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...

Scarlet This is the second book of the Lunar Chronicles. I won't go into too much detail with the plot as I don't want to spoil anyone.  In the second book of the series we are introduced to a new character; Scarlet, who is based on “Little Red Ridinghood”. Scarlet’s grandmother is missing and we follow her search for her as she  teams up with a mysterious young man, named Wolf.  Alongside Scarlet’s story we still follow Cinder and her trials. I thought the books might have been companion novels at first, basically just set in the same universe, but dealing with each their own story, but as Cinder’s story was unfinished in “Cinder” and we meet her again in “Scarlet” I quickly determined that this is an actual series. It does take a good long while, though, for the two stories to link up. It was over half the book until we found out how Scarlet and Cinder were connected, and I felt like that was too long.  The plot again seems to move quite slowly, a...

Cinder The first book in the Lunar Chronicles series is “Cinder” and it is based on “Cinderella”. The book is set in the far future with space ships, mind controlling people living on the moon and cyborgs. Cinder is a cyborg, meaning that she is part human, part robot. When she was a kid, she was in an accident and to save her, scientists fitted her body with wiring and computer parts.  Cyborgs are considered less than human, and as Cinder was orphaned in the accident, she now lives with a family, whose mother uses her as a servant.  One day when Cinder is working in her booth at the market, she meets the crown prince, who is coming to her to get his android fixed. This meeting sets off the chain of events that make up the plot of the book.  I won’t go into further details about the plot, as I don’t want to spoil anyone. I will say that I felt like it moved along quite slowly. I don’t know why, as there weren’t really any lulls, everything was pretty in...