I read all three of these books in the same week. Needless to say, they are amazing.
These books take places in a futuristic world where everyone has an android, some people are cyborgs, and (crazy) people live on the moon. They also all happen to be re-tellings of popular fairy tales (Cinder = Cinderella, Scarlet = Red Riding Hood and Cress = Rapunzel. The fourth, upcoming book is Winter, which is Snow White.)
Cinder, the main character of the book named for her, is a cyborg. Now, in this world, cyborgs are treated pretty badly. Most people think they're pretty disgusting and unnatural. But cyborgs are people, too. They have feelings and they aren't monsters.
Cinder doesn't really have a family. She was adopted by a man that she never knew (he died before she could really become part of the family) and was raised by her step-mom. Of course, she also has two step-sisters that her step-mom treats much better than her. Cinder is forced to work to pay for all the family's bills, while her step-mom and sisters sit on their butts. Now, one big difference between this and the original Cinderella story is that Cinder actually gets along with her younger step-sister, Peony. Cinder also has an android named Iko. The two of them are Cinder's only friends. Then she meets Prince Kai and everything goes down hill from there.
This book was so fast paced that I couldn't put it down. My biggest complaint was the way it ended, kind of on a cliff hanger and with not real conclusion to the love story that happens throughout the book. Of course, that wasn't such a big deal when I dove into Scarlet.
Scarlet lives in a small town in France, on a farm with her grandma. Or at least she did until her grandma went missing and she met Wolf, who quickly becomes her love interest, despite his many eccentricities. Together they go on a quest to find Scarlet's grandma, but quickly find themselves sucked into Cinder's world and her problems. This book doesn't end on as much of a cliff hanger as Cinder did, but there were still MANY unanswered questions.
And that brings us to Cress, the third installment of the Lunar Chronicles. Cress has been held captive in a satellite orbiting space for seven years. (In those seven years, she wasn't able to cut her hair, thus giving her a Rapunzel-ness). When she disobeys her Mistress and helps Cinder and Scarlet, they decide to come rescue her, with the help of Captain Throne, a character introduced in the beginning of Scarlet. Cress also happens to be completely in love with him after hacking the internet for information about him. Some stuff happens and they end up lost in the Sahara desert together, with no way of finding their friends.
Now, I need to mention what these three ladies are all fighting against. Remember those crazy people that live on the moon I mentioned earlier? Yeah, they're the problem. Queen Levana, leader of the Lunars, has decided that she wants to rule Earth as well as the moon. Also, she can control minds. Actually, most Lunars can control minds. They're kind of OP and Levana is truly a horrible person. Cinder, Scarlet and Cress have taken it upon themselves to bring her down, but to find out why, you'll have to read the books. Seriously, just read them.
I can't wait for Winter to come out and I am so sad that I have to wait until 2015. Winter, the character, was introduced briefly at the end of Cress and I'm super excited to see what Marissa Meyer does with her. I have no doubts in my mind that it will be amazing. Marissa Meyer is a wonderful author and I have a feeling that I will be reading anything that she comes out with in the future.
5 out of 5 stars for all three books!
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