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A review by ellianamaselli
Cress by Marissa Meyer
5.0
after first re-read
I LOVE ALL OF THESE PRECIOUS LIL BEANS SO MUCH AND NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THAT.
A couple of my opinions HAVE changed since my first read.
1) I freaking love Jacin because he’s sassy and petty and we stan sassy, petty characters.
2) Cress & Thorne are my favorite couple. Hands-down. In fact, as much as I love Scarlet & Wolf, I’ve found myself rooting for Cresswell and Kaider more this time.**
3) I still love Cress, though not because of her emotional strength (I don’t even totally know what I was talking about there. I mean, maybe it makes sense? Idk I disagree with my past self on a lotta things). I love her because SHE’S A PRECIOUS LIL CINNAMON ROLL WHO NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS.
4) Going back to point 2, I actually kinda like Cinder and Kai??? Like, a lot??? They’re great characters individually (idk why I didn’t see that the first time) but they’re also perfect together like what was wrong with me???)**
ANYWAY, I hope you enjoyed my long, gushy, good-type-of-rant review of Cress. If you haven’t grasped it yet, I highly recommend this series.
—Elliana Maselli
26 November 2021; 1:59pm
5/5 freaking stars
* All that said, I LOVE ALL MY BEANS AND THEIR LIL ROMANCES OK THEY’RE ALL PRECIOUS. This is just assuming I had to choose a favorite.
** It was 2020… there was a lot wrong with a lot of things.
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initial review
Oh, goodness. I can’t believe it’s OVER! I absolutely loved this book. Up till now, I thought it was a good series, but I still thought it was overhyped. But the characters are becoming so well developed and the story is so gripping! This is by far my favorite book at this point. Cress and Thorne were adorable but more than that, this was the first time I really felt like I knew and cared about the characters. I even teared up twice!
I’m so excited for Winter. Reading even just the brief introduction of her character, I can tell I’m gonna love her. Jacin, on the other hand, will need to experience some SERIOUS character development if I’m ever gonna like him, as right now, he’s just a jerk.
I think my favorite characters so far are Wolf, Cress, and Thorne.
Cress reminds me so much of myself in the way that she isn’t a physical fighter, but gentle. She wasn’t weak by any means, however. Her strength lies in her emotions and how bold she is when it comes to expressing them. And I loved that because that’s where my strength comes and you don’t see that a lot in books—people tend to write “strong women” as super masculine/physically capable or super brainy. Well, newsflash, THERE IS A SUCH THING AS BEING EMOTIONALLY STRONG WITHOUT BEING A DUNCE. And Meyer represented that perfectly with one capable, sweet, loving/lovable character. And I applaud her for that. *claps enthusiastically*
I don’t have too much to say about Thorne except that he never fails to make me laugh aloud and I feel like we would be great friends if he was, you know, real or something.
Wolf, however, is absolutely adorable. I really do love his character and the gentle, vulnerable strength he possesses. I love the way he loves Scarlet. In fact, they are most definitely the best couple so far. Not because of her or anything she does imo, but because of how deeply he loves, protects, and respects her. It’s adorable. And even though all romances look different, I think we can all stand to learn something from the way Wolf treats Scarlet (we being everyone, no matter the gender because both sides need to love and protect and respect).
All-in-all, I absolutely loved it (as is obvious due to my ridiculously long review lol) and I SO wasn’t ready for it to end (although I am happy to finally get all these thoughts out). Now excuse me while I go order Winter.
5/5 stars
I LOVE ALL OF THESE PRECIOUS LIL BEANS SO MUCH AND NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THAT.
A couple of my opinions HAVE changed since my first read.
1) I freaking love Jacin because he’s sassy and petty and we stan sassy, petty characters.
2) Cress & Thorne are my favorite couple. Hands-down. In fact, as much as I love Scarlet & Wolf, I’ve found myself rooting for Cresswell and Kaider more this time.**
3) I still love Cress, though not because of her emotional strength (I don’t even totally know what I was talking about there. I mean, maybe it makes sense? Idk I disagree with my past self on a lotta things). I love her because SHE’S A PRECIOUS LIL CINNAMON ROLL WHO NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS.
4) Going back to point 2, I actually kinda like Cinder and Kai??? Like, a lot??? They’re great characters individually (idk why I didn’t see that the first time) but they’re also perfect together like what was wrong with me???)**
ANYWAY, I hope you enjoyed my long, gushy, good-type-of-rant review of Cress. If you haven’t grasped it yet, I highly recommend this series.
—Elliana Maselli
26 November 2021; 1:59pm
5/5 freaking stars
* All that said, I LOVE ALL MY BEANS AND THEIR LIL ROMANCES OK THEY’RE ALL PRECIOUS. This is just assuming I had to choose a favorite.
** It was 2020… there was a lot wrong with a lot of things.
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initial review
Oh, goodness. I can’t believe it’s OVER! I absolutely loved this book. Up till now, I thought it was a good series, but I still thought it was overhyped. But the characters are becoming so well developed and the story is so gripping! This is by far my favorite book at this point. Cress and Thorne were adorable but more than that, this was the first time I really felt like I knew and cared about the characters. I even teared up twice!
I’m so excited for Winter. Reading even just the brief introduction of her character, I can tell I’m gonna love her. Jacin, on the other hand, will need to experience some SERIOUS character development if I’m ever gonna like him, as right now, he’s just a jerk.
I think my favorite characters so far are Wolf, Cress, and Thorne.
Cress reminds me so much of myself in the way that she isn’t a physical fighter, but gentle. She wasn’t weak by any means, however. Her strength lies in her emotions and how bold she is when it comes to expressing them. And I loved that because that’s where my strength comes and you don’t see that a lot in books—people tend to write “strong women” as super masculine/physically capable or super brainy. Well, newsflash, THERE IS A SUCH THING AS BEING EMOTIONALLY STRONG WITHOUT BEING A DUNCE. And Meyer represented that perfectly with one capable, sweet, loving/lovable character. And I applaud her for that. *claps enthusiastically*
I don’t have too much to say about Thorne except that he never fails to make me laugh aloud and I feel like we would be great friends if he was, you know, real or something.
Wolf, however, is absolutely adorable. I really do love his character and the gentle, vulnerable strength he possesses. I love the way he loves Scarlet. In fact, they are most definitely the best couple so far. Not because of her or anything she does imo, but because of how deeply he loves, protects, and respects her. It’s adorable. And even though all romances look different, I think we can all stand to learn something from the way Wolf treats Scarlet (we being everyone, no matter the gender because both sides need to love and protect and respect).
All-in-all, I absolutely loved it (as is obvious due to my ridiculously long review lol) and I SO wasn’t ready for it to end (although I am happy to finally get all these thoughts out). Now excuse me while I go order Winter.
5/5 stars