Teen Review – Red Queen

Reviewed by Sohinee

A world with two races of people: one with red blood and one with silver blood. Silvers, high class people with different abilities. Reds, lower class people slaving away their lives to live and survive Silver cruelty. Mare Barrow, a thief and a Red girl trying to make ends meet. While trying to scrounge up money for her best friend to prevent him from being shipped off to the war, Mare falls into Silver hands as they discover she, a girl with Red blood, has Silver blood. Mare becomes betrothed to Prince Maven when her powers are discovered. She becomes split between who she is and what they are forcing her to become.

Mare Barrow is a very complex but very simple character at the same time. She knows where she’s from, what color blood runs in her veins but she still sympathizes with many of the Silvers. She’s also developing character, very new to the world of politics and royal families, but she quickly has to learn her place in order to live.

“Anyone can betray anyone” is a quote that has been used over and over again this book and basically sums up the whole story. But it also keeps readers on the edge wanting and craving more. The story of Mare Barrow and her world is a very creative, imaginative and frightening. This book is a must read for fans of The Hunger Games and the Selection series.

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Themes in the book “ The False Prince” and review
The kingdom of Carthya is on the brink of war against the neighboring kingdom of Avenia. It is up to Conner, a nobleman to ensure the safety of Carthia by replacing a pacifist king with a militaristic king who would eliminate any potential dangers to the kingdom. As part of an elaborate plan to replace the murdered king, Connor chooses four orphans and trains each of them to adopt the behavior and mannerisms of a royal prince . Conner would train these four orphans to behave more like a prince by teaching them how to speak well, ride a horse and wield a sword in a fight. Conner would choose the one who best impersonates a prince while the others would be put to death to cover up the entire plan. One of the orphans that were chosen was a boy named Sage who, like the other three orphans had two choices: impersonate a prince or be killed by Conner.
There this is why I believe one of the most important themes in this story is deception (trickery) since there are many characters in this story that deceive each other for the greater good of Carthya
There are many reasons why I believe that deception is one of the central themes of The False Prince. First of all , Conner was so focused on ensuring the safety of his country even to the point where he stated “ that he would give his soul to the Devil for greater good of the kingdom”. Connor wasn’t satisfied with King Eckbert’s decision to remain a pacifist and not eliminate any potential threats from neighboring kingdoms. So he developed a cunning plan to let Avenian pirates kill the king’s youngest son which would force Eckbert to attack Avenia and eliminate a potential threat to Carthia. However, Eckbert knowing that the prince had escaped declared that he would only attack Avenia if he saw the dead body of his son.So with no other option, Connor decides to murder the whole royal family and find an imposter whom he could control and manipulate to rule Carthia. This Shows How Conner Tricks both Avenia and Carthya for the greater good.
Another example of a character who becomes involved in a plot of deception is Jaron, the legitimate prince of Carthya who lets himself be deceived by Conner who believes that Jaron is a mere orphan who goes by the name Sage. Jaron allows Conner to use him as a puppet in his plan to control Carthia in order to find out who was behind the murder of his family. While Jaron was with Conner training to be the lost prince he found evidence of a type of poison that if you drink you will go to sleep like nothing happened but will never wake up alive. Conner used this poison to kill the the royal family at supper one night. When Jaron framed Conner he said “I want the prime regent, Lord Bevin Conner, arrested for the attempted murder of Prince Jaron four years ago. Arrest him for the murder of an orphan boy named Latamer. And also for the murders of King Eckbert, Queen Erin, and Crown Prince Darius.” This is how Jaron tricked Conner that he was a regular orphan who later blackmailed him
My third and final reason why I believe the theme of the The False Prince is How King Eckbert lied to the people of Carthya that he didn`t know if his son, prince Jaron was dead or alive. When king Eckbert found that his son was alive he went and visited him at a church in Avenia, he told Jaron not to come with him and live a life of an orphan for he knew that one day he and the royal family would be no more after the attack of the Avenian pirates. Eckbert knew there will be a day when Jaron will have to return to the kingdom if Eckbert the Queen and Prince Darius all die. Jaron will have to return to the throne throne until then he must be orphan. However king Eckbert never told this to Jaron. This is another example of how a charter uses deception for the good of Carthya
Therefore these are my reasons why I believe the main theme of The False Prince is deception, for Jaron, Conner, and Eckbert characters deceive each other for what they believe is the the greater good of carthya. I also suggest this book to an audience from ages 10-14, due to this book story and mind blowing concept. I I were to rate this book, I would rate this a 10/10. That`s how good it was

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Calvin Kattathara

July 17, 2017 at 6:07 pm

Themes in the book “ The False Prince” and review
The kingdom of Carthya is on the brink of war against the neighboring kingdom of Avenia. It is up to Conner, a nobleman to ensure the safety of Carthia by replacing a pacifist king with a militaristic king who would eliminate any potential dangers to the kingdom. As part of an elaborate plan to replace the murdered king, Connor chooses four orphans and trains each of them to adopt the behavior and mannerisms of a royal prince . Conner would train these four orphans to behave more like a prince by teaching them how to speak well, ride a horse and wield a sword in a fight. Conner would choose the one who best impersonates a prince while the others would be put to death to cover up the entire plan. One of the orphans that were chosen was a boy named Sage who, like the other three orphans had two choices: impersonate a prince or be killed by Conner.
There this is why I believe one of the most important themes in this story is deception (trickery) since there are many characters in this story that deceive each other for the greater good of Carthya
There are many reasons why I believe that deception is one of the central themes of The False Prince. First of all , Conner was so focused on ensuring the safety of his country even to the point where he stated “ that he would give his soul to the Devil for greater good of the kingdom”. Connor wasn’t satisfied with King Eckbert’s decision to remain a pacifist and not eliminate any potential threats from neighboring kingdoms. So he developed a cunning plan to let Avenian pirates kill the king’s youngest son which would force Eckbert to attack Avenia and eliminate a potential threat to Carthia. However, Eckbert knowing that the prince had escaped declared that he would only attack Avenia if he saw the dead body of his son.So with no other option, Connor decides to murder the whole royal family and find an imposter whom he could control and manipulate to rule Carthia. This Shows How Conner Tricks both Avenia and Carthya for the greater good.
Another example of a character who becomes involved in a plot of deception is Jaron, the legitimate prince of Carthya who lets himself be deceived by Conner who believes that Jaron is a mere orphan who goes by the name Sage. Jaron allows Conner to use him as a puppet in his plan to control Carthia in order to find out who was behind the murder of his family. While Jaron was with Conner training to be the lost prince he found evidence of a type of poison that if you drink you will go to sleep like nothing happened but will never wake up alive. Conner used this poison to kill the the royal family at supper one night. When Jaron framed Conner he said “I want the prime regent, Lord Bevin Conner, arrested for the attempted murder of Prince Jaron four years ago. Arrest him for the murder of an orphan boy named Latamer. And also for the murders of King Eckbert, Queen Erin, and Crown Prince Darius.” This is how Jaron tricked Conner that he was a regular orphan who later blackmailed him
My third and final reason why I believe the theme of the The False Prince is How King Eckbert lied to the people of Carthya that he didn`t know if his son, prince Jaron was dead or alive. When king Eckbert found that his son was alive he went and visited him at a church in Avenia, he told Jaron not to come with him and live a life of an orphan for he knew that one day he and the royal family would be no more after the attack of the Avenian pirates. Eckbert knew there will be a day when Jaron will have to return to the kingdom if Eckbert the Queen and Prince Darius all die. Jaron will have to return to the throne throne until then he must be orphan. However king Eckbert never told this to Jaron. This is another example of how a charter uses deception for the good of Carthya
Therefore these are my reasons why I believe the main theme of The False Prince is deception, for Jaron, Conner, and Eckbert characters deceive each other for what they believe is the the greater good of carthya. I also suggest this book to an audience from ages 10-14, due to this book story and mind blowing concept. I I were to rate this book, I would rate this a 10/10. That`s how good it was

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