Before anything else, I would just like to point out that Victoria Aveyard really writes well and I congratulate her for Glass Sword being in the NYT bestselling list!! Yay!! 
 But... but.. but.... a solid 3 star rating for this one. :c 
 Okay, so the beginning of this book literally picked up from the ending of Red Queen and there was so much action like nothing but action in every chapter!! I mean I know the story is all about finding people like Mare but as I was reading it, I felt like the action wasn't paced really well. There was little character development and the relationship of the characters with each other didn't progress that much as I kind of expected it to be. Also, the fact that people kept calling Mare "lightning girl" in every chapter kind of annoyed me like if people called me that all the time I'd get really pissed. At the end, Mare didn't really have that wow factor from me as a lead character. I wish she could've done more as who she really was and not try to be everyone's hero. 
 So there you go, that is the reason why I did not give a full on 5 star rating because I felt like it could've been better. It would've been also nice to read from other character's perspective to get a full scope of what was happening and not just stick to whatever Mare thinks. 
 I'm hoping that the next book will be a huge improvement! Nevertheless, I will still finish this series. <3