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Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer

April 10, 2016 by baxlala Leave a Comment

I read the first novel in this series, Cinder, quite a bit ago so I apologize if I get some details wrong, or if I accidentally spoil something. But not really, because these books have been out for a while. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOTHING. Anyway, spoilers ahead, probably. Cinder, of course, was based on the fairy tale Cinderella. A young woman, Lihn Cinder, works as a mechanic in order to supply her step-mother and step-sisters with money and comfort. She’s also a cyborg, just […]

The characters and story were fine. The editing? Not so much.

Winter by Marissa Meyer

February 9, 2016 by scootsa1000 7 Comments

Now that Bunnybean is tearing her way through the Lunar Chronicles books, I figured I might as well try and finish up the last book (I don’t count the new book of “related short stories” that just came out), Winter. I wasn’t all that excited about reading it, to be honest. I loved Cinder and Scarlet, and really liked Cress. And then I read Fairest. And I despised it. It really almost ruined the entire series for me. It was so heavy-handed and annoying, I […]

Every story really needs a Han Solo

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

January 30, 2016 by bunnybean 16 Comments

Hi, everyone! I hope you’re having a great start to the year. I’m so excited to be doing cannonball read again! I just finished a book called Scarlet, which is the second book in the Lunar Chronicles. I’d like to thank Terri (ModernLove) for getting me the third book, Cress, for Christmas in the book swap. I can’t wait to start reading it! The book continues the story about Cinder, a mechanic who is cyborg. In the previous book, Cinder, Cinder is invited to the […]

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2) by Marissa Meyer

September 9, 2015 by ModernLove Leave a Comment

The thing about sequels, or any book that comes after the first in a series, is that you’re never quite sure how they’re going to stack up to the first. Obviously, the first was good enough to get you to come back for more, but will it be as you remembered? Will the characters and story not only hold up, but progress? That’s the tricky part, I think. Sequels have to be better, have to push the story further along and really get you invested. […]

Masters Programs Ruin You for Genre Reading

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

August 21, 2015 by Ale Leave a Comment

So I finished Scarlet during my first Creative Writing Masters’ Residency a few weeks ago, which may be part of the reason this book got 2.5 stars. True, I was having a hard time swallowing Wolf and Scarlet’s interactions before I went to the program, but after 9 days of intense seminars on nothing but writing and the craft of writing, my disappointment in these two characters solidified. But because I loved Cinder so much, and feel really terrible giving this book 2.5 stars, let’s […]

Cress, Cress, let down your hair!

Cress by Marissa Meyer

June 21, 2014 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

I’m still so far behind in my reviews, I’m starting to get anxious about it. We are leaving for a month-long vacation next week, and I just might not be able to get a chance to say everything I want and need to say. Sorry that these next few might not get the detail that they deserve 🙁 Even thought it feels like ages ago, I think it was only about two weeks ago that I finished Cress. For those that don’t know (which, really, […]

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LittlePlat on Complain about lack of standalone fantasy and then complain when I find oneI have been meaning to get a copy of this as well - Kingfisher is a delight. And I'm glad you've pointed out there's adult-adult...
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LittlePlat on “Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”I loved that you picked up so many other things the second time around. And would kill to be able to read a Muir penned...

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