A review by isabel_is_reading
Cress by Marissa Meyer

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-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

3.0

I like this book better than the other books in the series, and I think the reason why is because I like the story of Rapunzel. I like the structure of the tale, I mostly like the way these characters are written and I just have a soft-spot since it reminds me of my childhood. This book is pretty good, however I don’t think it’s great and I found some problems with it.
Characters
  • Cinder- I find Cinder to be a lovable character. She’s very kind, caring, stubborn and smart, but I was annoyed by Cinder thinking that her having Queen Levana’s powers and being related to her means that she will become like her??? Like what logic is this? She’s also a bad leader. I am begging for her to buy a ‘how to be a better leader for dummies’ before I throw her against a wall out of anger. 
  • Kai- Emperor Kai is a horrible emperor 😭. Bro has no brain cells. The whole Levana marriage thing is and was dumb. It will forever be dumb. 
  • Scarlet & Wolf- I wish they did more, but I found them more likable than their own book.  
  • Cress and Thorne- I loved them so much. Cress is so smart, Thorne is cool and they’re both sooo funny. Thorne is a badass, even when blind he was able to save Cress and destroy some baddies. It was fun!!!
Plot
I found the plot interesting. Not many complaints there, but I wish the characters would plan more. Their original plan to disrupt the wedding and hope the Queen surrendered was so dumb, but I’m happy the doctor knocked some sense into them. 
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