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In this first book there is your typical two groups, the high royal group with immense power and then there’s the working class who get the leftovers. There is always that one individual that is different that changes the whole play in this game of power. In this world of power, strong abilities, lover, heartbreak and betrayal Mare must learn she is the diversion in the game she is forced to enter when she discovers she has abilities she can not possibly have. She is a red, red blood and reds do not have any power, only silvers of silver blood and noble families have that kind of ability. She is one of many, but the only one they can not get rid of. Something is always bound to happen in this type of monarchy and Mare is the symbol of the start of it. Power is a dangerous game, no one is safe when everyone wants it all. …show more content…

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