Even though the two are trying to avoid “distractions,” they can’t help but be drawn closer together both mentally and physically. With Maven’s betrayal though, and Mare and Cal on the run, the relationship between Mare and Cal grows in Glass Sword. Some romantic tension had flickered between Mare and Cal in Book 1, but the fire was definitely hotter between Mare and Maven. True, I had a hard time getting through the book, but there were still parts that I really liked such as the growing bond between Mare and Cal. So far I’ve only spoken negatively of Glass Sword - but don’t get me wrong - I didn’t think it was all bad. I don’t know about any other readers, but if Glass Sword was the first book in a series and I could barely make it through the first hundred pages, I probably would have given up all together. Nothing of real significance happened in the first hundred pages which made the first quarter hard to get through. At the end of Red Queen we were promised that Book 2 would focus on locating the other special Reds like Mare and Shade before Maven could get to them, but this task didn’t even begin for a nearly a hundred pages. It kills me to say it, but I feel like Glass Sword succumbed to the dreaded second book slump. However, instead of controlling lightning like Mare, Shade has the ability to teleport. Another twist at the end of Red Queen involved Mare’s thought-to-be dead brother Shade, who turned out to not only be alive, but also to possess the same rare blood type as Mare. Mare and Cal are still reeling from the death of the king and the ultimate betrayal by Cal’s brother Maven.

Glass Sword takes place directly where Red Queen left off. WARNING: This is the second book in a series which means this review contains spoilers from Book 1.

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