WAR STORM by Victoria Aveyard

by TPS reader goodisg22

War Storm, the last book of the series Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard, is a great conclusion to the series. In the first book, Red Queen, it describes a girl named Mare Barrow who lives in a world divided by blood. She lives in the Kingdom of Norta where those with Red blood serve Silver bloods who are gifted with supernatural abilities. Reds don’t usually have these abilities but every so often one does; they are called newbloods. Mare is a new-blood who has electrokinetic abilities. In War Storm, Mare recently was betrayed by someone she trusted, the Silver blooded prince of Norta, Cal. Cal’s younger brother, Maven, has a driving obsession over Mare due to his mother’s manipulation to his brain. This eventually left his permanent damage to his brain which seems to be captivated by Mare. With Maven in pursuit of her and the betrayal of Cal, Mare has her eyes set on saving Reds and Newbloods like herself.

In the book there are five different POVs meaning you are able to see multiple points of view from the characters.

The first POV is Mare, who is the main character of the book. Another POV is Evangeline, a Silver blooded, contemptuous girl who is Cal’s fiancée. She is a magnetron, that has the ability to control metals, and is stubborn and cruel to most people. The third POV is Maven who is the brother of Cal and Silver-blooded Prince of Norta. He is mostly a lonely child, being that his brother always outshines him leaving their father to mostly ignore him. It is later learned that Maven’s mother has manipulated his brain since his birth, forbidding him to have certain feelings and emotions. He is a Burner, which allows him to manipulate fire. The forth POV is the heir to the throne of Norta, Cal. Cal always tries to do what’s best for his kingdom no matter the cost. Overall he is kind and like Maven is a Burner as well. The fifth POV is the younger princess of Lakelands, a neighboring kingdom to Norta, Iris Cygnet. Iris is a nymph and has the ability to manipulate water. She is said to be kind and in the third book the series, King’s Cage, is betrothed to Maven as a declaration of the ending war between Norta and Lakelands.

War Storm is a great book and an amazing conclusion to the series. If you like fantasy books and are looking for a series to read, I would definitely suggest the Red Queen series.