Rating (Out of 5): ~4.5
Genre: YA Sci-fi Fairy-tale Retelling
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan)
Release Date: February, 2013
Spoilers?: No.
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.
The Cover:
I love this cover. Much like with the previous book, and the next one, this cover is beautiful. It's not even a little embarrassing, the colors and the font are fantastic, and it's all very fitting for the book as well. I just love it.
Quotes:
- "Scarlet’s world was
crashing down around her and nobody noticed. Her grandmother was missing and
nobody cared.” (Hardback, pg. 7)
Review:
This was even
better than the first book, which I’m really surprised by. I mean, the first
one was really good, but this one was even better. Which makes me even more
excited for the next book.
I love the
characters, and writing, in these books. The writing isn’t overly gorgeous,
it’s a little simple, but it is pretty. And, I don’t know if anyone’s going to
know what I mean when I say this, but it’s perfect for a fairytale. It’s the
writing style of a storyteller, of a fairytale. Does anyone know what I mean by
that? I’m not even sure I know what I mean.
I love the world,
and the plot of the whole series is just awesome. I love how they’re
intertwining so far, and I love getting the multiple points of view. I’m so
interested in where everything is going so far, and I’m so excited to see how
it gets there.
I love the
characters. I still love Cinder, she’s such a good character, and her
frustration is so well portrayed. We got to see a new side of her in this
volume, both with her dealing with her new development, and from getting to see
her from other people’s points of view. I hadn’t realized how much we were in
her head in the first book, but we got to see Cinder from both Scarlet and
Thorne’s point of view, and that was really neat. It gave a more rounded
perspective of her, and I really liked that.
We got to see Kai a
few times in this book, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed those
chapters. It showed the reader what was going on with him and the Commonwealth,
which we didn’t get to see from anyone else in this book. His chapters were
kind of like a special treat, surprisingly. Plus, I just really liked him, and
I think those feelings just expanded in this book. I feel really bad for him,
though, and what he’s doing with Queen Levana. I understand his reasoning, and
how hard it is for him, but it’s still frustrating.
Then there’s the
new characters. First, there’s Captain Thorne. I wasn’t sure of him at first,
but now I’m a rather big fan. He’s really funny, and a really good character
for Cinder. I like their relationship, their friendship. I also like what
happened with Iko in this book.
And there’s
Scarlet. She’s feisty and determined, hard-edged in a very different way from
Cinder. I like her a lot, and believe she’ll push Cinder in a good way in the
next book. And she has Wolf, who I’m a really big fan of. He’s such a
sweetheart, and I feel so bad for what happened to him. I’m excited to see
their relationship grow, though. And to see them help and push Cinder. I’m also
interested in seeing more of them from Cinder and Thorne’s perspective.
The next book is
going to be really good, I can tell. I’m really excited to meet Cress, whoever
her boy is (which is either going to be someone new—very plausible—or I’m going
to go out on a limb and guess is Thorne—which would be so cool!), and what
happens with Cinder and Kai next. I’m just loving the progression of the Lunar
versus Earth, where everything is going with Princess Selene, and how their
stories are going to meet up with Cress’.
I’m just all-around excited for the next book.
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