characters were either lesbian or gay. I look forward to reading Broken Throne and I hope the author adds to the series.

Such a fun series. Mare is such a great character and every book gets better and better. The worldbuilding gets bigger and characters that I hated in book one ended up being favorites.

Predictable, angsty, and an unsatisfying ending. The writing style dragged scenes and interactions on much longer than necessary for plot and character development