Book Review: Scarlet

Scarlet

Author: Marrisa Meyer
Publisher:  Feiwel & Friends
Publish Date: February 5, 2013
Series: Lunar Chronicles # 2
 Book Rating 4/5
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Publisher's Description 

The fates of Cinder and Scarlet collide as a Lunar threat spreads across the Earth...

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner

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Book Received: Rented

Why I Picked it up:  I wanted to read more of the world Meyer had created and to see how Red Ridding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf fit into the story. Cinder's sceret is out, well at lest to a few people. While being hunted by the young man she loves she must find a way to save him and stop a war.  

Cinder gather friends and allies in her " Captain" Thorne who help in her prison break, Iko her android friend, Wolf, who has is own links to Queen Levana and Scarlet who needs to find her grandmother. 

Why I finished it: Scarlet continues the strong story and world building of the previous novel, Cinder. It also has a fast pace plot and interesting characters who learning form what the have done and from each other. 

Who I would give it to: Everyone

Have a berry orange day,

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Book Review: Cinder

Cinder

Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher: Square Fish
Publish Date: January, 8 2013
Series: Lunar Chronicles #1
Book Rating 5/5
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Publisher's Description 

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

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Book Received: Given 

Why I Picked it up: This book saw given to me as a gift. This is a retold fairy tale about Cinderella.  There are twists, Cinder is a cyborg and lives in a futuristic China. this is a combination of two of my favorite genres fairy tales and sciences fiction. Meyer creates a world in intrigue, romance, and mystery. Humans are not the only ones involved in the plotting, the series is called the Lunar Chronicles, because their are Lunars. Lunars, are another race that lives on the moon. 

Why I finished it: The world build was wonderful and lush. The characters form the stepmother to the Evil Queen are full of life and depth. The  ethical dilemmas that each character faces or creates adds a new layer to each of them.  Cinder is wonderful she is not what one would think of in the typical Cinderella story, but that is best thing about her.  She hardly wears dresses, and is the best mechanic is new Beijing. I would take her my car in heart beat

Who I would give it to: To anyone who likes fairy tales and science fiction. 

Have a berry orange day,


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Book Review: Glitches

Glitches

Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher:  TOR
Publish Date: December 5, 2011
Series: Lunar Chronicles # 0.5
Book Rating 5/5
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Publisher's Description 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. In Glitches, a short prequel story to Cinder, we see the results of that illness play out, and the emotional toll that takes on Cinder. Something that may, or may not, be a glitch...

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Book Received: Part of paperback edition of  Cinder

Why I Picked it up:  This short story was part of the paperback of Cinder I was given. I had no idea how luck I was to have it tucked away in the back of the book, just waiting for me. It is a gem of story. This quick little read helps you understand how Cinder came to be with her Stepmother and part of why her Stepmother hates her so. 

Why I finished it:  It was a fast 17 pages and too hard not to finish. It ease the wait between book on and book two. 

Who I would give it to: Any one wondering if they will even like the first novel. 

Have a berry orange day,


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Book Review: The Queen's Army

The Queen's Army

Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher:  Tor
Publish Date: November 20, 2012
Series: Lunar Chronicles # 1.5
Book Rating 4/5
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Publisher's Description 

It is time. The boy must leave his family to serve in the Queen's army. To be chosen is an honor. To decline is impossible. The boy is modified. He is trained for several years, and learns to fight to the death. He proves to the Queen—and to himself—that he is capable of evil. He is just the kind of soldier the Queen wants: the alpha of his pack.

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Book Received: Read online

Why I Picked it up: This is a story about Wolf or as we ill know him Z. This is about how a boy was turned into a monster, to serve his Queen. The story starts many years before Cinder, yet the placement of this story in the series is just after Cinder. In this story Wolf is taken from his family and thrust into a world that makes competitive fighting look easy. 

Why I finished it: This book makes you want to read the next one and quick. The worldbuilding  well we get to see Luna and Lunar society up close and personal. It gives light to the nuances in Scarlet. 

If you want to know more about Lunar History go here. 

Who I would give it to: Everyone