Rainy Day Reads

Winter Well, my library finally got the book in, so I could finish this review! And all my expectations of a kick-ass ending were well and truly met!  In this last book of the series we learn more about Winter, who was introduced in the last book. She is based on Snowwhite and as with the other girls, there are a number of elements from the fairytales that are recognizable in the story, but it is really a unique story.  In this final book all the storylines come together and we get an epic rebellion against the evil queen, and quite a few love scenes, as we now have 4 couples to follow. I felt like the plot was really well done. It all seemed to be going along smoothly, but then something would happen to throw it off course and it kept you guessing through the entire book. I was expecting a happy ending, but I must say Marissa Meyer had me on the edge of my seat anyway, and there were times when I thought the happy ending might be tinged with more than one s...

Cress This is the third book of the Lunar Chronicles series so I can't go into too much detail regarding plot or characters without spoiling the other two books.  The third book of the series has been the best so far. This time we meet Cress, who is based on Rapunzel. We had a brief glimpse of her in Cinder, but now we get her full backstory.  I can’t really say too much about the plot in this book without spoilers, but I will say that it was really action packed for the most part, and I felt like it moved along a bit faster than the other books. Towards the end however, I was lagging a little. I don’t think I am cut out for marathoning series, as I just get a bit sick of the same story line for over a thousand pages. So I’m glad I will have a little bit of a break, while I wait for the last book, Winter, to get to me from the library.  As for characters in this book, I feel like we get to know the old ones better, and the new ones are described quite we...