Overall, this isn't my favourite book in the series. Wolf's more reserved character contrasted with this in an interesting way, however I did find Wolf a little tedious at times. Scarlet especially was a character who appealed to me as a reader because of her strong personality and her determination to achieve her goals, saving her grandmother being one of them. The balance of focus on the two separate plot lines was something achieved really well in the book and the merging of the story-lines at the very end was done in a seamless way that, again, was highly effective.Ĭharacterwise, Scarlet and Wolf were both welcome additions to the established cast of characters. I feel pretty confident in saying that fans of Cinder won’t be disappointed in book two of the Lunar Chronicles series.What I liked about this book is the way it managed to tell Scarlet's story in an in-depth manner while also continuing Cinder's story. That said, I still thought Scarlet was a great read, and I’m totally bummed that I have to wait until 2014 for book three, Cress to release. My only critique of the book is that I felt some of the descriptions of Scarlet’s anger were forced and redundant, and I thought there was a little bit of a hole in who Wolf was and why he had such an internal struggle. Book two is told from multiple points of view, and readers learn a bit more about Queen Lavana and where Cinder comes from. I liked the new characters and I think Meyer does a great job creating interesting, flawed characters that are still very likable. Meyer’s book is packed with action, romance, and a few twists and turns. In it, readers are introduced to a handful of new, exciting characters.

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles), the second installment of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles, picks up right where Cinder, book one of the series, ended. While learning how to use, and not abuse, her new-found Lunar powers, Cinder has teamed up with a rogue American felon and the two are trying to piece together the fragments of Cinder’s past. Meanwhile, the ruthless Lunar Queen Levana has threatened to wage war against the Eastern Commonwealth if Emperor Kai and his men are unable to capture the escaped cyborg girl, Cinder.

Convinced that she was kidnapped, Scarlet is desperate to follow any lead she can find as to the whereabouts of her grandma, even if it means teaming up with a mysterious and dangerous man nicknamed Wolf. Scarlet’s Grand-mère suddenly went missing and the police have abandoned the search for her.

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