The big cover reveal was this past week and as with the other two books in the Lunar Chronicle series it does not disappoint:
MY REVIEW:
I am a huge fan of series. I love them! I'm addicted to them. I can't seem to ever have enough of them. I'm obsessed with collecting every book in the series. Sometimes though I have gotten disappointed in a series and thought about actually not buying any future books in that series...That is so not the case in The Lunar Chronicles!! Each book so far has been just as good as the very first one. CRESS does not disappoint from the opening pages to the very end. The Lunar Chronicles have become one of my favorite series of all-time.
As you can tell from the cover there is a take on the Rapunzel fairy tale in CRESS. Instead of the princess stuck in the tower though Cress has been stuck in a Satellite for 7 years monitoring Earth for her Lunar Mistress Sybil. Dreaming of someday being rescued by a handsome prince, Cress spends her days alone entertained only by her dreams and the monitors that fill her satellite.
Cinder and the rest of the cast are all back in CRESS. Cinder and Captain Thorne are still on the run from Queen Levana's army. They are now joined by Wolf and Scarlet. Cinder is trying to find a way to stop the wedding between Emperor Kai and Queen Levana without starting a war of epic proportions. When they all become separated it looks like their mission is doomed. With Lunar ships waiting outside of Earth's atmosphere it is only a matter of time before Queen Levana's wishes are granted and she becomes supreme ruler of all.
With each book and each added character I become more of a fan of these books. Captain Thorne as the worldly rogue and Cress as the innocent and naive make the perfect couple! Cinder and Kai seem like a lost hope with Kai going to marry Levana, but all hope is not lost for them as a couple. Wolf and Scarlet are not very prominent in CRESS, but their relationship has developed and there is a strong bond between them. Then I think my favorite character is the robot Iko! She cracks me up with her antics of trying to be human. She is quite entertaining.
The ARC copy of CRESS has 550 pages in it and I have to say I was disappointed when I turned that last page! The published copy doesn't come out until February 2014 which means the last book in the series will not be published until 2015. That is a LONG time to wait for the ending of this wonderful series. If you haven't picked up The Lunar Chronicles yet I would say they are a MUST READ. Here are my reviews of CINDER and SCARLET.
I'm so glad you liked it. It was wonderful!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe problem with ARC's is the wait after you read them! Criminy it seems like a long time until 2015! Yes, CRESS was wonderful!
DeleteSO jealous, Julie! ;) Kidding. In all seriousness, how awesome that you were able to read 'Cress' and glad to hear it was good. Cannot wait to finally read this series as I've read TONS of wonderful things about it. :)
ReplyDeleteOh Rissi, Girl you need to move these books to the top of your TBR pile! They are so good! But if you are like me at the moment that TBR pile is about too high to swim out of! Ack! I'm drowning in wonderful books and can't devote 24/7 to reading! So sad! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI am counting down until CRESS comes out! I tried to wait to read Scarlet so I wouldn't have to wait as long, but that didn't work out so well, so now I'm "trying" to be patient. Glad to hear it's just as awesome!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I were patient Jamie, but as soon as my friend managed to get her hands on an ARC of CRESS I was begging her to send it on to me when she was finished! And yes! It is just as awesome as the first two :)
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