A review by steffi_au_penguinbooks
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
4.0
Update March 24, 2020 : first reread
So, since it's been four years since I've read this companion to the TLC, some ratings changed!
The Keeper: 4 stars
Glitches: 4,5 stars
The Queen's Army: 4 stars
Carswell's Guide to being lucky: 3,75 stars
After sunshine passes by: 3,75 stars
The Princess and the Guard: 5 stars
The Little Android: 4,5 stars
The Mechanic: 4 stars
Something old, something new: 5 stars
average rating: 4,2 stars
I hereby officially finished my reread of TLC! I started "Fairest" back in November, and now I am done and this series is still one of my favourite book series out there. It's definitely not perfect, but I don't care. I love the setting, the characters, the retellings interwoven into this futuristic plot.
Thanks to "Stars Above", the reader gets some background information on the characters and even a chapter two years after the ending of "Winter". I have to say that I would have loved more from Jacin/Winter after the finale book. I feel these two didn't get so much screen time as the other couples and I just need to know how these two are doing. Nevertheless, the last shortstory perfectly rounded about TLC!
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That mechanic was going to change everything"
All ratings:
The Keeper, 4.5 stars
Glitches, 4 stars
The Queen's Army, 4.5 stars
Carwell's Guide to being lucky, 4 stars
After Sunshine passes by, 4 stars
The Princess and the Guard, 5 stars
The little Android, 4 stars
Something old, Something new, 5 stars
Oh stars above .... actually, this book is only a collection of short stories, but it's as good as the "normal" books.
I'm a die hard Lunar Chronicles fan and I tried to avoid reading Stars Above for as long as I could. I knew it would mean to say goodbye to the world, to these characters. Nevertheless, it's been a year since Winter, since I re-read the whole series and it was time to read Stars Above.
I loved these short stories. Every single one had a different character, and I had so many emotions while reading. Every character had his own sad past. 'Something old, Something new' is, to my mind, the best epilogue I ever had the pleasure to read. I was so happy to see the characters sooo happy!
I will forever cherish the Lunar Chronicles in my heart and say tearfully goodbye to Cinder and Kai, Scarlet and Wolf, Cress and Thorne and Winter and Jacin
5 stars
So, since it's been four years since I've read this companion to the TLC, some ratings changed!
The Keeper: 4 stars
Glitches: 4,5 stars
The Queen's Army: 4 stars
Carswell's Guide to being lucky: 3,75 stars
After sunshine passes by: 3,75 stars
The Princess and the Guard: 5 stars
The Little Android: 4,5 stars
The Mechanic: 4 stars
Something old, something new: 5 stars
average rating: 4,2 stars
I hereby officially finished my reread of TLC! I started "Fairest" back in November, and now I am done and this series is still one of my favourite book series out there. It's definitely not perfect, but I don't care. I love the setting, the characters, the retellings interwoven into this futuristic plot.
Thanks to "Stars Above", the reader gets some background information on the characters and even a chapter two years after the ending of "Winter". I have to say that I would have loved more from Jacin/Winter after the finale book. I feel these two didn't get so much screen time as the other couples and I just need to know how these two are doing. Nevertheless, the last shortstory perfectly rounded about TLC!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
That mechanic was going to change everything"
All ratings:
The Keeper, 4.5 stars
Glitches, 4 stars
The Queen's Army, 4.5 stars
Carwell's Guide to being lucky, 4 stars
After Sunshine passes by, 4 stars
The Princess and the Guard, 5 stars
The little Android, 4 stars
Something old, Something new, 5 stars
Oh stars above .... actually, this book is only a collection of short stories, but it's as good as the "normal" books.
I'm a die hard Lunar Chronicles fan and I tried to avoid reading Stars Above for as long as I could. I knew it would mean to say goodbye to the world, to these characters. Nevertheless, it's been a year since Winter, since I re-read the whole series and it was time to read Stars Above.
I loved these short stories. Every single one had a different character, and I had so many emotions while reading. Every character had his own sad past. 'Something old, Something new' is, to my mind, the best epilogue I ever had the pleasure to read. I was so happy to see the characters sooo happy!
I will forever cherish the Lunar Chronicles in my heart and say tearfully goodbye to Cinder and Kai, Scarlet and Wolf, Cress and Thorne and Winter and Jacin
5 stars