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Ok so Scarlet is 1/4 Lunar..... Do you think she was immune to the letumosis? (The original letumosis that lunars are immune to but earthens aren't)

#the lunar chronicles #Scarlet Benoit #Letumosis

Letumosis is coming. Be ready for that! We have to go to the Luna for an antidote...

#the lunar chronicles #levana #viruses #antidote #letumosis

Scarlet and Winter are besties and maybe even girlfriends, I dare you to change my mind

#the lunar chronicles #the lunar chronicles spoilers #winter blackburn #tlc winter #scarlet tlc #scarlet benoit #letumosis #the way scarlet doesnt care that winter has the literal plague #she was like #shit thats my gf #gotta expose myself to moon plague for her

Love how most of us went into February/March 2020 thinking "oh it's like how letumosis was in TLC" and then a few weeks later realized no it's much worse 😅

#the lunar chronicles #letumosis #Blue plague #TLC #lunar chronicles

Friendly reminder:

It took Thorne and Cress at least a few years to get the Letumosis antidote to every country in the world.

If they can do it, so can we. Just imagine that Thorne and Cress are coming to give you the vaccines! I don’t know about any one else, but that thought makes my day a bit better.

#the lunar chronicles #carswell thorne #cress darnel #cinder #scarlet #cress #winter #Marissa Meyer #books and literature #friendly reminder #letumosis

Rating: 4

Re-Read Factor: Yes

Genre: fairy tales, fantasy, science fiction, romance, young adult

"Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time."

Marissa Meyer weaves an incredible fairytale retelling revolving a cyborg Cinderella, a pandemic, and aliens all into one cohesive story. I was amazed at how Meyer was able to pull off such an abstract concept and even more surprised by how the book was able to set the basis for the three books to come without revealing too much of the plot.

Cinder follows a teenage girl named Linh Cinder who lives with her two stepsisters and an evil stepmother. One of her stepsisters follows her stepmother's footsteps in vileness while the other supports Cinder albeit quietly. Beyond the Cinderella trope, we are surrounded by a rampant disease known as "letumosis" as well as social classism among humans, cyborgs, AI, and aliens (Lunars), who by their name emigrate from the moon. As a cyborg herself and under the scrutiny of her wicked family, she must navigate how to help the crown prince Kai with his mission to find the missing Lunar Princess Selene in order to dethrone the evil Queen Levana, who threatens Earth with destruction. But as the book goes on, we learn that the elements in play are so much more than they seem.

Meyer writes so effortlessly, and the book flows incredibly well for a seamless read through and through. Her ability to tell stories never ceases to amaze me, and Cinder is no exception. She is able to worldbuild an entire universe while simultaneously being able to set the growth of each character for the books to come. I'm disappointed I put off reading this book for so long, but I'm glad I picked it up nevertheless. Overall, Cinder is a fantastic first installment to an intricate series and undoubtedly one of the best YA fantasy novels of all time.