Title: Scarlet
Series: The Lunar Chronicles #2
Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Source: library
About: 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.
(If you haven’t read my review for the first book in this series, Cinder, I suggest you do that before reading this here.)
Hello people of Earth. Today I shall try to write a proper review, but I kid you not if it looks more like this.
Marissa Meyer has blown me away. I bring you a review to the second book of The Lunar Chronicles, a series that never ever ever in a billion gazillion trillion years would I have picked up on my own. Two weeks ago, if you asked me if I’d like to read a book about cyborgs and people from the moon and Lunars-who-are-programmed-to-kill-and-act-like-wolves who fall in love and save the world and omgomgomg… I would have laughed so hard.
I don’t even know where to begin… um. Okay. Scarlet and Wolf.
The romance was… odd, but phenomenal. From the very moment I met Wolf, I was on high alert. This book is a Little Red Riding Hood retelling, and I was preparing myself for a major twist in which Wolf was the bad guy. Throughout the book, I had no idea if he was good or bad, but two pages after meeting him I was head-over-heels. It wasn’t until the very last chapter I knew for sure, and let me just tell you. By the end of this book?
I… I just can’t compute. (Look at me, even using Lunar Chronicles jokes. GAH, YOU GUYS you’ve brought me to the dark side! You don’t even have cookies, but you have Wolf and Kai and I’m so in.)
Apparently, as each book in the series progresses, the previous characters’ perspectives are kept in the new book. I LOVE that! So I still got to stay with Cinder and Kai and Queen Levana, which was awesome. However, in the first book, Cinder, the romance was a let-down. I was promised more Kai moments in this one (aka: getting to know the beautiful Prince Kai more) and I was excited about that because he *seems* amazing but I still feel like I know next to nothing about him. Cinder and Kai’s relationship is still confusing at this point, but I’m only halfway through the series, so no making my mind about that yet!
The plot for Scarlet was beyond incredible. Again, Cinder wasn’t as amazing as I had expected (the plot was predictable and like I said, the romance was confusing) but Scarlet completely knocked my socks off. I already told you I could never make my mind up about Wolf, and… I basically couldn’t make my mind about ANYTHING in this book. Brooke kept telling me what an emotional roller coaster it was, and she was 100% right. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that gave me this many emotions at once.
I almost forgot one of my favorite characters! CAPTAIN THORNE. I’m so glad Marissa Meyer put him in the book, because right when things got mushy or serious, he cracked a joke and I was laughing out loud. LOVE.
That’s pretty much all I’ve got to say… at this point I’m just speechless, with butterflies already anticipating the next book!!! Good thing I’m not a booktuber, because there’s no WAY I could talk through this review.
5 (BAZILLION) stars! 😉
have you read the lunar chronicles?! do you want to?? (you better!) if you have, please fangirl with me below. i need to get these emotions out somewhere!! also – thoughts on the gif choices in this review? i typically don’t use that many but felt it was necessary for this particular book!
OMGG IM SO HAPPY YOU DONT EVEN KNOW
I Get your trouble with Scarlet + Wolf I though they where incredibly sweet but IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER
Gifs are a MUST for Lunar Chronicles Reviews you can’t possibly explain what you need to explain in just words you need fantastical gifs o go along with.
OMG YESSSS.
Oms no trouble at all. I loved every minute of it!! Scarlet and Wolf are my babies. <3 <3 I just love every single part of Wolf. He's so protective of Scarlet and AHHH I LOVE HIM!
Oh yes. I honestly couldn't function without them in this post. XD
Thanks for the comment Izel! Gosh I love fangirling with you.
I am LITERALLY squeling as I read this. (Keep in mind that this is silent, as I’m currently in study hall 🙂 You don’t understand, Iif I could just copy and paste your review and make it my own, I would. Sometimes I wonder if we both are twins, cause we DEFINITELY think the smae in terms of books. Ok, so I’ve just started Cress today and I am so PUMPED! I wish that Kai and Cinder got a little bit of “push” towards each other, because frankly my heart is going to explode if not. And Scarlet and Wolf, don’t get me STARTED. (I will most likely go on a side rant) They are so adorbale and I just can’t even. And can we talk about Thorne for a minute? I am so happy he was there for some comic relief cause it did get a little tense at times, so it was nice that Miss Meyer balanced it out.
On another note – My brother’s coming home tomorrow! I have a prank planned, wherein as he enters the car, I smoosh his face with a plate of whipped cream, but that may not happen because appearantly his friends are picking him up, and I may not be allowed to go with them. I’m really close to my brother, and I haven’t seen him in two months, so it really hurts that he’d rather have his friends pick him up then his little sister.