Meyer may use those fairytale characters as the jumping off point for her story and may incorporate a few elements here and there - like little shoutouts to those fairy tales – but her story is truly an original. As was the case when I read Cinder, I totally flew through the 450+ pages of Scarlet in just a couple of day because the story being told is just so darn good! I also love that even though this series is a fairytale retelling, it doesn’t really feel like we’re just rehashing a story that has already been told. The Lunar Chronicles series is definitely one of the most original and entertaining retellings I’ve come across in recent years. 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. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. 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. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. She’s trying to break out of prison-even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Goodreads Synopsis: Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. Published by Feiwel & Friends on February 5th 2013 Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa MeyerĪlso by this author: Heartless, Renegades

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