SPOILERS AHEAD: This is the bridge between the 3rd and 4th book in The Lunar Chronicles. However, I read the 4th book before reading this one, so this review will contain spoilers for the entire series.
TW: Dubious Pretty much no consent whatsoever with the “romantic interest” throughout, and burn scars/fire trauma.
I love a good villain origin story as much as the next person, but this just… fell flat. It had so much potential, but ended up being a time-skipping, slightly incoherent mess of vagueness, which is super disappointing to me.
SPOILERS AHEAD: This is the 3rd book in the series (The Lunar Chronicles), so spoilers for the 1st, 2nd, and (minor) 3rd books ahead.
*sigh* The Lunar Chronicles was a childhood favorite of mine, and now while I’m rereading it, I definitely see its magic (and faults too). Cress is by far my favorite of the series, but it has its pitfalls.
SPOILERS AHEAD: This is the final book of The Lunar Chronicles. Spoilers for the entire series will be in this review.
Gosh I love a good retelling, but this really wasn’t that. Winter was about 90% grand finale and about 10% actual retelling material that was INCREDIBLY bogged down by the fact that it was about 450 pages too long.
The crew is finally ready (or as ready as you can be) to take down Levana. Yeah. That’s it. That’s the entire summary.
Holes is an intriguing novel about a teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert after falsely being accused of being a thief. He is sent to a desert area in Texas called Camp Green Lake, where he and the other juvenile delinquents are forced to dig holes as punishment. He makes a friend who is nicknamed Zero, but at one point Zero runs away because of how much he truly hated camp life. Stanley follows him and they climb a big mountain.
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber is a Young Adult romantic fantasy, the third in the Once Upon a Broken Heart series. The book (spoilers for the first two books ahead) picks up where The Ballad of Never After left off.
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel set in a dictatorial future where the government, led by the Party and its enigmatic figurehead Big Brother, exercises complete control over its citizens. The protagonist, Winston Smith, works for the Party rewriting historical records to fit its propaganda. As he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the oppressive regime, Winston starts a forbidden love affair with Julia, a fellow Party member.
Libby was once named the Fattest Teen in the World. Quite a title to give a girl who has just lost her mom and is scared to go to school because of her peers bullying her. Libby hasn’t been to school since 5th grade, and now, on her first day back at high school, she punches a popular boy in the face, named Jack.
Imagine a young adult Groundhog Day that happens on the most romantic day of the year, valentines day. This is the reality for Emilie Hornby and this reality is turning into a nightmare for her. On the first day of no consequences, Emilie first gets yelled at by her step-mom to hurry up in the shower, next she gets into a car accident with one of her classmates named Josh, and finally, her dad tells her that they will be moving and that Emilie has to decide to stay or leave. Oh and worst of all, she finds her dreamy boyfriend kissing his ex.
Elle Woods is the stereotypical sorority girl, who has the perfect boyfriend, Warner, is the sorority president, and has all the best and most popular friends. But this perfect life is completely destroyed when Warner breaks up with her. Elle is in shock when Warner says he wants a “serious girl” and Elle sets out to be his “serious girl” that she is far from at the beginning of the movie. As Elle tries to become serious, she studies hard for the LSAT, which are tests to get into law school.
