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TLDR; 3.5 rating, age gaps, and once again no setting descirptions.
Content warnings at the bottom. :)

Well, I can’t always have nice things. Once again, Meyer seems allergic to describing her settings in any detail, and once again it’s set in a culture that she, as a white woman, has no claim on. As such, and additionally with my other gripe, this is the beginning of the Lunar Chronicles downhill plummet.

Much like in Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer and Muse of Nightmares, I hate age gaps like the one in Cress. Cress is 16. She’s a child. And Thorne is a grown ass man. It’s especially icky because he pushes her away not because she’s a child but because he doesn’t think he’s good enough for her. So, gross. Hate it. Also, their miscommunication drives me nuts. I hate miscommunication plots.

I also don’t like that

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Dr. Erland is reveled as Cress’ dad in this book and it’s literally mentioned ONCE in the next one.

I feel like that’s information that is relevant, not only to Cress but to her emotional stability in the next installment? But nope.

Spoiler

There’s no mourning, she’s fine after finding her dad and then watching him die.

Rating: 3.5
Would I recommend? Kind of, especially if you enjoy age gaps, found family and literally found family, and sci-fi fairytale retellings.

Content warnings: Death, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Violence, War, Medical content, and Torture

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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This series gets better the more I read. I really enjoy the skeleton of fairytales but each book is really very different. I think this has been my favorite book so far and I’m excited to see what Winter will be.

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colorwriter's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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prashiie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

"Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate. Maybe it's just the opportunities we're given, and what we do with them."

In this book we meet Cress who has been imprisoned in a satellite for 7 years. She is an extremely talented hacker and was therefore tasked to become the Queen’s hacker and spy. Now she is asked to find Cinder and her team. She is smart enough to find Cinder, but keeps it a secret from Sybil. Instead, she decides to join Cinder’s team. Carswell is tasked with bringing Cress to the Rampion and of course a lot goes wrong! There are so many things happening. Scarlet gets taken by Sybil, and Carswell and Cress get separated from the rest of the crew. It was so cute to see how Cress kept crushing on Carswell. We see how each group is struggling to survive and on the other hand we have Kai who has to prepare for his marriage to Queen Levana to save Earth.

I really liked the similarities with Rapunzel. Cress has long hair and Carswell gets blinded just like the prince in Rapunzel. And I was shocked to find out more about Dr. Erland.

The story was very intense but I loved it!

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mia_123's review

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

THIS BOOK WAS SO CUTE!! i love every single one of the characters so much. the ending was so good and it was everything that i was hoping for and more!!

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le3713's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

High stakes continue in this book, which sets up the finale! This one wasn't my favorite, in part because the audio narrator's voicing of Cress made her irritating to me. I really enjoyed Cinder's development, and the last quarter of the book in particular.

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psliz's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

felt like a catch-up book with everyone trying to reunite but i did enjoy the romance

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(if you ignore the uncomfortable and unnecessary age gap)

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