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 Chelsea on

5 of 5 stars

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Second Read: October 2015

First Read: February 2014

This book was just as good, if not better, than the first two. It definitely lived up to my expectations. I don’t think I have anything bad to say about it. I mean the characters could be stupid sometimes but it all turned out good in the end.

I liked the new characters that were introduced. Cress was great and her little romance she had going on was cute. Did anyone else think that Thorne was like 40 something? Maybe just me. Anyways. I also liked seeing Kai’s point of view. That was pretty cool. And I’m glad he’s now going to be involved in the revolution. I kind of liked having the multiple views going on. I liked knowing what was going on at each place. Also, I was really happy about Iko. I missed her. I jus love all the characters because they’re all so different from each other and from other books. It’s refreshing.

The story was great as always. There was lots of action and romance. You can’t be bored reading this book. I loved the Rapunzel aspects too. She does such a great job with her modern fairy tale parts. The ending was perfect for the next novel to start at. I was looking forward to a big battle scene in this book but, of course, it’s going to be in the next. I really can’t say much more about it. It was awesome. I loved it. I’m looking forward to Winter now.

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