ARC Envy (8) Cress by Marissa Meyer

Every week several of my favorite bloggers post vlogs or whatever of all the great book hauls they've received for the week. Since I'm a tiny little fish in the huge book blogging pond, my mailbox isn't stuffed with all the great ARCs that they get. Dana's ARC Envy is my way of highlighting an ARC that I *wish* had been sent to me too. 

Title: Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3)
Author: Marissa Meyer (website)(Twitter)
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends by Macmillian (website)(Twitter)
Expected Publication Date: February 4, 2014

Judging a book by its cover:  Not as good as the first two but they were really hard to top.

Know anything about the author?  She does great re-tellings of classic stories - with a twist!

Why do I want it?  This one is a bit of a cheat since I haven't seen anyone with ARCs of this. But since the cover was revealed this week, I'm going with it. I really enjoyed Cinder and Scarlet so I'm looking forward to continuing with the series. 

Summary from Goodreads:

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 may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.

What ARC are you envying this week?

ARC Envy (8) Cress by Marissa Meyer

Every week several of my favorite bloggers post vlogs or whatever of all the great book hauls they've received for the week. Since I'm a tiny little fish in the huge book blogging pond, my mailbox isn't stuffed with all the great ARCs that they get. Dana's ARC Envy is my way of highlighting an ARC that I *wish* had been sent to me too. 

Title: Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3)
Author: Marissa Meyer (website)(Twitter)
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends by Macmillian (website)(Twitter)
Expected Publication Date: February 4, 2014

Judging a book by its cover:  Not as good as the first two but they were really hard to top.

Know anything about the author?  She does great re-tellings of classic stories - with a twist!

Why do I want it?  This one is a bit of a cheat since I haven't seen anyone with ARCs of this. But since the cover was revealed this week, I'm going with it. I really enjoyed Cinder and Scarlet so I'm looking forward to continuing with the series. 

Summary from Goodreads:

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 may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.

What ARC are you envying this week?

Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Thoughts

Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Pages: 390
Genre: YA dystopian
Series: Lunar Chronicles #1
Source: library loan
Rating: I loved it

The Cinderella story told as a young adult dystopian where she is a cyborg? Yes, please. It seems that every blogger and her brother is reviewing this one and rightfully so. It had action. It had humor. It had a hot prince. It had a totally unique spin on the story we all know and love, but I gush...I did have just a teensy problem with it though. I figured it out way before I wanted to.

And that is the only thing I didn't like about the book. Otherwise, I enjoyed it immensely and cannot wait for the next in the series to be released. I enjoyed the characters, even the evil Lunar Queen. I enjoyed the setting and lost myself in that world. I stayed up late into the night just to finish and was a bit sad to read that last page.

Unique and awesome. Well written with great and witty dialogue. A world that is different than our own but totally believable. Great, well developed characters and did I mention the hot prince?

And oh the cover! They say not to judge a book by its cover but oh.my.word. it is beautiful. I love this cover....the cover alone makes me want to pick up this book.

Loved this one. Marissa Meyer = amazing.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Thoughts

Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Pages: 390
Genre: YA dystopian
Series: Lunar Chronicles #1
Source: library loan
Rating: I loved it

The Cinderella story told as a young adult dystopian where she is a cyborg? Yes, please. It seems that every blogger and her brother is reviewing this one and rightfully so. It had action. It had humor. It had a hot prince. It had a totally unique spin on the story we all know and love, but I gush...I did have just a teensy problem with it though. I figured it out way before I wanted to.

And that is the only thing I didn't like about the book. Otherwise, I enjoyed it immensely and cannot wait for the next in the series to be released. I enjoyed the characters, even the evil Lunar Queen. I enjoyed the setting and lost myself in that world. I stayed up late into the night just to finish and was a bit sad to read that last page.

Unique and awesome. Well written with great and witty dialogue. A world that is different than our own but totally believable. Great, well developed characters and did I mention the hot prince?

And oh the cover! They say not to judge a book by its cover but oh.my.word. it is beautiful. I love this cover....the cover alone makes me want to pick up this book.

Loved this one. Marissa Meyer = amazing.