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King's Cage

Victoria Aveyard

3.79 AVERAGE

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DID NOT FINISH

Slow
adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mare Barrow is a damm badass. After the events of last book, Mare is held captive by Maven. In chains of Silent Stone and on a constant watch by silencers, she passes the time reading, smashing plates, and plotting. Meanwhile, Cal, Cameron, and the other Scarlet Guard members and supporters plot their next moves including a rescue. Despite attempts, Maven remains victorious on holding Mare and torturing her in his non violent ways. With tensions in the court ramping up and without his mother, can Maven hold his title? or will the Scarlet Guard and Mare retake the kingdom? This was brilliant, slow but never boring, and complex in all the best ways. By adding in other points of view, Aveyard creates sympathy for characters like Evangeline and Cameron, who were previously thought to be a hindrance or a villain to the cause and Mare. I am so excited to finish this series and see where we go with this!
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Significant improvement from the previous book, but she still relies too heavily on the same phrases over and over. I want more of the different characters' perspectives.

Mare is still an insanely dull person. With no direction beyond which boy she's currently looking at. At this point, I'm only reading to see what happens to the side characters.
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF 82%
So incredibly slow
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes