Marissa Meyer

If you look below, you'll see that I HATED this book the first time I attempted to read it. I don't think it was a masterpiece even now, but it was much better as an audiobook.
Pru's attitude started getting better towards the end of the book, but what I really liked was the ending. I was not expecting Meyer to take that turn and I have to admit that it worked really well.
Also, Morgan still drove me nuts with how intolerant she was of differing opinions (such as eating meat, or leather boots). Seriously, I don't know how she will be able to handle life in the future if she doesn't chill a bit. Just saying.

More Content: kissing, stealing

3 Stars
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Disclaimer: I DNF'ed this bok 57% the way through.
Since everyone seems to love Marissa Meyer's books, I saw an opportunity to review this one and hopped right on board.
Pru is extremly flippent about hurting people and the 'karma' seems to be thrown into the book as an afterthought. Pru is going along and doing her thing when the plot suddenly jumps to karma. For example, someone gets stung by a bee due to Pru's karma and this is the reaction, "Gosh, I hope she's not allergic." Seriously?
At times, the book also seemed really pushy about right and wrong. I'm begging, please give people a chance before getting all judgy. There is only so much I can take from MCs before I want to DNF the book, and Instant Karma surpassed my limit.
I was kinda disappointed when it started using language. Marissa Meyer has been known for mostly clean young adult fiction and it seems that she is using more and more language.
Rating: 1/5
Language: a**, b****
Romance: did not read this far
Spiritual: referances cosmic thanking people, karma
Violence: n/a
*I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required.… (more)

I loved this book the first time a read it, And I loved it even more this reread. The intertwining of storylines, the introduction of new perspectives, the way puzzle pieces fit together perfectly to set up the last book. Cress’s story, though she’s been involved since the first book, is really the story that needed to be included to step up the last book. But not only did it set up the plot lines, but it also set up so much character development giving each character their final motivation for the last story. Simply my favorite in the series.… (more)

Representation: Asian character
Trigger warnings: Pandemic, military violence and war themes, mass death in the past, physical assault and injury, blood depiction
Score: Seven out of ten.
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Well. It looks like I finally read Cress. After picking up (and surprisingly enjoying) Cinder and Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, I wanted to give her another shot to see if the The Lunar Chronicles continued to impress me. I glanced at the blurb, making it seem intriguing and a book that would suit my tastes. When I closed the final page, it was enjoyable.

It starts with the titular character, Cress, living in a satellite orbiting Earth in the opening pages. She lives there for a while before eventually she has to visit Earth to meet characters from the previous two instalments, Cinder and Scarlet. The opening pages and the middle are slow as usual, but it's typical from the author to do this, and I expected a slow-burn start anyways based on other books I've read from her. The action builds toward the last 200 pages as Cress is told to stop Cinder and Scarlet from forcing Queen Levana to abdicate, but fortunately, the plan does not go as intended. I like most aspects about Cress, but I can't believe I have to wait one more book until the characters put the plan into action. At least the characters were likable. The conclusion finishes Cress on a cliffhanger, with some bonus reading material added afterward, including a sneak peak of Winter.… (more)