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Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Kathryn Cooper

THIS IS BOOK 2 IN A SERIES
Book 1- Cinder ( my review )

Title: Scarlet
Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Release Date: February 2013
Pages: 452
Series: Lunar Chronicles #2
5 STARS: I LOVED IT!!!

Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother and the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.

As Scarlet and Wolf work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner.

My Thoughts:
I LOVE THIS SERIES!!! If you haven’t read Cinder you need to because this is an epic series.

Now that we’re in to book 2 there was a lot more action. It was nonstop! Scarlet (red riding hood) was looking for her grandmother who’d gone missing. The authorities had given up the search claiming a suicide/runaway, but Scarlet couldn’t believe that. She found a guy named Wolf that could possibly help her. They went on a wild adventure trying to keep from getting caught or killed as they searched for answers to the disappearance. Scarlet was feisty with a temper and stood up for others, a great addition to the cast.

Don’t worry, there was plenty of Cinder and Kai in the story too. The Point of View switched between Scarlet, Cinder, Kai, and sometimes Wolf and Thorne. Thorne was pretty hilarious by the way. I won’t tell you about him so you can find out for yourself. I didn’t get bored when the POV switched because I loved all the characters and want to know what was going on with each of them.

Scarlet was an intense read full of run-for-your-life adventure and romance. I can’t wait to read book 3!

Content Ratings: highlight between ( ) to view details
Sexual Content: mild ( mention of escorts, few crude jokes, mention of prisoner entertained by porn, kissing )
Language: very mild ( h***-1 )
Violence: moderate ( fist fights, torture, war with death and animal attacks )
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Reviewed by Kathryn Cooper
Creator of Clean Teen Fiction

Books By Marissa Meyer (Click cover to view on Amazon)

Published by Kathryn Cooper

YA Author📚 Mom of 4 Boys🏃 Brain Tumor Fighter🏆 Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints🌷

16 thoughts on “Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer”

  4. I'm glad you loved SCARLET, too. Isn't it great? I love it when the second book in a series as just as good — if not better — than the first. Doesn't happen very often. Great review!

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  16. I'm SO glad you loved it! I thought you would 🙂 I was worried before I read Scarlet that following her storyline wouldn't hold my attention because I was so into Cinder's story in the first book, but Marissa Meyer completely pulled it off! I found myself equally interested in what was going on with both girls as their seperate journeys progressed and then came together. I can't wait to see how Meyer handles the addition of more characters in the next book, and how she does the POV next time as well.

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