Book Review: Scarlet - Marissa Meyer

Title: Scarlet
Author: Marissa Meyer
Publication Date: February 5th 2013
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 464
Link to Goodreads: Here
Part of a Series: Book 2 of the Lunar Chronicles

Plot: 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.

Reading Period: October 10, 2015 - October 14, 2015

Review

Marissa Meyer has the great ability to take a classic story like  The Little Red Riding Hood, combine it with sci-fi and create this unique and propelling story. 

I'm so glad I started this series. (okay, I'm a bit behind with the reviews, so I have to admit that I've already finished it! :P) 

The story picks up from where we have left it. After the shocking (was it really?) revelation, Cinder is trying to escape from prison. She has help ( or she helps him!LOL) , a new character, Captain Thorne, a criminal who has deserted the military and stole a spaceship. It's because of the Spaceship that Cinder forms this alliance. 

The particular beauty of this novel is that we follow two different story lines with two different characters. Here's Scarlet, a self-employed farmer in France. Her grandmother, Michelle Benoit, has been missing, and after failed attempts by the police to find her, Scarlet takes the matter into her hands and goes looking for her.  In her journey she is not alone. She is followed by a mysterious fighter by the name of Wolf. 

You can't not love all these new characters. They all have great personality, they have incredible backstory, they come alive through the pages. 

Scarlet is a great sequel to Cinder and the story is unfolding very well.

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