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.

Reviewed by Joséphine on

4 of 5 stars

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Initial thoughts: Compared to Cinder and Scarlet, Cress was craaaazy! And I loved it for that reason alone. While Cress was the dominant character, Cinder and Scarlet still mattered as their trajectories intertwined. Sadly though, the addition of yet another main character to the mix resulted it weaker characterisation. The characters in Cress came across as more detached as compared to the first two books in the series, which was such a pity. While I loved the craziness of the plot, maybe some aspects could have been cut out to allow more space for the characters to breathe. Although, Iko remained a classic character for me. I liked her even more in Cress than in Cinder because her personality was even more larger than life.

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