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The Fault in Our Stars
As Sure as the Dawn
An Echo in the Darkness
A Voice in the Wind
Keys to the Demon Prison
Rise of the Evening Star
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
Grip of the Shadow Plague
The Tale of Despereaux
The Giver
Fablehaven
Lord Brocktree
Prodigy
Scarlet
Legend
Divergent
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Hobbit
The Hunger Games
Cinder


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Sunday, August 31, 2014

                I just started this new book Cress by Marissa Meyer and it is absolutely fantastic! It's the 3rd book in the series The Lunar Chronicles. It's really part of one of those series that takes a simple, well known, idea/story and puts a creative twist on the whole thing. That's mainly why I chose to read this book. Being fairly familiar with most classic fairytales, and having a liking of futuristic books, this book/series really interested me. It's hard to understand one book without reading the other ones that come first. Each book builds off the one that came before it, making an ongoing and suspenseful storyline; which I prefer. It keeps the story going therefore the books don't keep going on with no plot.

                What also makes this book interesting is that as the book goes on, each chapter switches between different characters stories. Cinder- Cinderella but a cyborg, Scarlet- Red Riding Hood, along with the wolf, and Cress- Rapunzel, who lives in a satellite instead of a tower. It takes those simple fairytales and turns them into an adventurous story that all connect to each other as different characters team up. Marissa Meyer has really done something amazing with these stories. They capture the readers with the books starting and ending suspenseful. There aren't any boring parts which keeps the reader engaged and makes them want to read more; I know I have. There is so much that makes me love this book, but some of it I just can't explain.




1 comment:

  1. I also love when a well know story has a creative twist in it. The way you described these books reminds me of the movie Maleficent. The story of Sleeping Beauty was changed in a way that makes you think about the characters and events differently. Is the same true of The Lunar Chronicles.

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