Farley is a character that readers met in Red Queen and is a human chess piece in the Scarlet Guard, hoping and trying for a revolution. To be honest, I wasn’t as captivated by Farley’s story in the Steel Scars novella as much as I was by Coriane’s story in Queen Song. What I will say is that her tale ends up being an upsetting one, and will leave readers feeling angry. I don’t want to give too much away, and since Red Queen readers already know a little bit of Queen Coriane’s story, I won’t go into detail of how her death came to be. Unfortunately, while she started wondering which royals she could trust, she also started to doubt herself and her own sanity, fearing people were plotting against her. Once she marries the king, many of the royals felt that Coriane wasn’t worthy of her new title.

Coriane keeps a secret diary of all the emotions she feels while living in the palace and falling in love with the king. Queen Song takes us back to before Cal was born, when Coriane first met King Tiberias as an adolescent. Queen Song follows Queen Coriane, mother to prince Cal, who readers know from Red Queen. I would recommend reading both novellas after reading Red Queen. My reviews are below. Both of these stories are linked to the first book in Aveyard’s Red Queen series. Cruel Crown, Novellas by Victoria AveyardĬruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard is a combination of two novellas, Queen Song and Steel Scars.

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