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A review by ellianamaselli
Winter by Marissa Meyer
4.0
OK. So I just wanna sit and appreciate the ending here. I loved the way Meyer gave us, like, 9 chapters of epilogue. It was GLORIOUS.
As far as the book itself goes, I thought it was better than Cinder, but not as good as Cress or Scarlet. It just didn’t hook me the same way those did and while the romance between Winter and Jacin was adorable, it wasn’t as good as Scarlet & Wolf or Cress & Thorne.
Speaking of Romance, I honestly have no idea whether I favor Scarlet&Wolf or Cress&Thorne. Scarlet&Wolf’s romance is just so PURE. (And that reunion was just *chefs kiss*.) But that scene between Thorne and Cress (you know the one) was SO GOOD it sold me on their relationship. So, in the end, I can’t decide one over the other.
My two favorite characters were Wolf and Cress, with Scarlet and Thorne (ironically) a close second behind. Cress was just so STRONG and BRAVE, not in regards to physical strength or anything, but with her emotions, and honesty and love. And those are my strengths, too. And it felt good to see someone like me represented in a book. I never see that (which is why my favorite characters are always men.)
I think I mentioned this in my review for Cress, but I love Wolf. And I love him because of the gentle way he loves Scarlet with his whole being. Not because she’s beautiful—though he does mention that she is—but because she’s HIS. And I adore the fact that his love for her had almost nothing to do with physical pleasure. But with who she was and who she became. And it made me love him.
Thorne made me laugh. That’s all.
Also Scarlet is a badass.
I really couldn’t have cared less about the Cinder/Kai relationship. It just didn’t make sense to me. I mean, they needed each other to succeed against Levana. But outside of politics, it didn’t feel like they had much reason to care for each other that way. It would have made more sense if they were just really good friends, honestly. And I get that this was a shattered fairytale story, so they would naturally be together. But that’s about the only reason it made sense to me. Sorry.
Other than that, though, all the relationships made sense to me. I DO kinda wish one of our MC’s had died. Not Cress or Thorne or Scarlet or Wolf (especially not Wolf). Just someone like Iko. Or Kai. Why don’t we just kill Kai.
*kills Kai*
There. That’s better.
Wow, now that THAT’S taken care of, I am so sad to be concluding the series. I will move onto the novellas and then read Marissa’s other brain-children.
—Elliana Maselli; March 1st, 2020; 1:40AM
reviews for other books in this series
Book 1: Cinder
Book 2: Scarlet
Book 3: Cress
Book 4: Winter
As far as the book itself goes, I thought it was better than Cinder, but not as good as Cress or Scarlet. It just didn’t hook me the same way those did and while the romance between Winter and Jacin was adorable, it wasn’t as good as Scarlet & Wolf or Cress & Thorne.
Speaking of Romance, I honestly have no idea whether I favor Scarlet&Wolf or Cress&Thorne. Scarlet&Wolf’s romance is just so PURE. (And that reunion was just *chefs kiss*.) But that scene between Thorne and Cress (you know the one) was SO GOOD it sold me on their relationship. So, in the end, I can’t decide one over the other.
My two favorite characters were Wolf and Cress, with Scarlet and Thorne (ironically) a close second behind. Cress was just so STRONG and BRAVE, not in regards to physical strength or anything, but with her emotions, and honesty and love. And those are my strengths, too. And it felt good to see someone like me represented in a book. I never see that (which is why my favorite characters are always men.)
I think I mentioned this in my review for Cress, but I love Wolf. And I love him because of the gentle way he loves Scarlet with his whole being. Not because she’s beautiful—though he does mention that she is—but because she’s HIS. And I adore the fact that his love for her had almost nothing to do with physical pleasure. But with who she was and who she became. And it made me love him.
Thorne made me laugh. That’s all.
Also Scarlet is a badass.
I really couldn’t have cared less about the Cinder/Kai relationship. It just didn’t make sense to me. I mean, they needed each other to succeed against Levana. But outside of politics, it didn’t feel like they had much reason to care for each other that way. It would have made more sense if they were just really good friends, honestly. And I get that this was a shattered fairytale story, so they would naturally be together. But that’s about the only reason it made sense to me. Sorry.
Other than that, though, all the relationships made sense to me. I DO kinda wish one of our MC’s had died. Not Cress or Thorne or Scarlet or Wolf (especially not Wolf). Just someone like Iko. Or Kai. Why don’t we just kill Kai.
*kills Kai*
There. That’s better.
Wow, now that THAT’S taken care of, I am so sad to be concluding the series. I will move onto the novellas and then read Marissa’s other brain-children.
—Elliana Maselli; March 1st, 2020; 1:40AM
reviews for other books in this series
Book 1: Cinder
Book 2: Scarlet
Book 3: Cress
Book 4: Winter