A review by currantcat
Winter by Marissa Meyer

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Great wrap-up to the Lunar Chronicle, probably my favorite out of the series. Mostly because it features all of the POV characters in the series in one book. Winter and Jacin, the new POV characters are also interesting and fun to read from the perspective of. I enjoyed Winter a bit more than Jacin, mostly due to how interesting Winter's Lunar sickness was and just a personal distaste for Jacin's personality, though he didn't bother me too severely.

The revolution on Luna was also twisty and tense, the most engaging overarching plot. It was as expected from a fantasy/SCI-FI YA book very unrealistic, but I was not expecting grimdark realism. Levana dying in a pitiful way was also super satisfying because man was she hateable.

I also enjoyed getting some moments with the romantic leads of the previous books, especially Cinder and Kai since they had the least relationship development pre this book. But as for which couple was my favorite, it has to go to Cress and Thorne