Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Pages: 452
Rating: 💜💜💜💜
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Scarlet's grandmother is missing. The police has closed her case. The only person who can help her is Wolf, a untrustworthy street fighter.
In New Beijing, Cinder becomes the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive when she breaks out of prison to escape the vicious Queen Levana.



I honestly don't know how to review this book without spoiling everything because I have so many emotions that I need to release and talk about! However, I'll try hard to not ruin anything for you.

I liked this book a lot more that Cinder; the world and plot felt more developed, there was more action and the characters were just as likeable. I loved that we got a split narrative between Cinder and Scarlet as it meant the world we are in grew and expanded more than it did in Cinder.

I loved all the characters; Scarlet has become my favourite character of the series, although Cinder still has a special place in my heart. I love all the boys in this universe as well because they are both fighters who protect what they care about, but they are also humans who have emotions. In fact every single character is so well written because there is not a moment where you can forget that they are humans with emotions, which often happens in books. It was also nice to see how much diversity is coming through in this book, with all different ethnicities coming together.

This book follows on immediately after the end of Cinder so I would recommend binge-reading this series so you don't get lost. The majority of the chapters do focus on Scarlet although there are a few that focus on Cinder, which was nice to see. It was fun to see how their story lines were becoming intertwined without them realising.

I love the sci-fi retelling of one of my favourite fairy tales because it was so well done. There were parts of it that stuck to the original plot (Scarlet does deliveries, there is a wolf) but the majority of it is a new concept that I've never seen before. I was getting major Red vibes though (if you watch Once Upon A Time you'll know what I mean).

Obviously you'd have to read Cinder before you read this book so it's a little hard to recommend this book to people. However I would recommend this series to anyone who loves retellings or sci-fi books.