Red Queen
- 440
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The first of four volumes, “Red Queen” mixes a dystopian kingdom, magic and court romance into a tense opening. Its strength is the hook: this is a debut that makes readers want the next book. Some of them feel the later volumes do not keep that pull, so it is best taken as an entertaining start. It suits young adult readers who like their fantasy romance on the dark side.
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About the book
Red Queen is a young adult dystopian fantasy romance novel written by American writer Victoria Aveyard. Published in February 2015, it was her first novel and first series. Aveyard followed up with three sequels: Glass Sword, King's Cage and War Storm. Red Queen won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author and was nominated for the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Reading order · Red Queen
Full order & progress →- Red QueenThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Glass Sword
7.47.4 / 10 - King's CageKing's Cage–Not ranked yet
- War Storm
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 1,102 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 88% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 81 | 7% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 8 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 1K | 92% |
Frequently asked
What age is Red Queen for?
Red Queen sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 440 pages — shorter than 66% of the ranked books in Romance.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Romance — with scores between 7.3 and 7.8, closest to this book.
