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Winter by Marissa Meyer
4.0
SMALL SPOILERS WITHIN REVIEW
"The young princess was as beautiful as daylight. She was more beautiful even than the queen herself."
Winter begins with the trial of Jacin Clay, guard of the royal court, for treason which was committed in novel 3 of this series, Cress. Queen Levana decides to spare him due to inside information he provides on a device that inhibits bioelectricity tampering, the adoration of Princess Winter, and the defense of guard Liam Kinney who is first introduced during this trial. This is when the inner monologue of the princess begins to reveal the extent of her lunacy caused by not using her lunar gift.
Meanwhile, space travelers Kai and Cinder are in a deep romance proving he has forgiven her lies and kidnapping. Joined by Captain Carswell Thorne, Cress, Wolf, and Iko, they plan to retrieve Scarlet, who is currently "pet" to Princess Winter, and remove Queen Levana from the throne of Luna and replace her with Cinder/Princess Selene.
This novel was packed full of action and suspense as characters are captured, injured, reunited, and love affairs blossom. However, it begins to become a bit tedious when a novel that could have been 400 pages turns into an 800 page story of a cat and mouse chase.
In the end, characters achieve their happily every after and everyone was brought closure. Overall had a very good beginning and end with an iffy, stretched out middle.
"The young princess was as beautiful as daylight. She was more beautiful even than the queen herself."
Winter begins with the trial of Jacin Clay, guard of the royal court, for treason which was committed in novel 3 of this series, Cress. Queen Levana decides to spare him due to inside information he provides on a device that inhibits bioelectricity tampering, the adoration of Princess Winter, and the defense of guard Liam Kinney who is first introduced during this trial. This is when the inner monologue of the princess begins to reveal the extent of her lunacy caused by not using her lunar gift.
Meanwhile, space travelers Kai and Cinder are in a deep romance proving he has forgiven her lies and kidnapping. Joined by Captain Carswell Thorne, Cress, Wolf, and Iko, they plan to retrieve Scarlet, who is currently "pet" to Princess Winter, and remove Queen Levana from the throne of Luna and replace her with Cinder/Princess Selene.
This novel was packed full of action and suspense as characters are captured, injured, reunited, and love affairs blossom. However, it begins to become a bit tedious when a novel that could have been 400 pages turns into an 800 page story of a cat and mouse chase.
In the end, characters achieve their happily every after and everyone was brought closure. Overall had a very good beginning and end with an iffy, stretched out middle.