Red Queen: Chapters 7–12

by Victoria Aveyard
In Mare's world, people are divided by the color of their blood. When red-blooded Mare displays magical abilities belonging to those outside her caste, she is welcomed into the circles of the silver-blooded elites — but where do her loyalties truly lie?

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–6, Chapters 7–12, Chapters 13–18, Chapters 19–24, Chapter 25–Epilogue
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  1. splendor
    the quality of being magnificent or grand
    A violent one, meant to showcase a girl’s beauty, splendor — and strength.
  2. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
    Except instead of showing the Reds where we stand, this is the king showing his subjects, powerful as they are, where they stand. A hierarchy within the hierarchy.
  3. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
    Evangeline answers with a flurry of metal shards, all of them sharp and deadly, pointed at my heart as they rip through the air.
  4. impoverished
    poor enough to need help from others
    All together you are poor, rude, immoral, unintelligent, impoverished, bitter, stubborn, and a blight upon your village and my kingdom.
  5. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
    He remains still, stoic and quiet, as I’m sure he’s been trained to do, but fire burns behind his eyes.
  6. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    If the Reds see her, a Silver by blood but Red by nature, raised up with us, they can be placated. It’s like an old fairy tale, a commoner becoming the princess.
  7. resurrect
    restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
    To atone for my ignorance, and to repay her father and her house for their great contributions to the kingdom, I would like to take this moment to announce the joining of House Calore and the resurrected House Titanos.
  8. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
    He’s rehearsed his speech, but the fervor Cal has can’t be faked. He believes in himself, that he’ll be a good king — or die trying.
  9. betrothal
    a mutual promise to marry
    I want to hand my betrothal over, to give away what they so desperately want, but no. I must look happy. I must pretend.
  10. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
    You all know the precarious state of our kingdom, with war in the north and foolish extremists, enemies to our way of life, attempting to destroy us from within.
  11. illusion
    an erroneous mental representation
    I’m one of them. I’m special. I’m an accident. I’m a lie. And my life depends on maintaining the illusion.
  12. undermine
    weaken or impair, especially gradually
    Farley could hold me up in another hijacked broadcast, revealing me to the world in an attempt to undermine the Silvers.
  13. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
    Cal’s just as bad, raised to rule, to perpetuate this world of division even further.
  14. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
    The reprimand is calm, quiet, and threatening. Evangeline’s smile drops, and she nods, not daring to meet the queen’s eye.
  15. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
    She drilled the rules of court into my head, filling me with names, protocols, and etiquette.
Created on Sun Mar 06 16:10:30 EST 2016 (updated Mon Aug 04 11:57:39 EDT 2025)

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