#red queen

Not to go full 2018 on the main…. but this quarantine has got me rly wanting to whip out my Elane Haven and/or my Coriane Jacos cosplay that I worked on but never posted. Thoughts?

1. I know these are obscure but I hunhhhhhh

“RED Queen”

♥️Bailey Jay♥️

me starting a new book series: from years of experience and a general underdstanding that interesting plots don’t have happy endings, I know that some or many characters are going to die throughout the series and that I’m just going to have to accept that, because I also know that if there were no deaths then the books would be highly unrealistic and I’d stop enjoying them

favourite character:*dies*

me: *flipping a table* oKAY BUT DID IT HAVE TO BE THISONE?!?

Yes, with this face I look at what is happening in our home

Strange things are happening

(A lot of white and red in the drawing, hoho, I’m waiting for the police visit to confiscate my palette)

Simultaneously want to punch Cal in his big dumb stupid head, and also kiss him. Big oaf. Review below.
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I have a horrible, terrible confession to make: Every other time I’ve read this series, Maven has been the brother to own my heart. I’m not sure why — okay, yes I am. I’ve felt pity for Maven and what his mother did to him, but that’s no excuse for the things he’s done. I’m happy to say that I am no longer a Maven stan. I mean, I still harbor some pity for him, which I could talk about all day, but he no longer is the brother to own my heart.

Now, that honor goes to Cal. Even though I wish to punch him in the dome.

I don’t remember my previous review for this novel, so whatever it was, disregard it. This is the only one that matters now.

Honestly, this one took me a while to get through this time. It wasn’t just the fact that I’ve been hecking busy, but it was also because once I got to a certain point in the book, it just seemed to move slowly for me. Plus, after the death of Shade in Glass Sword, I just felt quite empty inside. Every mention was like a stab to the heart. Ugh. Rude, Mrs. Aveyard.

Plus, it’s kind of difficult for me to focus on reading while I’m also trying to focus on writing a novel of my own. I’m getting side-tracked.

I enjoyed this book because we do get a better look inside the mind of Maven Calore. We get to learn why he is the way he is, at least to an extent. I believe there has to be some evil in him, even without his mother’s influence. Maven is a very complex character, in my opinion, and I hope his character is explored more in War Storm, because I would love to see more of what it’s like inside his head. Maybe have a couple chapters from his point of view? (I haven’t read War Storm yet, because I don’t want the series to end.)

As for Mare, she really annoyed me in this one. Her whining and self-absorbed attitude got real old real fast. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Mare Barrow, but sometimes she is just a little much. Or maybe I’m being cold. She did go through a hell of a lot in this one. Hmm. Starting to doubt myself now. Either way, I would die for her.

Cal? Big dumb stupid kissable idiot.

The book as a whole was simply beautiful. And heartbreaking. And anger-making. Which is great; I love feeling a plethora of emotions when I read. I love feeling so immersed in a story, so connected to the characters, and this series never fails to grab me by the heart.

I haven’t reviewed in a while, so this is all-over-the-place-garbage, but in my opinion, if you’re wondering if you should continue after Glass Sword, stop wondering! The series gets better with each book, and King’s Cage is no different. There are plenty twists, heart-wrenching moments, moments that make you want to kick someone in the kneecaps, moments that make you hate people and then question if you actually hate them. There’s a lot of moments. Moments you should be a part of.

Anyway, I hate endings, so I may take a break before reading War Storm.

warofheartsvii:

Sooooo I made a quiz that tells you which major Red Queen character you are! It’s only the major characters since there’s already so many of them. The descriptions were hard, so I made them as best as I could (with a lot of dumb humor i apologize). It’s all in good fun! 

Which Red Queen Character Are You?

Have fun!!

OKAY!!! Edits have been made to the quiz!!! It was posted late at night for me and I was very excited to get it out there, which is why some of the descriptions were rushed (and some typos were made), I apologize But now EVERY character has a solid description (even Ptoly yes) so if you want to take it again, you are free to! I am very proud of it. Officially lmao.

Sooooo I made a quiz that tells you which major Red Queen character you are! It’s only the major characters since there’s already so many of them. The descriptions were hard, so I made them as best as I could (with a lot of dumb humor i apologize). It’s all in good fun! 

Which Red Queen Character Are You?

Have fun!!

warofheartsvii:

Because I have too much free time on my hands and I feel like music plays an important role in storytelling, I decided to make a gazillion playlists for this series! It started off as just one major playlist, but then it branched off into playlists for different characters, and lo and behold, I have a fuck ton.

I also love sharing music! So, here’s a masterlist of all the playlists I’ve made so far!

~The Red Queen Series

~The Scarlet Guard

~Mare Barrow

~Cal Calore

~Maven Calore

~Diana Farley

~Evangeline Samos

~MareCal

Added some new songs to the RQ series playlist!!

“GOLDWING” by Billie Eilish, “Burn It Down” by Daughter, and “Monster” by PVRIS! And more!

Also some new songs to individual character playlists as well ☺️

One of my favorite scenes in the Red Queen series is that part in War Storm where Mare and Evangeline beat the ever living shit out of each other for funsies and the boys watch from the sidelines in horror.

Cal is an idiot, but unfortunately he is my type

Mare, looking at Cal: “There goes half of my heart.”

Cal:“Did you say something?”

Mare:“FUCK YOU, FIRE BOY, THAT’S WHAT I SAID.”

warofheartsvii:

The song “I Come With Knives” by IAMX on my Red Queen playlist is 100% supposed to be listened to with the Bowl of Bones scene at the end of Red Queen in mind because I have a visual brain and that’s the song I’d pick to play in the background of a TV or movie adaption of it.

“War of Hearts” by Ruelle is also Cal and Mare’s overly dramatic and romantic theme song

Oh and “Lily’s Theme” is for when Cal almost dies and Mare is watching him get revived

The song “I Come With Knives” by IAMX on my Red Queen playlist is 100% supposed to be listened to with the Bowl of Bones scene at the end of Red Queen in mind because I have a visual brain and that’s the song I’d pick to play in the background of a TV or movie adaption of it.