Cress (Lunar Chronicles, #3)

by Marissa Meyer

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4.5 Stars

Hello Bandwagon, Leah here. I’m jumping on, please slow down. Kkthx.


Seriously though, the books in the Lunar Chronicles have progressively gotten better. I absolutely loved Cress, and I honestly wish I had heard of this series when it first came out, because I feel that I’ve missed years of re-readability by coming into it this late. I mean, I only have Winter left, so what I get one re-read before it comes out in 2015...that’s just not fair!

Anyway, onto the review:

In Cress, we are introduced to the title character, who is our official Rapunzel of this fairy tale retelling. Cress has been isolated on a satellite orbiting Earth and is a Lunar shell. So, you know if you’ve read the first two novels, she’s not that well liked, respected or cared about. However, she’s also the Lunar Queen’s go-to techie. Cress has some mad hacker skills. And with her techie skills, she’s also keeping her eyes on Cinder.

When Cinder contacts Cress, her group decides to rescue our Rapunzel-esque damsel in distress, and because nothing ever goes smoothly in these books, you know - disaster on this rescue is bound to occur. And it did.

The team loses members and we read different stories for really the good first ½ to three-thirds of the book. The viewpoints are - Cinder, Iko and Wolf together with a new (bad-ish guy), Cress and Thorne, and poor Scarlet by her lonesome...well, with a thaumaturge, so you know her life isn’t going to be easy for the time being.

I really don’t want to say too much, because I’m not really sure how to review this without possibly giving spoilers from the first two books, so I’ll just give what I can.


Lots of shit hits a lot of different fans in Cress. Queen Levana is still a sadistic, manipulative, bitch. Cinder is still working on learning how to use her Luna gifts and dealing with her fears. Scarlet is gone, so Wolf is a lost little puppy. Thorne is still a flirt. Cress has been on her own for too long if she thinks being a damsel in distress is a good thing, and Kai is still an admirable, upstanding fool.

I definitely recommend this series, it’s been a helluva fun ride so far, and I cannot wait for Winter out in 2015. It’s all ending then, and I cannot wait til Cinder and Levana finally meet up. Levana is going to get her ass whooped (I hope)!