Description

In this breathless third instalment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion? Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner. As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of new bloods and Reds continue organizing, training and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare’s heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back. When blood turns on blood and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire—leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.

Review

Mare Barrow, the main character, has to live at the mercy of the king, Maven. He has an endless love for her and is terrible at showing his love. Keeping her captured is the only thing keeping him going. His brother, Cal, however, is doing everything and anything outside of the palace to get Mare back. King’s Cage is a solid 4 stars. It’s a bit slow compared to the other books seeing as it’s a continuation of Mare’s capture and the whole book is Mare being stuck with Maven and his endeavours. There are multiple points of view now though, which keeps the book interesting since you can see what’s going out outside of Mare’s capture. You can also begin to feel the passion both Calore brothers have for Mare in this book- it shows how far both brothers would go just to have her by their sides. I feel like this book is also good at showing Mare’s messed up mind- how she can’t decide which way to go but she has one thing in mind and it’s to save the people like her. She’s not surrounded and obsessed over love like the brothers are, she keeps it in mind. But she’s independent and she’ll do her best to save those that need it. Overall, this book is good and worth the read in the series.
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Favourite lines from this part~
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🌸To stand in front of a person who is your whole world and be told you are not enough. You are not the choice. You are a shadow to the person who is your sun.

🌸Those who know what it’s like in the dark will do anything to stay in the light.

🌸You aren’t alone.” The hope in his eyes cuts deeply. “You have your crown.

🌸Now I’m in a king’s cage. But so is he. My chains are Silent Stone. His is the crown.

🌸There are pieces of me, small pieces, still in love with a fiction. A ghost living inside a living boy I cannot begin to fathom. The ghost who sat by my bed while I dreamed in pain. The ghost who kept Samson from my mind as long as he could, I know, delaying an inevitable torture.

The ghost who loves me, in what poisoned way he can.