When her grandmother goes missing, "Scarlet" Benoit finds that nobody (including the French police) is willing to actually look for her. As Kai tries to find a way to avoid marrying Levana to avert a war, Cinder discovers that she is immune to the terrible plague sweeping Asia - and begins to figure out her long-forgotten past, and how important she may be to Earth's future. But her life changes when crown prince Kai secretly hires her to repair an old robot for him, even as New Beijing prepares for the arrival of the cruel, powerful Lunar queen Levana.
Linh "Cinder" is a cyborg, a second-class citizen in the plague-riddled city of New Beijing, who toils away as a mechanic for her cruel stepmother Adri. or rather, one foot of its own and one robot foot. In short, she allows the epic story to stand on its own two feet. While they cleave to the barest storyline of the fairy tale, Meyer weaves in plenty of original plotting that gives the books their own distinct flavors - conspiracies, brewing warfare, a plague and secret identities.
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I love fairy tale adaptations, whether they're just fleshing out the original story (Robin McKinley's "Beauty") or spinning the bare concept off in a totally different direction (the anime "Pretear").Īnd Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series is actually quite clever in its dystopian/futuristic-steampunk reimagining of the most famous fairy tales, in particular those of Cinderella, Snow White, Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel. Follow Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles from the beginning with Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest: Levana's Story, and the epic conclusion, Winter. Winter Can Cinder, Prince Kai, Scarlet, Wolf, Cress, Thorne, Princess Winter, and the palace guard Jacin find their happily ever afters? Fans will love this amazing conclusion to the series. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.įairest In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter, Queen Levana's story is finally told! Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. As Scarlet and a streetfighter named Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder.Ĭress Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. Scarlet Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. The #1 New York Times- bestselling series that brought fans a complex and thrilling world of cyborgs and evil queens is now available as a beautiful boxed set.Ĭinder Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg.
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