Meyer,
Marissa. Scarlet. (Lunar Chronicles,
Book 2) Feiwel&Friends/
Macmillan
Child Publishing Group 2013 452p $17.99 978-0-31-64296-9 ms/hs Science Fiction VG-BN
In this book, Cinder (the cyborg
mechanic from Book 1) and Scarlet find themselves facing tough obstacles and tough
questions about why they are having the problems they are having. They have both
been put on the Lunar Queen Lavana’s “most wanted” list.
Cinder joins forces with a fellow inmate (Thorne) in order to escape from prison. They manage to escape Earth with Thorne’s spaceship and the help of Iko (a computer chip stolen by Cinder from her favorite house robot). While in orbit Cinder becomes aware of some of her unusual abilities and learns to use them to avoid detection by Earth.
Cinder joins forces with a fellow inmate (Thorne) in order to escape from prison. They manage to escape Earth with Thorne’s spaceship and the help of Iko (a computer chip stolen by Cinder from her favorite house robot). While in orbit Cinder becomes aware of some of her unusual abilities and learns to use them to avoid detection by Earth.
Scarlet Benoit is delivering produce from her grandmother’s farm. She is wondering why her grandmother is missing and where she is. The police won’t help, but a street fighter named Wolf is enlisted. They go off to Pars to find the grandmother, and a romance begins during the trip. However, it seems that Wolf has a different agenda. Scarlet’s search for her grandmother is plagued with conflicts, disappointments, and casualties.
The story reaches an action-packed finish that will bring the characters together and answer some questions in the reader’s mind. The remaining answers leave room for another book in the Lunar Chronicles series. Readers will be looking forward to the next installment.
Science Fiction --Linda McNeil
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