Marissa Meyer’s Stunning Book Covers

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I know that I’ve now written two book review on books by the wonderful Marissa Meyer. You all must be exhausted from listening to me rave about the woman, but I can’t help it. Her stories are beautiful, as are her covers. For instance:

Isn’t that just gorgeous? However, she has several other cover designs in different countries.

Same goes for Scarlet, the sequel.

Confession time: I’m simply using this blog post as an excuse to sing Marissa Meyer’s praises again. No judgements, here.

I must say she is one of my favorite authors at the moment.

By the way, she has three short stories out to supplement her series, The Lunar Chronicles. I didn’t read them as they were released because I wasn’t aware that they were available to read for free on the app, “Wattpad”. So when I did find out, I immediately downloaded the app and read them all!

I have a feeling there will be no dragging me from the computer ever again.

Anyway, the short stories are cute, and they give a little more background on the series. For instance, the first one, Glitches, is about Cinder and her adjustment into Garan’s family. The second one, The Queen’s Army, is about Wolf and his transition from Lunar trainee to the wolf-like soldier he was turned into.

The most recent of the short stories created by Marissa Meyer is The Little Android, which is a story based on the fairytale, The Little Mermaid.

I could go on and on and rave for hours about how much I enjoy Marissa Meyer’s creativity, her writing, her stories, and her characters. But I won’t, because you would probably never read my blog posts ever again.

Marissa, can you please be my friend?

And, you know, keep writing books forever so I can continue to rave about you?

Love,

Harper

(Note: pictures courtesy of Google. As much as I love these, they are not mine, and the books were written by Marissa Meyer. All credit goes to her and her cover art designer[s].)

The Lunar Chronicles – Scarlet – Marissa Meyer – Book Review

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I suggest that if you haven’t read Cinder, the first book in The Lunar Chronicles, you should probably not continue reading this review. There will be spoilers from the last book.

Cinder escapes from prison, but not without having to use her new-found abilities to manipulate a fellow prisoner into helping her. Not that Captain Thorne needed much persuading; he loves women, and he loves his stolen ship. That’s where Cinder wants him to take her, so she can get away and figure out what to do next.

Meanwhile, in France, Scarlet is having troubles of her own: her grand-mere is missing.

The investigators have quit their search, thinking that Scarlet is being paranoid and that her grandmother is just a crazy old woman. Scarlet is frustrated, and she jumps at the opportunity to find her when Wolf, the mysterious street fighter, offers her information.

Wolf is dangerous, but for some reason, Scarlet feels drawn to him, and when she learns that her grandmother may be in danger, they leave together on a rescue mission. But Scarlet is worried that she can’t trust Wolfe, and must constantly be on guards even though she may be developing feeling for him.

Firecracker Scale: rated “Flame”

SPOILER: Based off of the brief summary I’ve provided, I hope you picked up that a sort of romance grows between Scarlet and Wolf. I found this to be a completely amazing development in the story, and I was overjoyed to see Marissa being so creative with her use of these otherwise well-known characters. They share at least one kiss.

Captain Thorne also has a naked woman painted on the side of his ship (not described in detail, obviously).

Tongue Scale: rated “Slap on the Wrist”

There’s a few more profanities in Scarlet than there were in Cinder. Four or five uses of mild language.

Where story is concerned, this installment in The Lunar Chronicles is even better than the first. It is engaging and interesting, and the characters are incredibly likable. Scarlet, however, I’ve found is weaker than Cinder, who is a very strong, smart, and self-sufficient person. Unfortunately, Scarlet tended to be more dependent on Wolf, although I know I couldn’t possibly expect her to be able to fight off a swarm of wolf-dudes.

I adore this series. I’m very excited to see what the author does in the third book, where she introduces Cress, a character based off of Rapunzel.

Love,

Harper