Scarlet

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Marissa Meyer: Scarlet (2013, Penguin Books, Limited)

English language

Published Oct. 6, 2013 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-14-197184-1
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"The second book in the [...] Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you've never seen it before, now with new cover art! Our cyborg heroine teams up with two new characters, Scarlet and Wolf, to defend Earth against a wicked space queen. "An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars."-Entertainment Weekly on the Lunar Chronicles "Prince Charming among the cyborgs." -The Wall Street Journal on the Lunar Chronicles Cinder is back and trying to break out of prison-even though she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive if she does-in this second installment from Marissa Meyer. 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 …

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This series might become my favorite of all time by the time I finish the other two books. I had a really good time with this one. The only major complaint I have is that I wasn't very fond of some of the narrative decisions. I was hoping that the wolves would just be another group of evil/dangerous people in the world rather than working directly under Levana and being connected to the big bad. I also wasn't super excited over the plot twist that Scarlet is 1/4 lunar. I was hoping that the girls would be a mix of human and lunar to promote an idea of unity and cooperation between the two groups but oh well. It is called the Lunar Chronicles anyways. That aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this and can't wait to read the short story at the end of the book as well as continue with …

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Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Missing persons, fiction
  • Extraterrestrial beings, fiction