Hey guys today I'm going to be sharing my thoughts opinions and feels on Scarlet by
Marissa Meyer!
This is the second book in the lunar chronicles, the first being Cinder.
And firstly comparing this book to Cinder, I think I liked Cinder more than I liked Scarlet.
I still really enjoyed Scarlet, but I had a few problems with it.
It didn't really grab me like Cinder did, I feel like Cinder just kind of reached out
and grabbed me and scarlet was just like YO I'M TRYING TO REACH, BUT I'M NOT.
I'm not doing very good!
So I'm going to give you guys a little bit of my non-spoilery thoughts, before I jump
into a spoiler section.
Scarlet is a fairytale retelling of little red riding hood.
We have chapters that are focused on Cinder's story and then we have chapters that are focused
on Scarlet's story and then eventually in the book the two story lines connect.
I loved all the chapters that focused on Cinder, because I love Cinder.
She's just the best!
But I wasn't a huge fan of the new cast of characters, like I loved Thorne.
Thorne was a great new addition to the story, but I wasn't a huge fan of Scarlet.
I enjoyed how sassy and kind of feisty she was, but I also feel like she didn't have
much of a personality.
We only really got to know a little bit about her, we got to know the fact that she was
a farmer, but a majority of the story focused on Scarlet's concern about her grand-mere
and wolf.
Like, that's all we got about Scarlet, there wasn't much to her personality, other than
her concern for those two characters.
Also we got a bit of insta-love with this story, which I'm not a huge fan of, but I
still really liked the writing with this series.
The writing was on point!
The descriptions of this world were fantastic and the super intense actions scenes were
so well done.
And the way that these two story lines connect and intertwine was so great and it was awesome
seeing how different things began to unravel and seeing the different connections between
Scarlet and Cinder's stories.
That's all I can say without spoiling you guys, so I definitely enjoyed this installment
in the lunar chronicles, I just didn't think it was as good as Cinder.
And maybe that's just because I wasn't a huge fan of Scarlet and I just wanted more Cinder
throughout this story, but I still really enjoyed it.
It was a great installment in the lunar chronicles and I'm definitely looking forward to jumping
into Cress.
So now I'm going to be jumping into a spoilery section so if you have not read Scarlet, I
suggest you leave or you're going to get spoiled and I don't think you want to get spoiled.
Non-spoilery people peace out!
Spoilery people, let's talk about this book!
Let's jump into this spoiler section, let's do this!
I first off wanna talk about my main issues with this book and that is the romance, like
I really enjoyed wolf and scarlet.
Like I really enjoyed their characters and I liked the way that the relationship was
developing, but then we got to the end and it was just like YO INSTALOVE IS HAPPENIN'
RIGHT HERE AND NOW.
The relationship was developing so nicely, but then we got to the end and it's been less
than a week since Scarlet and Wolf have known each other and Wolf is over here like "BUT
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE SCARLET, you'll always be the only one!"
CRINGE CRINGE CRINGE "I know we met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing
but lie, and cheat, and betray you.."
"I KNOW, but if you give me a chance, all I want is to protect you, to be near you,
for as long as I'm able!"
LIKE JUST STOP WOLF, PLEASE JUST STOP.
The instalove ugh I just think I had overall feelings about Scarlet, like I enjoyed reading
from her perspective and I really enjoyed following her journey, but I still had quite
a few problems with her.
Like after this craziness with Cinder and they just had this major action packed scene
there on the ship getting ready to take off and Scarlet's like "you know you could have
easily taken care of this by just surrendering, by just giving up.
Why didn't you just give up Cinder?"
and I'm like Scarlet, where is this coming from?
You don't even know Cinder, you just met her and you're just accusing her of like being
selfish and I'm like what are you doing? stop.
you don't know Cinder, you don't know what she's been thinking about.
You don't know the stress that she's under.
I pretty much just wanted more chapters focusing on Cinder in this book, because I love Cinder,
she's just the best character.
I really liked seeing Cinder's struggles with her new found lunar powers how she was having
a hard time making sure that she was using these powers for good and that she wasn't
becoming a monster like Levana and I love Thorne.
Thorne was such a great new addition to this series.
I'm really liking his character.
I really love this new team between Cinder and Thorne.
It was just so great to see and he's also just a hilarious character.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading about him, because he's just funny.
And we got Iko back!
Even though I wanted more Iko, I feel like we didn't have as much Iko in this book.
We didn't get much of her sassiness and her hilariousness, but I still really enjoyed
the fact that she's back.
I knew she would be back, but I just wasn't sure how or when she would be back and I really
like the fact that she's the ship.
I think that that is just hilarious.
The sections with Kai were so great and I love seeing him trying to wrap his mind around
his feelings for Cinder.
I love how Cinder has left such an impact on him and now he's just wanting to see her
succeed and to get away and escape and he's not wanting to see her be captured at all,
but I can't believe he's settling and that he's going to marry Levana like that can't
happen!
Like that must be the next course of action for Cinder and Scarlet and Iko and Thorne
right?
They're going to go and make sure that this marriage arrangement doesn't actually happen
right?
Like that's the next course of action, we're going to stop that from happeing.
Please tell me we're going to stop that from happening, because that's just no!
That can't happen.
I'm starting to get this Sailor Moon vibe from this series and I really love that aspect
of this story.
I know that Marissa Meyer used to write Sailor Moon fan fiction which is really interesting.
I'm starting to kind of see a little bit of inspiration from Sailor Moon, I don't know
if she did actually pull inspiration, but I feel like she did.
We've got Cinder, we've got scarlet, and I imagine Cress will be joining them and possibly
Winter and so they're just forming this awesome girl group and they're just gonna go and take
down Queen Levana and I'm just so excited for it.
This series is just starting to unravel and it's starting to get so epic and awesome!
and I'm so excited about it.
So those are my thoughts and feels and opinions on Scarlet by Marissa Meyer!
You guys should let me know down below what your favorite moment was from Scarlet and
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