![]() ![]() It did somewhat feel like there was a lot more build-up than there was action, but overall Meyer pulled together the many threads and gave me an ending that I found satisfying. The grand finale in Winter was done pretty well. It meant Levana was somewhat explained as a character, but still didn’t become too sympathetic. Meyer did a great job giving Levana a believable background that explained many of her actions and motives, but still emphasizing that her choices were her own – she had many opportunities to do the right thing, but instead found ways to convince herself to do what she knew, deep down, was wrong. However, while that wasn’t anywhere close to my favorite book or anything, I actually enjoyed it way more than I anticipated. After finishing Cress I really wanted to see how everything came together, not read the evil queen’s backstory. My biggest complaint is that she has a recommended reading order for the short stories but DIDN’T PUBLISH THEM IN THAT ORDER IN THE BOOK! What’s the point of creating a certain order and then publishing them all together in the same book, if you aren’t going to use the order in the book!?!? It made zero sense and aggravated me way more than it should have. I read these books in the author’s recommended order, including inserting various short stories from Stars Above at various points between the main novels. Cress really was my favorite of the series, partially because I absolutely love her love interest – he’s totally my fave. Other things I loved – the love stories! I shipped each of these couples and there were NO LOVE TRIANGLES! There was also no sex! It was fantastic! Each couple had there own issues and difficulties to overcome, but I was rooting for all of them to succeed. I especially loved her interpretation of Rapunzel in Cress. These were some of the best revisited fairytales I’ve ever read. Meyer rings true to the original story while adding her own twists. ![]() Each of the main books is a different fairytale retelling (Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Snow White) and honestly, that aspect was also done incredibly well. I was genuinely invested in everyone, even the evil Lunar queen. It can be difficult to balance a lot of different characters going a lot of different directions, but for the most part, Meyer pulled it off. I loved the way new characters were introduced throughout the series. I wasn’t surprised to find out that Cinder is more important than anyone knows (including herself), but the way the story unwinds through the series is fantastic. Scientists are racing to try and find a cure or a vaccine, to no avail. Meanwhile, a horrible plague is breaking out all around the world. Lunars are distrusted and hated, and Earth is on the brink of war with them. In this world, the moon was settled at one point, but Lunars have developed a special ability that enables them to manipulate other’s feelings and even what they see. Cinder spends her day working as an android mechanic, and it is there that the prince visits her with a special android that he needs repaired. Following the basic outline of Cinderella, Cinder is an orphan whose adoptive father has died, leaving her with a stepmother who despises her (cyborgs are considered barely human and can be bought and sold as slaves) and two stepsisters. So basically these books are set in the future, and Cinder is about a cyborg girl – someone who has had human parts replaced with machinery/computer parts. I enjoyed it so completely that I decided to go ahead and purchase the rest of the series (used – have you guys checked out Pango Books yet? I am IN LOVE with that app and have sold several books there so far – my favorite part is that it’s like eBay used to be, where you actually see photos of the book you’re purchasing, so I was able to make sure I was buying the new-cover editions, which I love), and when they finally arrived in May I absolutely devoured them!! Conveniently, we went on vacation in May as well, which gave me some extra reading time. I was gifted Cinder a while back, and actually read it in April. These books had been on my radar for quite some time, but I still went into them with low expectations because I’ve become cynical as a person haha However, I ended up absolutely loving this series, with all of these books rating 4 or 4.5* from me. Well, the majority of my May reading was spent in the Lunar Chronicles universe. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews//
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