Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2)

by Marissa Meyer

The fates of Cinder and Scarlet collide as a Lunar threat spreads across the Earth…

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles.

She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.

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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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  • 27 September, 2017: Reviewed