Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, 3)
Soon to be adapted into a major motion picture!
The third book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen them before, now with new cover art! The evil space queen gives an imprisoned hacker orders to track down our cyborg heroine and her team of reimagined fairytale characters. Can the Rapunzel-like hacker break free and help them instead?
"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." —Entertainment Weekly on the Lunar Chronicles
Because if there was one thing Cress knew about heroes, it was that they could not resist a damsel in distress. And she was nothing if not in distress.
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.
Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker; unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.
When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.
Find out what happens in another richly imagined adventure in Marissa Meyer's world of fairytale (with characters based off of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel), science fiction, and intergalactic intrigue.
Don't miss the other books in The Lunar Chronicles series:
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Stars Above
Fairest
Wires and Nerve Vol. 1
Wires and Nerve Vol. 2: Gone Rogue
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Community Reviews
I had a great time with this book. The pacing was great, things just kept moving along!
Our newest heroine, Cress, is a sweet, naive girl who has been isolated on a satellite for 7 years. Understandably, she's naive and not very socialized. Her idea of romance and the world in general comes from net dramas. So when she finally does get into the world and meets the man she fancies herself in love with, she learns the cold, hard truth: things aren't the same in real life and the net dramas.
I loved the characters, I think Marissa Meyer did a great job with this. The characters get more likable as the series progresses. Now with more protagonists to focus on, we no longer see the story from just one point of view. And Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress each provide their own voice; Cinder's determination, Scarlet's fierce love and loyalty, and Cress's sweetness and innocence.
Then we have the men of the story; Kai, who is willing to do whatever he has to do for his country, Wolf, who is fighting his killer instincts for his Alpha (dawwww <3), and Thorn, the charming, charismatic, arrogant one. He's still funny, and I'm still not sure if I'd like him if we met in RL.
With things in the book heating up, and Levana pushing her hand, I'm excited to read Fairest. Eager to read who Levana is, and how she became the villain.
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