This is the second book of four. I have been putting off reading it because the
first one is such a cliff hanger. I HATE
that! I now have Scarlet and Cress but apparently Winter won’t be out until a
year from now! That is a really long
time to wait when they aren’t standalone books!
Never-the-less I decided I had two in my wheelhouse so I was going to
read Scarlet.
The storyline goes back and forth between Cinder (in
prison), Emperor Kai, and Scarlet. Most
of the time is spent with Scarlet though.
She lives with her grandmother and delivers the produce from their farm
to local restaurants. Her grandmother is
missing and the authorities don’t care.
She meets Wolf who appears to be able to help her. They of course run into a variety of trouble
on their way to rescue grandmother.
Cinder breaks out of prison and has reluctantly acquired an
accomplice. She is deciding where to go
to hide and Queen Levana has released her horde and started attacking Earth
under the guise of the missing Lunar Fugitive (Cinder).
I found Scarlet to be a bit annoying at times. Where Cinder is thoughtful and quiet and
thinks things through, Scarlet is brash with a temper to match her hair. She doesn’t seem to think before she acts a
lot of the time. Overall I liked her,
but I have a hard time liking any character who is quick to anger.
Regardless, I plan to read Cress then wait (not so)
patiently for the final installment. I do really like the covers though :)
