Different If Mare knows one thing, it is that she is different. The #1 New York Times bestseller, Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard is the electrifying second installment in the Red Queen Saga, a series that tells the story of Mare Barrow. Mare Barrow lives in a world that is divided by the color of your blood; people either have red blood or silver blood. The silverbloods or silvers (those who have silver blood) are the rich and royalty and the redblood or reds (those who have red blood) are the slaves and common folk. The silvers have powers and use their powers to rule the reds. Mare, a 17 year old redblood, finds herself saved from conscription by her job, working at the silver palace serving people she despises. Mare accidentally falls onto an electric-powered dome, but rather than getting burned, Mare is able to chanel the electricity. She soon realizes that she is a newblood, a person with her red blood, and the power to control electricity like a silver. Unfortunately, others realize this too and Mare is quickly …show more content…
Mare learns once again at the end of this book “Anyone, anything, can betray everyone. Even your own heart (Page 411, Glass Sword).” I agree with this quote anyone can betray you and sometimes your heart can be lead astray. One of the first thing Maven and Julian tell Mare when she first meets them, is to warn her about betrayal. Maven even says “I told you to hide your heart once Mare, you should have listened (Page 176, Glass Sword).” This theme of betrayal is a major recurring theme in the Red Queen Saga. It seems that at one point everyone betrays Mare. She knows after so many people betrayed her not to trust anyone anymore, “One day he will leave, or die, or betray me like so many others have (Page 251, Glass Sword).” And Mare knows nobody, not even her close friends or family is an exception. She thinks “Anyone can betray anyone, and Cal is no exception (Page 137, Glass