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Continuing my YA reading trend but this time something that is not a romcom. I thought I'd pick up this series once again and finish it this time round!

I enjoyed this, the second half to final third was great, things picked up speed, the plot thickened, reveals happened, and I'm keen for where the plot and character arcs are going.

I liked Scarlet and Wolf and thought Wolf's whole character was a very clever tie into the original red riding hood story.

My biggest issue is that the first half of the story took so long to pick up things up, like I still enjoyed it and kept reading but it was like alright like we're not going anywhere with this?? Things are just kinda basic?? The blurb also made it sound like Cinder's story line would cross into Scarlet's WAY sooner than it actually did.

Whilst Scarlet and Wolf are cute and have interesting dynamic, I think it would have hit much more if the first half spanned so much more time, like at least a month, so that way it builds the relationship to make the betrayal and everything that follows land more. Whereas now it's like awww but like do I really buy it??

Regardless, keen to start the next one!

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I can’t decide if I love this more than Cinder or not.

The point is that I love it 😍

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shermansays's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The second installment of The Lunar Chronicles was just as action packed and well written as the first in the series, if not more. I love how we were introduced to the new characters and seeing how their storylines intercept with the character storylines from the previous book as well as, how all of them meeting leads to this new thrilling storyline that’s going to happen in Kress (the next book.)

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3.0

Strong “werewolf” vibes for this one. Not usually my thing, and I can only do it in certain circumstances, so some of those more intense moments were not my favourite.
I still enjoyed the book over the whole, we are still following Cinder and her journey, introduced to Scarlet and they are thinly linked. New characters from last book that I didn’t mind. We are still waiting for the story to conclude in the next book, and even though it’s a series, I find it frustrating we don’t have anything much in terms of resolution at the end of each book.

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

2.25

Nearly stopped reading when the twenty year old flirted with the sixteen year old, but my own inner sixteen year old wanted to know what happened to the wolf-hybrid soldier man, so I stuck it out. Not sure if I'll be finishing this series though. Insert Jupiter Ascending joke here.

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