Cress by Marissa Meyer
Cress is the third book in the Lunar Chronicles. Once again, the story starts out from the perspective of a new character - although she has been briefly introduced before, this is the first time readers learn about Cress beyond a few words exchanged in a conversation.
And she's awesome.
Rapunzel was stuck up in a tower, and she loved to paint (according to the Disney movie, anyway). Cress has lived on a satellite in outer space almost her whole life, and she basically knows everything there is to know about computers and programming. Honestly, Cress quickly became one of my favorite characters of the entire series. She's pretty cool.
To be completely honest, Cress is my favorite book in the entire series. It's where everything reaches the climax before the falling action comes in Winter (the final book). I probably like it best because Tangled has been my second favorite Disney movie ever since it came out, and I really love the interaction between Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder. Same goes for Cress. But wait! Who plays the dashing criminal interest? Why, the beloved Captain Carswell Thorne of course.
Unfortunately, it is during this book that the gang is all separated. Cress and Thorne get lost in a desert, Scarlet is kidnapped and taken to Luna, and Cinder and Wolf are left aboard the Rampion with a Lunar guard named Jacin who is kind of untrustworthy. After many obstacles, most of them find their way back to each other, but it's a long process. (Get used to the separation, Winter is not much better at keeping the characters close.)
Thankfully, it is during this book that Cinder begins to accept who she is, and they come up with a plan to save the world from the evil queen Levana. It involves kidnapping Kai, so there are high hopes for the success of their mission, but the kidnapping is pretty much all we see before Cinder utters a dramatic one-liner and the story ends.
With all the aspects of the story constantly blending and then coming apart, it really is amazing how Marissa Meyer weaves such a wonderful tapestry of story. While there are some loose threads at the end of Cress, the final book in the series wraps them all up quite nicely.
And she's awesome.
Rapunzel was stuck up in a tower, and she loved to paint (according to the Disney movie, anyway). Cress has lived on a satellite in outer space almost her whole life, and she basically knows everything there is to know about computers and programming. Honestly, Cress quickly became one of my favorite characters of the entire series. She's pretty cool.
To be completely honest, Cress is my favorite book in the entire series. It's where everything reaches the climax before the falling action comes in Winter (the final book). I probably like it best because Tangled has been my second favorite Disney movie ever since it came out, and I really love the interaction between Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder. Same goes for Cress. But wait! Who plays the dashing criminal interest? Why, the beloved Captain Carswell Thorne of course.
Unfortunately, it is during this book that the gang is all separated. Cress and Thorne get lost in a desert, Scarlet is kidnapped and taken to Luna, and Cinder and Wolf are left aboard the Rampion with a Lunar guard named Jacin who is kind of untrustworthy. After many obstacles, most of them find their way back to each other, but it's a long process. (Get used to the separation, Winter is not much better at keeping the characters close.)
Thankfully, it is during this book that Cinder begins to accept who she is, and they come up with a plan to save the world from the evil queen Levana. It involves kidnapping Kai, so there are high hopes for the success of their mission, but the kidnapping is pretty much all we see before Cinder utters a dramatic one-liner and the story ends.
With all the aspects of the story constantly blending and then coming apart, it really is amazing how Marissa Meyer weaves such a wonderful tapestry of story. While there are some loose threads at the end of Cress, the final book in the series wraps them all up quite nicely.
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