📖 Red Queen

In the New Era, people are divided by their blood. There are people with Red blood and people with Silver. Silvers have supernatural abilities and are wealthy and high-ranking. This made them superior to the Reds, who had no powers and worked as servants for the Silvers. At eighteen, Reds were sent into the military if they didn't have a job or apprenticeship. Mare Barrow is a seventeen year old girl living in a village called Stilts. She is a Red, and doesn't have a job or apprenticeship, and is about to get conscripted, just like her 3 brothers. However, she is a thief, and a very good one at that. She also has a younger sister Gisa, who is adept at sewing and will become a seamstress for the Silvers when she comes of age. When Mare learns that one of her friends was to be conscripted due to his master dying, she thinks of a way to escape. She learns about Farley, who can help her. Farley is a captain of the Scarlet Guard, a group of Reds planning to overthrow the Silvers. Farley demands a hefty amount of money for pay, which Mare doesn't have, so she decides to steal from Silvers. She arrives at Summerton, but just then, news reports the Scarlet Guard had been carrying out several bombings in the area, causing widespread havoc. Mare was unable to get enough money to pay Farley, and when Gisa learns about this and tries to pickpocket a Silver, she gets her sewing hand broken, forcing her to quit her job. Out of guilt, Mare goes to a tavern and starts pickpocketing people, until she gets caught by a boy. He tells Mare that his name is Cal, and that he worked for the Palace. The next day, Mare learns that she was given a job at the King's palace. This is where she also learns that Cal is the King's son, or the crown prince. The Queenstrail was taking place, where the most powerful Silver nobility's daughters would compete to be able to marry Cal. While in the challenge, Mare displays electric powers against Cal's intended bride. She is captured due to having powers as a Red, but the King feared a rebellion would be imminent if it were found out that a Red could have powers. To prevent this from happening, he gives Mare a new life and identity, and marries her to Maven, the King's second son. Although Mare is allowed to say goodbye to her family, she is infuriated to learn that her favorite brother was executed for desertion. Due to this, she joins the Scarlet Guard, and finds many more people she's known. While in the Scarlet Guard, Mare has to carry along her duties as a noblewoman, but also be plotting the downfall of the Silvers. After many twists, explosions, and betrayals, will Mare find a way to make the Red and Silver worlds equal? I heavily recommend this book because it is a gripping fantasy/dystopian future book. Every character is written extremely well, and the twists and turns keep coming, even when you least expect it. The dynamic between each of the characters shifts throughout the book, and will keep readers wondering what comes next. This book won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award and is a New York Times Bestseller.

在新时代,人们因血统而划分为红血统人和银血统人。银血统拥有超自然能力,富有且地位显赫。红血统没有超能力,只能为银血统当仆人。红血统人到了十八岁,如果没有工作或学徒经历,就会被送去参军。梅尔·巴罗是一个红血统的十七岁女孩,住在村庄斯蒂尔茨。她没有工作或学徒经历,即将像她的三个兄弟一样被征召入伍。然而,她是个小偷,而且非常擅长。她还有一个妹妹吉萨,擅长缝纫,成年后将成为银血统人的裁缝。 当梅尔得知她的一个朋友因为主人去世而将被征召入伍时,想出了一个逃跑方法。她了解到红衣卫队队长法莉可以帮助她逃跑,同时红衣卫队成员正密谋推翻银衣卫队。法莉索要一大笔钱作为帮助梅尔逃跑的报酬,梅尔决定从银衣卫队那里偷东西。她抵达萨默顿,此时红衣卫队在该地区制造了多起爆炸事件,造成大面积破坏。梅尔无法筹集足够的资金支付给法莉,妹妹吉萨得知此事后,试图偷窃一名银衣卫队成员钱,结果弄断了她做缝纫的手,被迫辞职。出于愧疚,梅尔去了一家酒馆扒窃,直到被一个叫卡尔的男孩抓住,卡尔说他在王宫工作。第二天,梅尔得知自己在国王的宫殿里找到了一份工作。在这里,她得知卡尔是国王的儿子,或者说是王储。 女王之轨挑战赛正在举行,强大的银贵族的女儿们竞争嫁给卡尔。在挑战中,梅尔对卡尔的预定新娘施展了闪电般的力量。她因拥有红贵族力量而被俘,国王担心如果红贵族拥有力量被发现,叛乱将迫在眉睫。为防止这种情况发生,他赋予梅尔新身份,并将她嫁给国王次子梅温。虽然梅尔可以告别家人,但她得知自己最疼爱的哥哥因叛逃而被处决,让她怒不可遏。因此,她加入红卫队,并发现很多她认识的人。在红卫队中,梅尔不仅要履行贵族职责,还要策划推翻银贵族阴谋。在经历了重重波折、爆炸和背叛后,梅尔能否找到让红银世界平等的方法? 我强烈推荐这本书,因为它是一本扣人心弦的奇幻/反乌托邦未来小说。每个角色都刻画得惟妙惟肖,情节跌宕起伏,甚至在你最意想不到的时候就出现。每个角色之间的互动贯穿全书,让读者对接下来的情节充满好奇。这本书荣获2015年Goodreads精选奖,并荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜。

Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betrothes her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal. Recommendation: A book that takes you on an adventure of magic, love, and betrayal.

Mare Barrow 的世界是由血统划分的——那些拥有普通红血统的人服务于拥 有超人能力的银血精英。Mare是红血统的人,在一个贫穷的乡村当小偷勉强度日, 直到命运的转折把她扔到了银色宫廷前。在国王、王子和所有贵族面前,她发现自己 也有能力。 为了掩盖这种不可能性,国王强迫她扮演失落的白银公主,并将她许配给自己的一个 儿子。随着Marr 被进一步拉入白银世界,她冒着一切风险并利用她的新职位帮助 「猩红守卫」一个日益壮大的红色叛乱组织。即使她的心把她拉向一个不可能的方 向。一个错误的举动可能导致她的死亡,而在她这个危险活动中,唯一可以确定的是 「背叛」 推荐理由:这本书带你进行魔法、爱情和背叛的冒险。 //