Cress (Lunar Chronicles, #3)

by Marissa Meyer

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This is the 3rd book in Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series, which is a fun series. The primary character in each book is very loosely based on a fairy tale character. First we had Cinder (Cinderella), then Scarlet (Little Red Riding Hood) and now Cress, who represents Rapunzel.

Like Rapunzel, Cress is trapped in her tower, except in this case the tower is a satellite in the moon's orbit. She is a Lunar shell, which means she doesn't have the mind manipulation powers of the other Lunar people. Everyone believes she was killed as a baby, but instead she was raised and trained to be a secret hacker for the queen. But she has been secretly helping Cinder, the rightful queen of Luna, and in exchange for her help they are coming to rescue her.

Unfortunately, things go terribly wrong during the rescue attempt, leaving our group split into several pieces. The rest of the story is very much a "get all the pieces in the right place for the story climax" novel, as things are prepared for the final book in the series, with a little romance mixed in. There are also a few key elements of the story that are revealed along the way.

It's been a while since I read the 2nd book in the series, so it took me a few chapters to get back into the rhythm of the story. But this is a solid YA series.