The Dangerous Gift vs The Hive Queen: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Dragons, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Children's fiction
The Dangerous Gift
Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe -- while…
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The Hive Queen
Growing up in the hives, cricket has always had 1,000,000 questions. Wiretree soap forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? In the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is cricket…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Hive Queen highest: The Hive Queen 4.9 · The Dangerous Gift 4.4.
- The Dangerous Gift has the widest readership — 16007 ratings behind its score.
- The Dangerous Gift runs the darker storyline; The Hive Queen stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Dangerous Gift | The Hive Queen | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (16007) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (21) | 4.0 (27) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (43) | 4.5 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (469) | 5.0 (796) |
Reception
| The Dangerous Gift | The Hive Queen | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16007 | 796 |
| Editions | 10 | 13 |
| Want to read | 9682 | — |
| Reading it now | 1551 | — |
| Written reviews | 919 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1265 |
| Pages | 336 | 286 |