It was just very tedious and repetitive and just really annoying lol.

I will however say that the whole decoded messages bit was annoying as fuck. I was very apprehensive about it, purely because of how much I disliked Glass Sword, but this was alright. I mean I would love to read more about Shade, Cal, Kilorn, Physco Bitch Queen (that is her official name lol) just to name a few. I sort of hope that Aveyard does more of these novellas but about different characters.

Both of these characters just a lot of background to them. I think Aveyard chose the perfect people to write these little novellas about. It was really nice to uncover more about their backgrounds (particularly Farley’s). They are both just such interesting characters, neither of whom get anywhere enough ‘screen’ time in the books. I loved finding out more about both of these characters. I did really like them both, although I did prefer the first one (Queen Song). I have already talked about how disappointed I was in the second book, Glass Sword. I will admit that I read this primarily to try to give myself the will not to give up on the Red Queen series. I actually really enjoyed these little novellas. Steel Scars follows Captain Farley as she leads the scarlet guard and meets Shade Barrow. Queen Song follows Queen Coralline (Cal’s mother) as she meets the future king, falls in love, becomes queen and slowly descents into madness. Both are set before Red Queen so obviously, they can be read at any time. The first is Queen Song and the second Steel Scars. Today I am talking about Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard.įor any of you that don’t know, Cruel Crown is a compilation of two novellas by Aveyard set in the Red Queen universe. There is a reason for this, and that reason is it is time for another mini book review. Today you are getting a random Sunday post! Yay! Lol.

Steel Scars by Victoria Aveyard