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A review by thefaereader
Winter by Marissa Meyer
5.0
Well, that was it. This was the last book of the Lunar Chronicles. I do know I haven’t read Fairest of Stars above but this felt like the real ending of this amazing series. And I loved it I so much. Cress was my favourite before I read Winter. Now that I’ve finished Winter, I don’t know which one I prefer. And I’m glad that there are still have 2 more books to read about this amazing world created by Marissa Meyer.
I love how Marissa Meyer created a unique story and still managed to keep the important details of the fairy tales. It made me smile every time I came across a part of the original story of Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter.
The world building could have been a bit better. I wished the description of Luna and Artemisia were a bit more detailed because we don’t know much about this. We did get to know more about the history of Luna, which I though was very interesting. The description of the characters was done pretty well (and we finally get to know how Levana really looks like). Talking about the characters. There were no new ones in this book but we did get to know princess Winter and Jacin Clay a bit better. I really like Winter, she is so cute and sweet and (in a good way) craaazzzyyyy! And she has no idea what she’s capable of because of her kindness. Jacin is very protective towards Winter. It’s not only his job to keep her save, he’s constantly worried about her when he’s not with her. That’s very sweet. His motives to do some things are mostly based on keeping Winter save and I have to admit that I don’t always felt that he cared about Cinder and her friends. There wasn’t also much character development in this book while I did expected there would be. Some characters have been through a rough time and they just stayed the same.
I noticed that this is the longest YA book I’ve ever read. But because this books is full of action and adventure, I flew through this book. The plot was amazing, it kept changing throughout the story. It was more realistic than I thought it would be, the characters had a hard time, one moment they are in the advantage, the next moment all hell breaks loose. The group also didn’t stay together. They got split up again and again which was very interesting because they always ended up with someone else when they were separated. I really enjoyed it.
I also liked the romance in this book, although it was predictable who would end up with who. Some of the characters had a harder time to express their feelings while others already where together. But there wasn’t only romance in this book. The friendship between the characters is amazing. They would do anything for each other. It love this sort of relationship between characters. The characters aren’t just allies, they have a bond with each other and they can rely on one another.
The end of the book is very dramatic (and bloody) but it’s a great end for a great story. I already said I’m sad that this was the end. I do have to say that the Lunar Chronicles is one of the best series I’ve read. I gave it 5/5 stars (if I could I would give 4,5 but I didn't wanted to give it 4 stars) because it almost was perfect (the world building part costed that last 0,5 star). To any one who hasn’t read this series yet, please read these books! They are amazing!!
I love how Marissa Meyer created a unique story and still managed to keep the important details of the fairy tales. It made me smile every time I came across a part of the original story of Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter.
The world building could have been a bit better. I wished the description of Luna and Artemisia were a bit more detailed because we don’t know much about this. We did get to know more about the history of Luna, which I though was very interesting. The description of the characters was done pretty well (and we finally get to know how Levana really looks like). Talking about the characters. There were no new ones in this book but we did get to know princess Winter and Jacin Clay a bit better. I really like Winter, she is so cute and sweet and (in a good way) craaazzzyyyy! And she has no idea what she’s capable of because of her kindness. Jacin is very protective towards Winter. It’s not only his job to keep her save, he’s constantly worried about her when he’s not with her. That’s very sweet. His motives to do some things are mostly based on keeping Winter save and I have to admit that I don’t always felt that he cared about Cinder and her friends. There wasn’t also much character development in this book while I did expected there would be. Some characters have been through a rough time and they just stayed the same.
I noticed that this is the longest YA book I’ve ever read. But because this books is full of action and adventure, I flew through this book. The plot was amazing, it kept changing throughout the story. It was more realistic than I thought it would be, the characters had a hard time, one moment they are in the advantage, the next moment all hell breaks loose. The group also didn’t stay together. They got split up again and again which was very interesting because they always ended up with someone else when they were separated. I really enjoyed it.
I also liked the romance in this book, although it was predictable who would end up with who. Some of the characters had a harder time to express their feelings while others already where together. But there wasn’t only romance in this book. The friendship between the characters is amazing. They would do anything for each other. It love this sort of relationship between characters. The characters aren’t just allies, they have a bond with each other and they can rely on one another.
The end of the book is very dramatic (and bloody) but it’s a great end for a great story. I already said I’m sad that this was the end. I do have to say that the Lunar Chronicles is one of the best series I’ve read. I gave it 5/5 stars (if I could I would give 4,5 but I didn't wanted to give it 4 stars) because it almost was perfect (the world building part costed that last 0,5 star). To any one who hasn’t read this series yet, please read these books! They are amazing!!