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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As the series goes each one is a retelling so Cinder was Cinderella and Scarlet is a loosely based retelling of Red Riding Hood.  Believe we got some crazy wolves mixed up in this story.  

With this second book we get to explore a lot more of this exciting and strange new world, while at the same time the story progresses. One of the strongest factors for me to like a book is whether the plot is following some logical sequence. And by that I mean, whether everything that happens is not just because, well, the author needed to story to go somewhere, but because the characters lead it this way. In The Lunar Chronicles the characters lead the story, which makes this a good series in my books. 

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