Title: Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3)
Author: Marissa Meyer
1st Date of Publication: February 4, 2014
1st Date of Publication: February 4, 2014
ISBN: 9780312642976
# of Pages: 550
# of Pages: 550
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Age Rating: 13 (Death, Violence)
Even in the future. there are damsels in distress...
In the third installment of the Lunar chronicles, Cress, having risked everything to warn Cinder of Queen Levana's evil plan, has a slight problem. She's been imprisoned on a satellite since childhood and has only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress a great hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.
When a daring rescue of Cress involving Cinder, Captain Thorne, Scarlet, and Wolf goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes as a high price. Meanwhile, 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.
Point of View: 3rd person- Crescent "Cress" Moon Darnel, Scarlet Benoit, and Linh Cinder
In the third installment of the Lunar chronicles, Cress, having risked everything to warn Cinder of Queen Levana's evil plan, has a slight problem. She's been imprisoned on a satellite since childhood and has only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress a great hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.
When a daring rescue of Cress involving Cinder, Captain Thorne, Scarlet, and Wolf goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes as a high price. Meanwhile, 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.
Point of View: 3rd person- Crescent "Cress" Moon Darnel, Scarlet Benoit, and Linh Cinder
Goodreads Rating: 4.48
My Rating: 4.75
Part of the Book that Caught My Attention: Both
View on the Cover: Oooh this cover is so good! I immediately knew it was about a girl who has the retelling of Rapunzel, which is one of my favorite fairy tales,
View on Title: The script continues not to disappoint. Since Cinder was about a girl who is named Cinder and Scarlet is about a girl named Scarlet, the automatic assumption is that the girl is named Cress based on the title.
View on Title: The script continues not to disappoint. Since Cinder was about a girl who is named Cinder and Scarlet is about a girl named Scarlet, the automatic assumption is that the girl is named Cress based on the title.
Pros:
- I liked this book even more than Scarlet, which is saying a lot since I almost never rate books as high as I did with this book.
- I love how Cress is a Lunar girl who is stuck in a satellite and pretty much hacks into computers. Who doesn't like a girl who has a way with computers? Plus, she is an excellent addition to the team since Cinder is a Lunar-cyborg-princess, Scarlet and Thorne as pilots, and Wolf as a Lunar-mutant-street fighter.
- I actually like how Cress is a little naive which shows that she is young and hasn't really had any exposure to others and real life. Plus, the whole deal with not knowing her parents and wondering who they are led to exciting but somewhat depressing discoveries.
- Cinder's character grows a little more which is obviously going to happen because the entire series truly revolves around her gaining control as the rightful heir of Luna. She finally has the proper motivation and gumption to fight for what she wants.
- Well, the next character, Princess Winter, is introduced but she seems to be insane.
- The male counterpart characters get even better as the story continues
- Emperor Kai doesn't get much development as he struggles with his decision in marrying Queen Levana and questions Cinder's motives and his feelings for her.
- Carswell Thorne is neck and neck as being my favorite male character. His character is finally more invested in as he has to depend on Cress from an enemy attack that really messes him up. I love his character development as you learn more of a "real" man as he stays patient with Cress and protects her.
- Ze'ev Kelsey, or Wolf, does not get developed as much in this installment, but that mostly because a lot of his character is based on Scarlet's presence. Scarlet is absent from the group from the same enemy attack that really hampers on Thorne's abilities and is almost nonexistent to the book, which kind of upsets me.
- Jacin Clay is introduced and I've had mixed feelings about him throughout the book. He is my least favorite male counterpart.
- I was really confused at first with every little part involving Scarlet in this book. I felt that there should have been more involved with her. It seemed that the chapters dedicated to her were sloppy and confusing because that's pretty much the state she was in throughout the book.
- The allusion to Princess Winter seemed weird for me because, like I said before, I think she is a little crazy and caged. But, we'll see her in the next/final book.
Critics' Reviews:
“Once again, Meyer offers up a science fiction fantasy page-turner that salutes women's intelligence and empowerment. . . . Old and new romances, unfinished story lines, and the prognostication of wartime horrors all pave the way for Meyer's much anticipated next installment, Winter, expected in 2015.” ―Booklist
Other Recommendations:
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
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