Cress by Marissa Meyer

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4 stars

I love the hold system at the library. No longer do you have to hope and pray you get to the library before someone else to get the book you are dying to read. Instead you can simply put it on hold. Then in an orderly and systematic way you know you will get your book.

At my library you can also freeze your holds. That means if you are going away on holiday, and you know you are about due to get your book, you can freeze it. That means you keep your place in the hold line up and progress until you are number one and then you will remain in the number one spot until you unfreeze your hold. No more missing the pick up day and having to go back to the end of the line. Genius.

I am a bit fanatical with my library account. I like to log in and see how my holds are doing. Am I any further ahead in the line up? When are the due dates for the other patrons? Yes, I know this means that I really need to get a life, but I just find it so fascinating and exciting. Nothing is more exciting to me than see the words IN TRANSIT beside my hold, knowing I will be the next person to read that book!

Synopsis

This is the third installment in the Lunar Chronicles. We are introduced more to the character Cress, similar to fairy tale Rapunzel, a girl who has been living in a satellite for 7 years. She is a hacker extrodinaire and while technically a servant for the Lunar court, she loves all things earth and has been secretly helping Cinder and her motley crew. She also has a crush on Thorne. Cinder is also coming up with a plan to stop the wedding of Kai and Queen Levana. It is all very exciting, and you never know what plot twist will be thrown at us next.

My Thoughts

My goodness this was a fun read and I am sad that I have to wait until next year to read the next book. While there were parts of the book that were kind of draggy, I'm thinking about the desert part, this was action packed and thrilling. I didn't know what was going to happen next and was glad to be along for the ride.

Meyer did a fabulous job once again of staying true to the original fairy tale while giving it a futuristic slant. I love how she makes her female characters real people, not just love sick girls, and how she throws realistic wrenches into their lives that they need to overcome and think about.

There was something about this book that made me like it slightly less than the first two. I can't quite put my finger on what that would be. It was still really good, just not my favourite of the series so far.

I'm so glad I put my hold on it. It was super. Teens will love it, even parents of teens might too.