Cress by Marissa Meyer

Cress (Lunar Chronicles, #3)

by Marissa Meyer

In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

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5 of 5 stars

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Someone please hold me.

I'm dying here.

You know, it's funny how I thought maybe this changing of MCs would affect the story's enjoyability. Marissa Meyer must be laughing at poor naive me. Don't worry, I've learned my lesson. Can you believe that I thought that the different POVs would mean that I would be missing on a lot of things, that it'd have been better if each book had at a more center stage its chosen girl? XD

If anything, the fact that I get to see everyone in each book is a sweet torture. Because I DO get to see them, *cough*Wolf and Scarlet are perfect and I love them and want to hug them so much *cough*, but also, enough is left in the dark to keep the mystery alive.

That is some pretty badass balance the author achived here, and it's kind of amazing. As for the storyline, the gang accepts their new allies in order to defeat queen Levana, but of course, nothing is ever easy.

The writing is as engaging as always, and it really doesn't drag. There's always things to do, people to kill, spy on, or brainwash :3

Have fun!

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