Cruel Crown (Red Queen Novella Series) by Victoria Aveyard

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The #1 New York Times bestselling series! Discover the truth of Norta's bloody past in this paperback bind-up of two novella-length prequels to #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen series. Queen Song: Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary - how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life. Steel Scars: Captain Farley exchanges coded transmissions with the resistance as she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital. She was raised to be strong, but planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected - until she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation: Mare Barrow. This paperback bind-up also includes an excerpt of the second book in the Red Queen series, Glass Sword. Plus don't miss Realm Breaker.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range - 13-17 Years
    • Format - Paperback
    • Dimensions - 5.2" W x 7.8" H x 0.7" D
    • Genre - Fiction
    • Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers, Publication date - 01/05/2016
    • Page count - 208
    • ISBN - 9780062435347
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6 months ago
from PA

Interesting Novellas

Cruel Crown consists of two novellas. Queen Song was really enjoyable and I wish it had been explored a bit more. Steel Scars was lacking in my opinion.

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3 years ago
from Las Vegas, NV

Dark, unique, but still somehow hopeful

I wasn't expecting to like this even half as much as I did. Picked this up at the thrift store to read while I was waiting to get the truck smog checked. Now I really really really want to read the series. Sadly no $$ and not enough points on the credit card to trade for Amazon gift card. Maybe I'll get lucky and the library will have a copy of the first book in the series, Red Queen. Otherwise I'm going to have to hope I get really lucky at the thrift store or wait till Christmas and hope my sister gets me a gift card to Barnes and Noble or Amazon. Being an adult and having adult responsibilities and bills still sucks into your late 30's. I'd rather have books!!! See how obsessed I am at getting more of this series. That's how much this unique world Victoria Aveyard built has drawn me in. Dark, unique, but still somehow hopeful underneath it all.

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4 years ago
from New York, NY

Getting To Know Farley and Cal’s Mother More

Although Victoria published this book after Red Queen, this book is basically a prologue to the whole series. In Red Queen, you are introduced to Farley already being part of the group and you hear about the the queen: Cal’s mother. This book is split into two sections. First is Cal’s mother’s experience and then it is Farley. In Red Queen we see who truly killed Cal’s mother, but in this book, it goes more into depth. It is basically Cal’s mother’s diary. The second part is about Farley and the adventures that she takes to start recruiting people. I give it a 5 star rating, but I wished I would had more time with Cal’s mother since her story is shorter than Farley’s.

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4 years ago
from Virginia

Impressive Novellas!

This will sound so ridiculous, considering how awesome Red Queen was, but I am really impressed with how good these novellas are!!! I wasn't really that psyched to be reading the novellas, but they really impressed me and are absolutely amazing, and I loved reading about what and who came before Red Queen! QUEEN SONG I was actually looking forward to this one the most! Victoria Aveyard did an amazing job with Coriane and the tone of her life! It was written in third person and spanned about six years in only 54 pages, but it was perfect and so well written! I loved reading about the young Julian, and it was really interesting to read about Cal's dad. I loved Cal's grandparents and Robert - I feel like there was a huge leap from the more close, loving, and supportive family portrayed in this novella to the one Cal and Maven have... That's crazy! I also liked how it specified and explained why Cal and Maven could not marry for love. As for Coriane, I thought the author did such an amazing job with her and the mood in her story/life! And I mean really... we all know what Elara is capable of... The last two journal entries were so amazing! STEEL SCARS I'll admit, I didn't particularly like Farley in Red Queen, however, in this novella told in her point of view... Love Her! I am so glad we got to see so much more of Shade in this; I couldn't wait to read more about him in the sequel coming up! Shade and Farley... sigh!!! I loved the whole setup of this story - the Scarlet Guard is majorly impressive! And Farley's dad - totally saw that from the beginning but is still really cool and will make for some good reading in the sequel!! I absolutely loved the way the SG communicated, and how it was showed in the book - It. Was. Awesome! And again, the last couple of pages ... Holy ****! Aveyard did that sooo well!!! I'm really glad I read this before I read Glass Sword. Now I'm so pumped for it, and back in the story, and excited to read it! I feel like it really adds to the story to read this after Red Queen and before Glass Sword! Like Red Queen, it was amazing and extremely well written and leaves you so excited to read more!

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