by Marissa Meyer
My Rating: ★★★★
"Scarlet was descending toward the alley behind the Rieux Tavern when her portscreen chimed from the passenger seat, followed by an automated voice: 'Comm received for Mademoiselle Scarlet Benoit from the Toulouse Law Enforcement Department of Missing Persons.'"
Review: This is the second book in a planned 4 book series created by Marissa Meyer. I've reviewed her first book already and you can find my review here. I enjoyed the stark similarities between Cinder and the fairy tale we all know of Cinderella. The genius it took to come up with this cyborg, human, alien-mind-control story all taking place in Asia is great. I became hooked with Cinder instantly and couldn't wait for the next book. My first question for Marissa Meyer is, WHY only one a year?! That's just too long to wait (in my opinion) but there are always other books to read in the meantime.
So, now onto Scarlet, the story of, as you can imagine, Little Red Riding Hood with the grandmother and the Wolf playing a role in this story as well. Her grandmother is missing and Scarlet will stop at nothing to find her. Even if that means abandoning her father to ultimately be killed and sacrificing her own life to save her. Happening parallel to her search for her grandmother is the continuing story of Cinder who, at the end of the first book, discovered who she truly is, Princess Selene who has become a sort of legend among the Lunar people. They all believe their current Queen Levana was successful in having her killed when she was just a baby. Well, she survived (barely) and in order to live she had to be given cyborg parts. I won't bore you with retelling her story (you'll have to read the book if you haven't already) but this book picks up with her using her mind-controlling abilities to escape the prison she was being held in until Queen Levana took her. During her escape she befriends Captain Thorne (who isn't REALLY a Captain) in order to use his stolen ship and find the one person she knows might have the truth of what happened to her as a child. For starters, how the HELL she ended up with her wicked step-mother in the first place?!
Who happens to be her only lead? Yep, you guessed it, Scarlet's grandmother. So at some point in this very gripping tale, the two young ladies end up together. Cinder still pining over Kai, the newly appointed ruler of the Commonwealth realm and Scarlet, who has just become the "mate" of Wolf, a dude who was genetically mutated by Queen Levana to turn into an actual wolf!
The next book in this series is Cress, expecting some time in 2014 (hopefully early February??) and will ultimately be about Cinder mastering her mind-controlling abilities, and then crashing the impending wedding between Kai and Levana. Yuck! I'm not sure how the story of Captain Thorne, Scarlet and Wolf will further develop beyond that of their helping Cinder reach her true potential and purpose in life which is to become the Queen of the Lunars?
I'll leave with one last thought in mind, I hope in the next book Cinders only and best friend, Iko, is able to get a body? It would be nice, cause I love her personality.
Summary: 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.
To learn more about Marissa Meyer visit her website.
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