{"id":4066,"date":"2016-03-08T21:05:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2016-03-08T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:05:18","slug":"red-queen-by-victoria-aveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4066","title":{"rendered":"Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4098\" style=\"width: 133px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1605379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4098\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Queen-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Queen\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Queen-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Queen.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I loved this quick read YA fantasy. \u00a0It reminded me of <em>The Hunger Games<\/em> series.\u00a0 This fantasy world is divided into the Silvers and the Reds (based on the color of your blood). \u00a0The Silvers are the rulers with special powers, and the Reds are the slaves working day and night to ensure the comfort of Silvers.\u00a0 The story centers on Mare Barrow,\u00a0a Red, and this determines her identity.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a thief from a large family, trying to survive in a cruel world. \u00a0Unexpectedly\u00a0she is thrown into the royal palace as a servant.\u00a0 But, in an instant, her life takes a new turn.\u00a0\u00a0It is discovered that Mare bleeds Red, but\u00a0 possesses a very distinct superpower &#8212;\u00a0one that could overthrow the crown and the hierarchies of the Silvers and Reds. \u00a0Thus starts the battle for the power of the kingdom and for\u00a0loyalties. . . \u00a0I just got the sequel to start reading, and I am looking forward to the adventure continuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved this quick read YA fantasy. \u00a0It reminded me of The Hunger Games series.\u00a0 This fantasy world is divided into the Silvers and the Reds (based on the color of your blood). \u00a0The Silvers are the rulers with special powers, and the Reds are the slaves working day and night to ensure the comfort &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4066\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,8,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-for-adults","category-books-for-young-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-joann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}