This book is the best of the series so far! Oh my gosh! For
those who are unaware on what this series is all about, it’s called The Lunar Chronicles and it’s by the
amazing Miss Marissa Meyer. There are two books in the series before this one;
Cinder and Scarlet and I have already done reviews on both of them.
The entire series is loosely based around fairy tales, the
first, Cinder, is about Cinderella (or Cinder in this case). The second,
Scarlet, is about Little Red Riding Hood (Scarlet). And this one, Cress, is loosely based around
Rapunzel. Can you guess what our new protagonist’s name is?
I bet you can’t. ;P
Yep! You’re right. Her name is Cress and she lives in a
satellite. Now. If you’re one of those people who intensely dislikes anything space-related, then you still
shouldn’t fear this book. That’s all I can say about it without giving too much
away. There are moments where there is space involved, yes. But it’s not all of
it. I’m pretty sure space comes into play in the final book, Winter.
Cress is such an adventurous story that is so fun. It made
me laugh so many times. I’m still loving all the characters and I can’t wait to tell you all about how much I
loved it and what I loved, it’s just first I have to say good-bye to those who
don’t want to be spoiled.
I love you.
Stay safe.
See you next time! <3
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Why hello! Welcome back!
What an amazing turn of events. I loved this book so much. I
can’t wait to see what happens in
Winter. In my last reviews I went on and on about the obvious and the
predictability of these books despite how much I love them. I was so happy to
see that I didn’t see a lot of things coming in this novel.
The first thing I didn’t notice – that I probably should
have – was the whole Cress dilemma. For some reason I was expecting it to go
smoothly. I wanted to see Cress board that ship and then for them to sail on their
way to SUCCESS! But that didn’t happen. Of course it didn’t.
B*tch-tits (Sybil) came marching in. She noticed that Cress
has been lying about trying to help Queen Levana. She also notices that Cress
is clearly about to reach her freedom and she flips. She plans this trap for
Cinder and Co. and it’s just not fair! In the turn of event my favourite man in
this series, Thorne, loses his eye sight. Which just isn’t fair!
I was pretty upset about Thorne’s lack of vision until I saw
how sarcastic Thorne was towards Cress. How their personalities blended
together so perfectly! When Thorne asked Cress about their surroundings after
they first landed, that was bloody hilarious! Cress hadn’t seen anything about
Earth before. She was crammed in a satellite for too bloody long.
She comes out and I have to quote this part. Starting from
when Thorne asks Cress where they are;
“Cress?”
“It’s beautiful out
there.”
A hesitation, before,
“Could you be more specific?”
“The sky is this
gorgeous, intense blue color.” She pressed her fingers to the glass and traced
the wavy hills on the horizon.
“Oh, good. You’ve
really narrowed it down for me.”
AH! So funny! And it’s only one of the many amazing
conversations the two have. My next favourite scene shared between Thorne and Cress
has to be the moment on the following page about Little Cress. Once Little
Cress is dead and Cress is just a little bit upset about it
“Um, who’s Little
Cress?”
She sniffed. “Me. When
I was ten. She lived in the computer and kept me company and now she’s dead.”
She squeezed the databoard against her chest. “Poor, sweet Little Cress.”
After a long silence,
Thorne cleared his throat. “Scarlet did warn me about this. Do we need to bury
Little Cress before we can move on? Want me to say a few words for her?”
Cress glanced up, and
though his expression was sympathetic, she thought he was probably mocking her.
“I’m not crazy. I know she’s just a computer. It’s just… I programmed her
myself, and she was the only friend I had. That’s all.”
“Hey, I’m not judging.
I’m familiar with IT-relations. Just wait until you meet our spaceship. She’s a
riot.”
F*cking brilliant.
The fact that Thorne is blind is a superb plot twist that I
most certainly did not see coming.
See what I did
there? ;P
I must say that Marissa Meyer excelled beyond expectations
for this novel. She threw in plot twist after plot twist and it easily makes up
for the lack of surprise in that last two.
I did not expect that
Doctor Erland would be Cress’s father. I didn’t expect that at all. I had
forgotten that he had even had a child. I feel so silly for forgetting an
obvious fact.
Another thing I didn’t see coming was for Thorne to win a
body for Iko! That was the sweetest thing ever. (You know, ignoring the whole
Cress getting really, really heartbroken over it part.) It was just really nice
to see that even though he was so far away from Cinder, he knew he would make
it back to her alive. He knew he would survive and he knew that Iko deserved
that body, no matter how kick-*ss she is as a ship. She would be happier with
limbs again.
And by golly she was! Until some jerk decided to damage her
new body just after getting it. How insensitive. And guess who that jerk was? Bloody Wolf. I knew it! I knew
he was going to be a problem. First getting controlled at the beginning and
helping ruin the whole ‘get Cress out of there’ situation. That was all because
he didn’t listen to Cinder and now
he’s gotten controlled once again and
broke Iko! Bloody hell Scarlet. Can’t you find a better partner? Your current
one is just a problem.
Honestly, throughout this entire book, I didn’t really care
much what Scarlet was doing. She still isn’t one of my favourite characters.
She doesn’t have a romantic interest that I care about, so if she departed that
team. I wouldn’t be that sad.
On another note! I love how they literally kidnapped Kai. That was amazing. I especially liked that Torin
in a way helped by pointing out his second tracking device. I really didn’t go
into this book expecting Cinder to kidnap
the Emperor. But she did and it was magnificent.
I also have decided I hate Jacin. Although, I never really
trusted him from the beginning. He just had a vibe that didn’t seem friendly.
Or maybe that’s because he has a douche-y personality without the whole
‘betrayal’ thing. But if he could so easily betray Levana, what made Cinder
think that she could trust him?
And, finally. I wanted to talk about Winter. She seems to be
a bit of a loony. Don’t you think? I don’t know if she’s going to be as bonkers
as she’s made out to be in that last snippet of the book. I think she’s going
to be more of a Luna Lovegood opposed
to a screaming psychopath. But you never know!
Anyways! I have to round this off. It was lovely reviewing
with you.
See you next time! <3
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