Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4)
Summary: Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter claim their happily ever afters by defeating Levana once and for all?
827 Pages
Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles Shorts) narrated by Rebecca Soler
Summary: The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies? With nine stories—five of which have never before been published—and an excerpt from Marissa Meyer’s novel, Heartless, about the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Stars Above is essential for fans of the bestselling and beloved Lunar Chronicles.
400 Pages
by Marissa Meyer
Sci Fi/Dystopia/Romance
My Rating: B+
With Stars Above, this is the first series I have completed this year. Winter is a massive book, but it's an excellent end to the series, though you don't get the ultimate ending until the short "Stars Above" in the short stories collection. I read Winter, but I listened to the shorts. I probably should have done it the other way around, but they're both lovely if you are already fans of the series. Definitely worth checking out. I like that all the main couples got their happy endings in one or both books. I also quite like the short story of the Little Android, which I had read before, but it means just a little bit more, even though the ending is a little melancholy.
I'm still debating reading Fairest. I think if I'd tried it before reading Winter, I might have managed, but after Levana's ending in Winter, I'm less inclined to read a story about how she was done wrong. We'll see if time changes that opinion.
Overall, if you haven't read the Lunar Chronicles, give it a try, because it's an excellent weaving of these well-known fairy tales, but giving them all their own new twists. And if you have read Winter, but never picked up Stars Above, trust me, you want to. The final story in the collection gives the ending that Cinder properly deserves.
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