ISBN 13: 9780312642969
Average Goodreads Rating: 4.3 stars
My Rating: 4 out of 5 tube socks! (I'm running out of ideas here)
Hello all. I meant to write a post on Wednesday, but these last few days haven't been the best. My cat passed away from cancer yesterday, and all of us are still pretty upset. *sigh* But life goes on, and I have a book to review.
I was really worried that book two couldn't work in the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' aka 'Scarlet' to the already semi-complex Alien/Terminator/Cinderella/ it has going on already. Cinder, our main character did return as promised. However I felt like the new girl 'Scarlet' ended up crushing her and stealing all the attention. The majority of the action was with Wolf and Scarlet, and Emperor Kai hardly showed up at all. So, sorry Cinder, no sexy love scenes for you in this one. Oh and by the way is there a love triangle forming? I didn't really get that vibe but Kai said his thing with Cinder was ''over'' (doubt it) and she was hanging out with another male. The mischievous bad boy Castwell Thorne makes his debut in this book and sadly in YA, a male and female within ten feet of each other automatically become soulmates about 90% of the time. So are Thorne/ Cinder shippers a thing?I think i'm rambling. My point was, I think the story is starting to get a little too busy. Cyborgs, aliens, princesses, werewolf-ish thingies, a possible love triangle, and *gasp* drama! It just feels like Marissa Meyer wasn't sure what to write about and said "Hey... what if I just do everything"
That's my major issue with the story. The book also has a minor case of the infamous 'second book syndrome' but overall I still really love the story! As a fan of both sci-fi and fairytales it's hard to avoid being intrigued by this series. Our new girl, Scarlet is a great character. How often do you get a girl to shoot her love interest in the shoulder and makeout with him a few hours later? Scar is very protective of her grandmother and all of those she loves, how endearing. She is able to hold her own in tense situations. Also, again. She's a version of little red riding hood who keeps a gun underneath that red hoodie and goes to save her grandmother from a ruthless gang. Where was that part of the story?
And for the romance... Wolf and Scar sure have a dysfunctional relationship especially since... nevermind. Spoiler. This love vs hate thing they have going on is pretty cheesy but it's also fun to watch. It seems to me their relationship is mostly *ahem* ...physical attraction, but near the very end Scalet shows that she does trust him despite {stuff}. She sees that he is trying to be a good person on the inside when nobody else will. How sweet.
We also start to see some internal conflict inside of Cinder. She is can feel herself becoming something inhuman. Her new abilities to control minds come so naturally. They feel so good, but she knows that she can never become abuse her power, to grow into someone like her aunt Levana. Cinder wants freedom in her life and always has. But she knows finding out about being an heir to the rule of another planet pretty much throws out that possibility. Cinder knows she needs to step up and help the people of Earth not just because it's 'right' but because she wants to save Kai. She would rather die than see the man she loves marry someone else, only to have her murder him.
The suspense is killing me. Does she stop Levana?! Can she rescue Earth?! Arghhh.
Thanks For Reading!
-R
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