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Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) Author : Marissa Meyer Publication Date : February 4th 2014 Publisher : Feiwel and Friends Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard. In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker—unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder m...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) Author : Marissa Meyer Publication Date : February 5th 2013 Publisher : Feiwel and Friends Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble The fates of Cinder and Scarlet collide as a Lunar threat spreads across the Earth... Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another w...

Summary (from Goodreads) A forbidden romance. A deadly plague. Earth's fate hinges on one girl... Cinder, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness.  But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation. Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal.  Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future. Personal Thoughts When I first saw the cover of Cinder, I thought it was gorgeous, but when I read the summary, I was pretty much put off. The idea of cyborgs did not appeal to me for some reason, so I didn't read it until a couple of days ago. I seriously wanted to hit myself for having read this book so late! Next time, I'm just going to listen to the positive reviews when they...