Marissa Meyer

   Working to overthrow Queen Levana, a fugitive Cinder and her companions search for Rapunzel-like hacker Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood and who has received orders from Levana to foil Cinder's efforts. 
   By the best-selling author of Scarlet.

The Lunar Chronicles #3

Cress

Ellie M.

Cress is definitely now my most favorite book out of the series! One of the many reasons I love found family is the sense of belonging it makes a reader feel, and the Rampion crew perfectly captures it, with their adventures, hilariously perfect comedic timing, and the unpredictable way the course of events falls out. I truly loved this and I still can’t believe that my time with them is almost over! :<

Hanna Rybchynska

Já li os primeiros 2 livros dessa saga e ganhei algum interesse pelas persongens! Neste novo livro, conhecemos a Cress (Rapunzel) que está presa num satélite entre a Luna e a Terra, ela é melhor hacker que existe na Luna e, provavelmente, na Terra! Ela descobre que a Cinder (Cinderela - Livro 1) está a ser presseguida pela rainha da Luna e que precisa de ajuda, mas ela está presa na sua "torre", e quem mais a podia salvar se não o seu príncipe Capitão Thorne, que é tudo menos príncipe! 

Nesta nova viagem, as personagens ganham muito mais vida e muito mais está em jogo! Adorei o desenvolvimento da Cress como personagem e acho que em geral, foi um livro agradável de se ler. Neste livro, aparece a minha personagem preferida da Saga toda - o Capitão! Ele é engraçado e tem muita mania, mas não podia não acha-lo engraçado. 

Recomendo seriamente este livro às pessoas que leram os 2 primeiros e não sabiam se haviam de ler mais! Recomendo começarem pelo Livro 1 - Cinder, às pessoas que gostam de dramas, romance (young adult) e ação e aventura. Este livro tem imensa ação e aventura, sendo esse o foco principal.

Monicap

THE COVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOKIT ALL THE PRETTY SPARKLES.......................................................... I SWEAR I'M NOT ON DRUGS. I MIGHT BE HIGH FROM SNIFFING BOOKS, THOUGH.

Christine

Vicky  Nuñez 

I can't believe a couple of months ago I didn't even wanted to read CINDER. I remember seeing its cover in a bookstore and reading its plot and thinking how strange it sounded.
And truth is a retelling with Cinderella as a cyborg is pretty strange when you first hear about it, but what makes this work is Marissa Meyer's way of telling the story. 
Cress, is a retelling of Rapunzel, a fairy tale so well known by me, but despite this I swear there where moments I was reading and I was wondering what would happen next. And when the next scene happened and I looked back on it I would realize it was something that happened in the original story. But Marissa Meyer disguises it so well, that is so easy to think of it as a different story. 
There are so many retelling out there, but most of them don't change the plot all that much and its so refreshing to read this series that gives us a familiar story, but change things enough to keep us interested. 
I honestly can't wait for WINTER to be out.

 lived up to how I remembered it. LOVED Cinder’s continuing character arc as she takes on the role of revolutionary & tackles her fears. Kai’s chapters were also incredibly compelling as he wrestled with honor, duty, & leadership. Cinder & Kai continue to be an absolutely stunning, endearing af backbone to all the revolving plots of this series & I love them so much!! Speaking of…I liked Cress & Thorne well enough in this book, & Cress’s arc had compelling moments, but idk if the ~crush from afar~ trope really clicked for me in this one. Also, there was just a 

 bit too much time of them wandering around in the desert with nothing much else to do. Despite all this, the last quarter of this book was S T U N N I N G plot & character-wise, & I CANNOT wait to see how it (finally) all ends!!!

Sharanya Sharma

— 2nd read March 2024 —

Hmm… this book hasn’t totally lived up to how I remembered it. LOVED Cinder’s continuing character arc as she takes on the role of revolutionary & tackles her fears. Kai’s chapters were also incredibly compelling as he wrestled with honor, duty, & leadership. Cinder & Kai continue to be an absolutely stunning, endearing af backbone to all the revolving plots of this series & I love them so much!! Speaking of…I liked Cress & Thorne well enough in this book, & Cress’s arc had compelling moments, but idk if the ~crush from afar~ trope really clicked for me in this one. Also, there was just a wee bit too much time of them wandering around in the desert with nothing much else to do. Despite all this, the last quarter of this book was S T U N N I N G plot & character-wise, & I CANNOT wait to see how it (finally) all ends!!!

chloe rae

Re-read 2018:
Ok, WOW. I honestly think I enjoyed this book even MORE the second time around! I didn’t think that was possible!
What a jam-packed adventure! It’s really fun seeing what I remember about the plot and what I don’t. I still love the characters and the romance and the DRAMA. Its wonderful.
I do, however, wish that this book had more Scarlet. I understand that there’s so many POV’s and characters but I think she got a little left out of this one. Can’t wait to read Winter, which I don’t remember at ALL! So excited :)


*Original review:
Oh. My. GOD. This book was GLORIOUS. HOLY CRAP. I mean, I actually can't STAND how good it is.
This is one of the best books I've ever read. While all of the books in this series are impeccable, this is by far my favorite. I can't get over how well written it is! I mean, the way everything came together and the writing and THE CHARACTERS. DEAR LORD. The characters of this series are incredible. So multifaceted and realistic and its just a joy to read from their perspectives. And Damn, can Marissa write romance. She does it in this subtle way and always knows when to make it the focal point. I've hard-core fallen in love with each of the main love interests (they're all just so BEAUTIFUL UGHHH). Oh, and the world and the plot are just so easy to get immersed in; I couldn't put it down. And I keep DREAMING about it! The fact that I have to wait until NOVEMBER to read the next (and last) one is actually the most horrible thing ever. Pleaseeee make these next four months go by fast!
Well, I'm off to read Fairest. Hopefully my fan-girl heart can wait until November. 
And just in case I haven't been clear enough or something: DUDE. GO READ THIS BOOK. LIKE, NOW.

Cress is the third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, following Cinder and Scarlet. Incarcerated in a satellite, an expert hacker and out to save the world - Cress isn't your usual damsel in distress. CRESS grew-up as a prisoner. With only netscreens for company she's forced to do the bidding of the evil Queen Levana. Now that means tracking down Cinder and her handsome accomplice Emperor Kai. But little does Levana know that those she seeks, and the man she loves, are plotting her downfall . . . As paths cross and the price of freedom rises, happily ever after has never seemed further away for Cress, Scarlet and Cinder. This is not the fairy tale you remember. But it's one you won't forget. 'Fairy tales are becoming all the rage, with the TV shows Once Upon a Time and Grimm spinning them through a modern filter. . . Meyer's debut novel Cinder, though, combines a classic folk tale with hints of The Terminator and Star Wars' USAToday.com [praise for CINDER] About the author: Marissa Meyer's first two books in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Scarlet, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. Marissa lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their three cats. Visit her at www.marissameyer.com and facebook.com/lunarchronicles Also Available: Cinder Scarlet Cress And don't miss: Winter

Cress (The Lunar Chronicles Book 3)

I enjoyed this a bit more than Scarlet, it definitely progresses the overall story. Though I fell that compared to Cinder, Cress's story is not as engaging and gets overshadowed by the B story 

Hyde F

Mel 

I really enjoyed this one and Cress is the sweetest! I loved her and Thorne together and really enjoyed seeing the whole squad, well nearly the whole squad together. 
I’m excited to see what happens next and to meet Winter.

Prepare to see the New York Times-bestselling series like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! 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 intergalactic intrigue. 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 Archenemies: Book Two Supernova: Book Three Heartless

Book Three of the Lunar Chronicles

Julie Failde

I loved Cress and Thorne so, so much. I do think because so much was happening, they had less screen time than Cinder and Kai or Scarlet and Wolf had in their books, but even with that I still adore them so much. Just like in Scarlet, this book had absolutely no dull moments. Everything was so fast paced and fun and all the romances were so swoony and I need more from each couple. 
I’m so eager to learn more about Winter and see how I feel about her and Jacin, but first I need to suffer through Levana backstory. As much as I despise Levana, Meyers’s writing is so good, I need to read Fairest.

isabella

Gianna Kristen

I AM NOW A KAI TRASH BUT I REALLY LOVE THE HAPPENINGS IN THIS BOOK! Did not expect that Dr. Erland and Cress twist, but indeed love everything in this book!

2022 reread
who would have thought that two people wandering around the desert was going to be interesting? thorne and cress were such an enjoyable pair to read. and i could never forget... the infamous kai kidnapping! so so good!!!

nuélle

my fav book in the series + fucking love the 'crew' sm I would licherally die if anything happens to them

literally amazing. its perfect its so good i have no critiques. I cant imagine liking the next one more but i’d love to be proven wrong

tam 🕴️

SO GOODDD!!! It was so good and interesting, had so many twists and turns. Cress is super relatable and where can I buy a man like Thorne? 

I was afraid because the book looks super big and slow but honestly the plot moves so quickly and it felt like 100 pages read. Time passes quickly when you enjoy. 

Can wait to see more from Cinder and Kai in the next book. I missed them together. 

Yalin Tsikun

SO GOODDD!!! It was so good and interesting, had so many twists and turns. Cress is super relatable and where can I buy a man like Thorne? 

I was afraid because the book looks super big and slow but honestly the plot moves so quickly and it felt like 100 pages read. Time passes quickly when you enjoy. 

Can wait to see more from Cinder and Kai in the next book. I missed them together. 

I love cress why does no one else like her ?? She’s my fav and cress and Thorne are my fav couple 

amelia <3

Sofia Spinnato 

Nena Wyers 

Briar's Reviews

W-O-W-Z-A.

I love fairy tales and their adaptions, but Marissa Meyer takes this to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. I haven't been this glued to a series in a very long time (almost a decade... back when I was in high school). It's seriously amazing that Marissa can pull my attention so well. Seriously, I just ordered the last book of this series. I have read almost an entire series in a few months, which is super rare for me as a reader. And, I have to say, this series pulled me out of my reading slump. It made me fall in love with reading again, so it'll have a special place in my heart.

Onto the review:

I did not enjoy this book as much as the first two, but it was still mind-blowing. The first half of the book did not pull my attention as much as I wanted it to, but I still love our little Crescent Moon... I mean, Cress. I even had to laugh because Cress and her lover boy gave me serious Tangled vibes. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but I dig the giggles! 

This book moves faster than the last two. There's twists and turns in almost every chapter and kept me thoroughly hooked. It was disappointing when I had to put the book down because I knew something else was going to happen. 

I also really enjoyed this book address Cress and her instant love for her rescuer. It felt like a parody as it was also participating fully in the narrative. At times, I felt like it was insta-love but then it'd go and make fun of it. By the end, Cress isn't fully in love with Captain Thorne so it did actually pay off. I'm rather impressed with how this YA tackled that trope. Seriously, Marissa got some real respect from me.

And then, the ending. This book leaves on a bit of a cliffhanger (which I hate, by the way), but it did it in a very good way. The book had giggles but it also had absolute terror - murder, genocide and the likes. It seems weird to put that in a review about a fairy tale adaption, but it's true. There were some really bad scenes in this book to show how cruel Levana is. With one book left, Winter is going to have some seriously work to do (but we all know Marissa is a genius, so she'll be just fine).

To top it off, this book had some seriously amazing one liners thrown in. Kai talking about his wedding vows was killing me - remove love, respect and joy - like, Marissa, you're killing it!

The most frustrating parts of these books for me is the last section of the books either "extra content". I always think I'm getting 400-500 pages full of Lunar plot, but it seems like half the book is reader questions and Q&As with authors. It makes me feel a little cheated, but it obviously doesn't affect the story at all. It's just a pet peeve of mine. 

In the end, this book was another epic-ly fun read for me. I enjoyed every second of this book (even if it didn't live up to my super high standards). I absolutely will be reading Winter (it's being shipped as I type this!) and I can't wait to see what else Marissa does in her writing career. Books like these make my heart sing - they make my love of reading SO much stronger. But, she does raise my standards a lot higher for other authors...

P.S. Thorne gives me Han Solo vibes and we all know I love Star Wars. <3

Five out of five crescent moons!

Erica Lojo

Emily Klo

This is my favorite of series so far and cress and thorne are my favorite couple 😍🤞🏼🤞🏼 so I’m excited to see how the series ends and it reminds me of my childhood still

Savannah

Nessa Luna

Original review: Oh wow, wow wow wow wow. I just LOVED this book! The Lunar Chronicles really are one of my favourite book series at the moment, each book was a bit better than it’s predecessor (in my opinion). Though I would still love a story based on Sleeping Beauty (which is my favourite Disney movie), I loved all the fairy tales these books were based on (Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel).

I just love Marissa Meyer’s writing. She can just get me to read on and on and forget the time. It actually made me go to bed too late several times and I think I actually even had a dream about TLC that night.

As the title says, this book focuses mainly on Cress, or Crescent, who’s based on Rapunzel. Cress has been stuck in her satellite for seven years now, with only ‘Little Cress’ as her companion. But then she gets the chance to be rescued. And she takes it.

There weren’t many new ‘main’ characters in this book, apart from Cress. But we’d already kinda met her in Cinder. There was Sybil Mira’s guard, that we got to know a bit better, and near the end of the book we met the main character for the next and (as far as I know) last book in the series, Winter, who is Queen Levana’s stepdaughter and based on Snow White.

Out of all the characters in this book, I think I liked Cress the most. She was just so adorable, and I kind of expected her to sing ‘When Will My Life Begin’ (or actually the reprise) when she finally left the satellite. I also liked Iko a lot, but I already loved her from the previous books, and in this book she did some things that made me love her even more!

This book made me ship all the ships, honestly. I loved reading about all of them, and I don’t have that often. There was one pairing that actually made me feel really happy and fangirlish while reading/thinking about it. I am going to share one quote that I just loved to bits. It might be a tiny bit spoilerish (although this pairing was already kinda together in Scarlet).

“This Scarlet, you’re in love with her, aren’t you?” “She’s my Alpha.”

And I just awwwwwwwwwwww-ed so hard, you wouldn’t believe it. Then Cress thought he was talking about the brightest star in the constellation and that was an even better explanation than what Wolf actually meant.

There was only one thing that I didn’t like, and it’s the same as the previous two, the multiple POV’s. It didn’t really bother me too much, but I am still not really a fan of it. Most POV changes happened between chapters, but sometimes it would switch to a different person in the same chapter. There were these little pictures to indicate the change of a POV though, and that made it alright.

Apart from that, there was nothing really I didn’t like about this book. Apart from the fact that it sometimes made me feel sad. And that it kept me up until deep in the night sometimes.

I just love the Lunar Chronicles so much, and I can’t wait to get my hands on Winter! And honestly, I know that a lot (too many perhaps) of YA books are currently being made into movies, but I would LOVE for this series to be made into a movie series (or perhaps a TV series?!).

Julia

God, I love this series. I love Iko. Thorne grew on me. I need to start Winter ASAP.

Cress The Lunar Chronicles #3

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