War storm

The end has come at last for Mare Barrow and her band of revolutionaries. Though she fights on the same side as Cal, the deposed Silver prince and, once, her love, a rift has grown between them; Cal has chosen his crown over Mare and her people, the long-oppressed Reds. But the bigger problem is his brother, the obsessive, destructive King Maven. With Iris Cygnet, his Lakeland queen, a woman with her own powers and agenda, at his side, Maven is a force to be reckoned with, and this battle will take a heavy toll before it is done. In this showstopping finale to a series begun with Red Queen (2015), the women take center stage: chapter perspectives alternate primarily between Mare, Iris, and Evangeline, the formidable princess who resists marrying Cal because of her love for another woman. The world has widened greatly since the series started the cast is huge, the plot sprawling but the legions of readers who have been here from the beginning will be dying to know how it all ends.--Maggie Reagan Copyright 2018 Booklist

Betrayed by love and exhausted from battle in King's Cage, Mare and her united rebel front seek unexpected reinforcements for the war against the mentally unstable king, Maven. Several of Aveyard's narrators are unapologetically elitist, which makes for interesting character studies but unsympathetic story lines. However, the political scheming and elemental fighting that ensue should maintain readers' interest in this fourth and final novel. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.