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The third book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer The evil space queen gives an imprisoned hacker orders to track down our cyborg heroine and her team of reimagined fairytale characters. Can the Rapunzel-like hacker break free and help them instead?
"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars."--Entertainment Weekly on the Lunar Chronicles
"Prince Charming among the cyborgs." --The Wall Street Journal on the Lunar Chronicles
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.
Find out what happens in another richly imagined adventure in Marissa Meyer's world of fairytale (with characters based off of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel), science fiction, and intergalatic intruigue.
Don't miss these other books from #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling author Marissa Meyer
The Lunar Chronicles
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Stars Above
Fairest
The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book
Wires and Nerve: Vol. 1
Wires and Nerve: Vol. 2
Renegades
Renegades: Book One
Heartless
Praise for the Lunar Chronicles
#1 New York Times-Bestselling Series
USA Today Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Bestseller
"Terrific." --Los Angeles Times
"Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairytalegenre." --The Seattle Times
"Epic awesome." --Bustle
"A binge-reading treat." --MTV
"Takes the classic to a whole new level." --NPR
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Meyer, Marissa
- ISBN: 9781250007223
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.70
- Number Of Pages: 592
- Publication Year: 2015
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Packed with adventure and romance - just like any good fairytale.
Angela T. - 3 years 1 month agoFairytales. They've been told and retold and twisted over the years, until making a familiar tale into something brand-new is quite a challenge. But that's exactly what Marissa Meyer has done with her science fiction Lunar Chronicles. So far, she's reimagined Cinderella as a cyborg with a mysterious past and Red Riding Hood as a spirited freedom fighter who saves a tortured young man - Wolf - from a life of slavery to a lunar queen bent on controlling the world. And now, in Cress, Meyer tackles the story of Rapunzel. Cress - inspired by watercress, a substitution for the cabbages Rapunzel was named for - has spent her life as a captive on a satellite orbiting earth, hacking Earthen computers for the Lunar queen. Helping Cinder and her crew, she finally has an opportunity to escape. When the rescue attempt goes sour, she ends up wandering the desert with a blinded Captain Thorne, one of the two most-wanted fugitives in the world. They don't stay anonymous for long, and soon the timid Cress has to lose her classic locks and learn to fight for Earth. Cress is packed with adventure and romance - just like any good fairytale.
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Lovable Characters.. But Too Long
Julie E. - 5 years 6 months agoCress was one of my least favorite books in this series, though it wasn’t absolutely terrible. It was important to the storyline for sure- it’s the perfect setup for book 4 (Winter), but I think it could’ve been half as long and done what it needed to. Cress is SUCH a lovely character though. Her and Thorne give me allllll the frustrated feelings.. in a good way! So although I wouldn’t want to read this one again, it’s good to stumble through it. #SpringPicks
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Rapunzel Reimagined: Cress Carves New Novel Niche
Anna K. - 5 years 6 months agoThis creative re-telling of Rapunzel starts in a satellite hovering far above earth, traverses the African desert, and ends with our heroes on a daring mission to rescue their friend from the clutches of the evil moon queen Levana... I'm getting ahead of myself, here. Cress is the third book in the Lunar Chronicles, and while romance is a theme throughout the series, this book takes the (wedding) cake when it comes to subverting and celebrating romantic themes. Author Marissa Meyer sticks to the main beats of the fairy tales she is retelling, but boldly subverts all ideas of "damsel in distress" while addressing that young girls are inundated with that theme and can't help but compare themselves to it. This is one of my favorite things about how Meyer writes, she does not shy away from literary tropes- she hijacks them and makes them something exciting and new. Rapunzel is portrayed as highly imaginative and awkward due to her 17 long years of isolation aboard a satellite orbiting earth. Named Crescent, or Cress for short, she spent her life using her genius computer skills to spy for her cruel captor, and to voyeur Earth people and imagine the kind of life she would have without her imprisonment. During this time, Cress develops a parasocial crush on an interplanetary fugitive that she has been "researching" and daydreams about him finding her and setting her free from her prison. The story does not glaze over the anxiety and alienation that growing up like this would cause. Cress is both fascinated and terrified by the concept of escape and freedom, and is often overwhelmed by these feelings. She hides, she lies, she lashes out, she is fighting to find her place in a world that is harsh and cruel and the book conveys that beautifully without overkill. There is little to no graphic violence (or graphic romance) and I'd confidently recommend this series to anyone over the age of 13. Despite all of her challenges and fears, Cress is the hero of this book, no doubt about it. She is the lynchpin of determination that keeps the central cast of the series together and fighting, even though Cress herself doesn't know it. She dreamed for years of her romantic interest rescuing her, but she does far more to rescue of him, and not just in a Lifetime-Original-metaphorical sense. I'd highly recommend the Lunar Chronicles to anyone interested in fairytale retellings and futuristic scifi, or anyone who's looking for a fun and addicting read with complex and well-thought-out female lead characters that grow and change throughout each book. My one critique? I'm on the final book and not a single LGBT+ couple yet, despite romance being such a large part of the story. Marissa Meyer seems to delve bravely into the concept of humanity, identity, and culture, but this particular series does not explore LGBT relationships, and I wish it did because I know Marissa would likely do a good job with that. I understand that these fairy tales are very "Prince and Princess" themed, but if you can add androids and moon-telepathy, you can add LGBT people. Nonetheless, Cress remains my favorite read of 2021 so far. With beautifully crafted characters and a twisting and turning plot that will have you excited to re-read it in the future, Cress and the entire Lunar Chronicles series is an adventure worth setting out on! #SpringPicks
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Cress is a beautiful retelling of rapunzel.
McKenzie C. - 6 years agoCress and thorne make a cute couple. I ship it. It was a perfect book and perfect continuation of the lunar chronicles.
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A futuristic re-telling of Rapunzel.
April H. - 6 years 3 months agoThis is the third book in The Lunar Chronicle series by M. Meyer. It is a Science fiction/fantasy retelling of the fairy tale Rapunzel. Set in the future poor Cress is forced into solitude in a satellite orbiting earth and is forced into working for the evil Queen Levana. Will poor Cress ever escape? I am a big fan of this series and this book was a very good addition to the series. It is aimed at a younger audience (teens) but is written well enough that I believe it is relatable to an older crowd (like me). I love that it follows the original fairy tale in its own quirky way. It has a little romance, adventure and plenty of action. You will not want to put it down.
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