Then there's the story contained within this far-future post-apocalyptic Divided States Of America. The map is still incomplete, of course - I'm hoping less for an Allegiant situation where the West Coast remains mostly untouched by society as it resettles and more for a Revolution situation where we know there's a California Commonwealth, but we're always waiting in vain to see it. Because for the first time, Aveyard takes readers beyond Norta and the Lakelands, into Piedmont with references to the greater Lakelands, Tiraxes, the Prairies, and Montfort. All we got up to that point was this, printed only in Target editions of Cruel Crown as I remember:īut now, Aveyard raises the world-building stakes by including an expanded world map, extending as far as the land of Montfort in the Rockies, which I found myself frequently consulting as I read the book, as all fantasy readers should. The first two books were quite lacking in world-building - especially considering they both lacked a world map of Norta and further. And I thought Glass Sword's master-class TASM 2 blend of electricon action and nymph-powering feels couldn't be topped.īut now, Aveyard is no master. I can only imagine the heights she would take us to there, but for now, King's Cage proves to be the high-water mark, the Aveyardian platinum standard to date. Red Queen was a lavish dystopian with a fantasy twist, and Glass Sword was a fast-paced war story that even now, a year after I blazed through that book in one day and have now completed the long-awaited sequel, I still absolutely loathed that cliffhanger and will never stop citing it as one of the most aggravating scenes in YA history.Īnd now, finally, the third entry in the series - which would have been the end of a trilogy when the series was first announced, but Aveyard's promising one more book after this one. The time, it has come to destroy your supremacy!"Īll aboard the Aveyardian Hype Train once again, my friends, and you know I'm never getting off this one. Politics have risen up and overcome the brave " Wake to see your true emancipation is a fantasy The Dear Hunter, "Never Forgive Never Forget"
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