Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

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. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to 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.


Genre: YA, fairy tail retelling, dystopian

Cover Love: SO PRETTY.

Overview:

Going into this, I had just finished CINDER, the first book, and I was REALLY excited to continue on with the story! This book is about Scarlet, and a retelling of Red Riding Hood. Scarlet's older than Cinder, and she has a job, and she has a grandma who loves her. And also being older, her relationship with Wolf is a bit different than Cinder with her dude. But all in all, I loved this book, and Scarlet was a GREAT character. Don't worry, we still hear from both Prince Kai and Cinder. This book is a lot more action packed, and lot more Lunar stuff. Be ready for a crazy ride.

Romance:

Like I said above, Scarlet is older than Cinder. There's more kissing, when Cinder barely had like...none. So there's only like two times they kiss, but it's more described. With a little more detail, but not over the top. Just surprising since after reading CINDER. So it's all good, don't worry!

Language:

One bad word. Just one. And Scarlet was pretty mad, so I don't blame her.

Violence:

More violence in this one, since they introduce a new enemy. There's some blood, and people die. But just towards the end of the book, nothing gruesome. Just surprising after reading CINDER. But it wasn't bad, so don't worry, again.

Religion:

None.


This book was very good! I enjoyed it, and may or may not have been a good idea to read it right after I read CINDER, but it was still very good! A great sequel to a great book! I can't wait for CRESS to come in from the library so I can continue the story! Eep!

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars!

-Maddi