By Marissa Meyer
Genre YA scifi/fantasy
Pages 454
Recommended by Me
First sentence Scarlet was descending toward the alley behind the Rieux Tavern when her portscreen chimed form the passenger seat, followed by an automated voice: "Comm received for Mademoiselle Scarlet Benoit from the Toulouse Law Enforcement Office of Missing Persons."
Synopsis
Scarlet's life has been simple. She helped run her grandmother's farm and kept to herself but when he grandmother goes missing Scarlet is frantic. Suddenly her grandmother's history is coming to light and she's more than the quiet farm owner Scarlet has always known. She may know about the missing Lunar princess and the Lunar/cyborg fugitive Cinder. Scarlet must join forces with a scary stranger who calls himself Wolf to rescue her grandmother.
What it has going for it
I'll be honest. It's been awhile since I read the first book in this series and I had such a hard time remembering what was going on in this one that I had to find a recap of Cinder on line to catch myself up. Once I remembered what was going on I delved right into this one. I was relieved to discover that we were being introduced to a new character that I actually enjoyed reading about but that we still got to see what was happening with Cinder and Kai. I liked seeing how Scarlet and Cinder's lives were tied together and it got me wondering how the next books will all tie together too. Scarlet has quite the temper and was spunky and just slightly stubborn. ;) I liked her. I liked her story and her determination to find her grandmother. I liked Wolf too. I know a lot of people are just blown away by the way theses books tie into the old fairy tales and I do too but to be honest...I don't really spend too much time looking for similarities. The stories are so great that, based on old fairy tales or not, they could totally stand on their own.
What's lacking
I was kind of bothered that I had to go back and read that recap of Cinder to remember what was going on. No, I don't need a play be play recap from book to book but a little more catch up might have been nice. There's a few cliche's at work and near the end I was becoming so stressed out at the action that I was just praying for it to end, but I think that was just a personal thing. All in all there's really nothing negative to say about these books.
Favorite moment
Without a doubt when Cinder reunites with Iko.
Yea or Nay?
Oh, yes! You must read this series. It's so great!
Grrr. I left a comment on my phone and of course it didn't work. I'm glad you're liking these. I still need to read them. I can't wait to read them. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree! With or without the fairy tales, these are awesome! I liked Scarlet more than Cinder. There is going to be a lot of characters by the end. I like how she added Scarlet's story on top of Cinder's.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your review! I'd be a little bummed too if the author didn't do a quick catch-up at the beginning to remind readers what's already happened. I've only read the first one, so need to catch up with this series!
ReplyDeleteI've had Cress on my shelf waiting for me to have time to read and blog again. I think I'm going to start it tonight. I am so freaking excited and glad you hear you loved this one as much as I did!
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