This book has SO MANY mixed reviews so I went into it pretty open minded and came out amazed. 
 Mare Barrow is red by birth. What does this mean? This means herself and other people who share her color blood are submitted to a life of cruelty and slavery for their blood. The "elite" are those born with silver running through their veins. A group of people that not only have different color blood, but also have powers of their own. That is until one day when Mare is working in the palace that her world and the world of the elite get turned upside down. She takes this chance to turn the world as she knows it around (or die trying). 
 "We will rise. Red as the dawn." 
 I really enjoyed the whole super powers and X-Men vibe this book had. There were so many powers that people had such as; electricity, fire, control the plants, turn off the power of others, control metal, etc. It was pretty awesome during the battle scenes when all these different elements would come into play. 
 That betrayal though....I think we all saw it coming in one way or another. The twist killing though..WOAAHH! (view spoiler)[Maven is the bad guy. Not Cal. Spoiler that you kind of probably already saw coming. When the Queen forced Cal to stab and kill his own father though...I felt so bad for him. (hide spoiler)] 
 I took one star away because the love pentagon? that we had going on. There was Cal, Maven, and Kilorn from back home. Then there were other girls fighting for attention as well very briefly at some points. I don't really have a ship for this book just because none of the romance felt up to par for me. Hopefully I find a hard ship in the next book to root for. Though I have a feeling it'll just change from a pentagon to a triangle now. & those who follow me know my feels for love triangles. 
 "Anyone can betray anyone."