3.5 stars! 
 Mare Barrow lives in a world divided by blood color. 
 There's the Reds - the normal ones, the low class, the poor ones, the working ones, the subdued ones - and there's the Silvers - the godlike ones, the rich ones, the ones born with amazing abilitys and powers, the high class, the rulers. 
 Mare is a Red ... she's 17, almost 18. She has no job... and so by her 18th birthday she'll be forced to join the army and the war... just like her 3 brothers before her, have. 
 Mare has a younger sister, Gisa. Gisa is talented... she has a job, she does embroidery, something that is much apreciated by the silvers. 
 Mare also has a childhood friend, Kilorn - a 18 yo blond, green eyed, orphan boy that is training to be a fisherman. 
 But... when Kilorn's Master suddenly dies ... it's a matter of time before Kilorn is dragged off to the war! 
 Mare knows the army, the war is her fate ... she is expecting it and has prepared herself for it as much as she could, but Kilorn... he hasn't ... kilorn might really just be one of the first ones to die there. 
 SO... Mare can't let it happen ... she has to find a way to stop it, to save him ... to run away with him. 
 And like that she comes to know the 
 Scarlet Guard 
 - a group of Reds rebelling against the Silvers, fighting for a Change in their world, for Liberty and Equality of rights between Reds and Silvers. 
 They will help Mare and Kilorn run away from their fates... in exchange of money , lots of money . 
 So Mare forms a plan to get money, by doing what she does best... pickpocketing! 
 But THINGS DON'T GO WELL... 
 And Gisa ends up with a broken hand ... and a ruined future! 
 But NOT ALL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD... 
 Mare comes to know a boy named Cal - who gets her a Job as a servent of the royal family. 
 BUT while she's working an Accident happens and Mare comes to find out that she might not be so normal after all... 
 she's Red... but she finds she has a power... like the Silvers. 
 To cover it up (because No Red should have Silver's powers) She is forced to pretend to be a long Lost Silver princess - Mareena Titanos - raised by Reds and now returned to her rightfull place in the Silver world. 
 She is forcely engaged to the young silver prince - Maven - and comes to know that the older prince (who will, eventually, become the king) is no one other than ... guess who?! ... CAL! 
 Mare is a strong, tough, brave girl and she knows the injustice she and the Reds live in... so she joins the 
 Scarlet Guard 
 to help them with the Revolution . 
 Eventualy there's a Love triangle thing going on... thought I would say that I think Kilorn might like Mare too. 
 Anyway... the idea of the story was Good... but I Didn't Like it enough to rate it 4 stars... SO: 
 Things I LIKED in this book: 
 - for once, the Abilities of the Silvers were Awesome... there's telekinesis, Mind Reading, Body and Mind control, Element (fire/water/earth/air) control, Metal control and so much more.... 
 - Mare as a character was pretty good too... 
 - And There were Twists in the book I wasn't expecting! 
 Things I DIDN'T LIKE: 
 - the Romance between characters sucked ... I don't think Mare actually Fell in Love with ANY of them ... and I really like Romance so this was definitely NOT a favorite for me. 
 - And it felt like a Really LONG book (at least for me).... by the last chapters, I was counting pages thinking "When will this End?!" .... I just wanted to be done with it! 
 The story continues in Glass Sword but I don't think I'll be reading it...