Mad Soul Child
Written on Dec 1, 2020
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The second book in The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer.
This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget.
SCARLET BENOIT'S grandmother is missing. The police have closed her case. The only person Scarlet can turn to is Wolf, a street fighter she does not trust, but they are drawn to each other.
Meanwhile, in New Beijing, Cinder will become the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive - when she breaks out of prison to stay one step ahead of vicious Queen Levana.
As Scarlet and Wolf expose one mystery, they encounter Cinder and a new one unravels. Together they must challenge the evil queen, who will stop at nothing to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner . . .
***Red Riding Hood-meets-Percy Jackson in a thrilling new spin on Grimm by Marissa Meyer, the author of Cinder.***
- ISBN10 0141340231
- ISBN13 9780141340234
- Publish Date 7 February 2013 (first published 1 February 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 464
- Language English
Reviews
p.s по традиции вкрашиваюсь в одного из мужских персонажей, Кай моя лапушка
Steph L
Written on Feb 3, 2020
Emma (SCR)
Written on Jul 17, 2019
This book introduces a new character, Scarlet (aka Red Riding Hood). Scarlet lives with her Grandmother who has been missing for almost 2 weeks. We follow Scarlet as she tries to track her down. Scarlet is not afraid to speak her mind, even when it gets her in trouble. She is feisty and not easily deterred.
We, of course, introduce Wolf but I'm not going to say much more about him except I love him.
The story is told from dual POV. We flick between Scarlet and Cinder. Cinder's story continues from the first book and slowly we see how these two characters stories collide.
I think I loved this just as much as the first one. The introduction of the new characters who have such strong voices from the off just helps to enrich this already exciting world.
I am a big fan of dystopian as well as fantasy and sci-fi but these genres can be overdone or done poorly. Marissa, however, does a fantastic job of making the world unique. It's well thought out and well built.
If you can't tell I loved this book and I cannot wait to jump into Cress.
Leah
Written on Oct 24, 2018
alindstadtcorbeax
Written on Jun 28, 2018
teachergorman
Written on May 17, 2018
tweetybugshouse
Written on Feb 28, 2018
With this second book we get to explore a lot more of this exciting and strange new world, while at the same time the story progresses. One of the strongest factors for me to like a book is whether the plot is following some logical sequence. And by that I mean, whether everything that happens is not just because, well, the author needed to story to go somewhere, but because the characters lead it this way. In The Lunar Chronicles the characters lead the story, which makes this a good series in my books.
thepunktheory
Written on Nov 7, 2017
Fairy-tale retellings are super hard to pull off, and very often are a huge disappointment. However, Marissa Meyer really surprised me with Cinder, so I had my hopes of for her Red Riding Hood inspired second installment of the Lunar Chronicles, Scarlet.
Let me say straight away, Meyer didn't let me down. Scarlet is another smart and funny novel that you will love. She introduces many new characters and you can't wait to explore who they are and more important: how they are connected to our most beloved characters from part 1!
For me, the book was impossible to put down and I enjoyed diving deeper into the world Meyer created. As I mentioned before, the only that annoys me is the constant introduction of love stories. I guess, you can't do a fairy-tale without some version of a prince charming, but Meyer gave us so many amazing and strong female characters, I wish they could just continue to be bad-ass without a man.
anastasia
Written on Sep 27, 2017
After falling in love with Cinder, it was only a matter of time before I got my hands on the sequel, Scarlet, and Scarlet did not disappoint.
I love, LOVE this series so far! I have always loved fairy tales and this is probably one of the best re-tellings I've ever read! Marissa Meyer's writing is very good and she takes the classic fairy tales of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood and places them in a very unique world that makes sense to the actual story. Very, very unique~ I mean, EVERYTHING about this series is just pure genius. Marissa Meyer has an incredible way with words and an even more incredible way of weaving all these stories together. I mean... she literally manages to include both the smallest and largest of details from each fairy tale without it being obvious or forced. And that's not an easy task.
Much like the first book I couldn't put this down, it was captivating from the start. Cinder, and Scarlet this one was just as addictive and drew me into the world from word one, and I couldn't stop. I just loved the first book so much and was really looking forward to reading the sequel right away, which is why I bought the series so I could just read them all! haha
“I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.” >
The story starts with Scarlet who is worried sick because her Grandma's been missing for a couple of days. She's never done that before so Scarlet knows something was wrong. But of course, the authorities seem to think otherwise. They assume she ran off or killed herself. And of course, they wouldn't listen. But Scarlet would do whatever it takes to find her Grandma, even if it meant teaming up with someone she doesn't fully know or trust to get to her.
That's when she meets Wolf, and learns from her father that her grandmother is held captive by tattooed torturers. I really liked Scarlet and Wolf. A lot more than I thought I would, actually.
Meanwhile, Cinder is escaping prison with the help of another criminal, Captain Thorne. And well... I don't want to spoil what happens... soo you'll have to read the book!
When a book features an awesome gang, chaos, war, prison breaks, evil monarchs, bloodthirsty beasts, fights and psychic powers, it's impossible not to love it ! I mean, there is LITERALLY everything you could ever possibly want in this book, no, in this series~ I highly recommend it!
Check out my reviews of the rest of this series!
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
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Stephanie
Written on Aug 5, 2017