Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) in Once Upon a Time...

Apr 29, 2015 Fiona Hurley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, dystopia, young-adult, fairy-tale

A girl in a red hoodie searches for her grandma and meets an enigmatic stranger. Really enjoying this sci-fi fairytale series.

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Jun 08, 2014 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2014, hardcopy

Once I finished Cinder I had to move on th Scarlet and if I had Cress avalible I would be all over that but sadly I will have to wait, but for now let's talk Scarlet. If you have not read Cinder this will contain spoilers for that and I can not garantee that this will not contain spoilers for Scarlet. It took me a little bit to get into this one and I am not sure why cause as you can tell I loved it (5 stars) I think maybe I just had to get used to the new characters, and once I did I really rea Once I finished Cinder I had to move on th Scarlet and if I had Cress avalible I would be all over that but sadly I will have to wait, but for now let's talk Scarlet. If you have not read Cinder this will contain spoilers for that and I can not garantee that this will not contain spoilers for Scarlet. It took me a little bit to get into this one and I am not sure why cause as you can tell I loved it (5 stars) I think maybe I just had to get used to the new characters, and once I did I really really loved Scarlet, Wolf, and Thorne (pretty sure he is my new favorite). Cinder just got better and better and I continue to love her a lot, the poor girl has so much going on but she is doing her best to survive and I was extremely glad to see her make her brave stand against Levana, I am so ready for her to kick some Queen ass, also her new cyborg parts and Luna powers have made things that much more interesting. So can we just talk about Thorne for a second, I love him, he has a hilarious swagger that is irresitable, I am so glad Cinder made an error and ended up in his cell, not only is it fun to see him interact with Cinder and everyone else for that matter, he has also proven useful. I can not wait for more CAPTAIN Thorne!
So since the book is called Scarlet lets get to the new addition. I liked her but I did not insta love her like with Cinder, she for sure grew on me and after they all finally met and things started taking shape I was glad for her spunk and frank personality, it helped in so many ways and her journey to Cinder was entertaining indeed. As a werewolf lover, having wolf in the story made me leery, mostly because they are not werewolfs really but something much different, but I must admit I enjoyed how he and the others fit into the overall conflict and I am eager to find out more about Wolf and maybe forgive his HUGE betrayal, I am not so quick to forgive like Scarlet he has a bit to prove first.
I am loving this new group of misfits from all over the world coming together and I can not wait to watch them prevail over evil. Love this series adn I can't wait to read on. ...more

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Jun 19, 2014 Maki ⌒☆ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2010-to-2019, fairy-tale-retellings

Scarlet was everything I loved from Cinder, but bigger.

While, again, the plot was incredibly predictable due to the whole "fairy tale retelling" thing, it didn't retract any enjoyment from the overall story. The writing was inventive enough to carry the predictable parts of the plot. (It probably also helped that I stayed away from the shorts.)

And the characters were just *awesome*.

But then, I've got a weakness for assassins, mages, and thieves in fantasy.

Ah, Thorne...who doesn't love a roguish ...more

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Oct 03, 2014 Diane rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, young-adult-fiction, 4-star, fairy-tale, science-fiction, love-story, ya, werewolves, heroines-you-can-like, 2014-read

I actually really liked this. I went into it happily optimistic just because even if I didn't *love* Cinder, I *did* like how Marissa Meyer retold the fairy tale. So I was eager to see what she did with little red riding hood.

Once again, I wasn't disappointed. The take is unique and yet it still follows the original take quite closely, even down to some little details.

I liked this book better than Cinder and I'm not sure if that's because I liked Scarlett more as a character, or that I liked Wol ...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Sstrachan611 rated it it was amazing

LOVED IT!!!!! and now once again have to wait another year for the next installment. I am so excited to see what Cinder has in store for us next. Who will help stand up to the Evil Queen??? Will Iko ever get her new body??? And will they be in time to save Emperor Kai???? Ahhhhh!!!!!! Hurry and write the next book!

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