Thread: DA's Book Journal (Opinions, Discussion...nerd nerd nerd).

Let's see...next up on my reviews would be Marissa Meyer's Lunar Cycle. This series is not yet complete, but almost so. And I've read almost everything that's out and published--I'm waiting for the novella 'Fairest' to reduce in price for the Kindle before I snag it and read it and the final book 'Winter' will be released in November of this year. That all said, what I've read Cinder - Lunar Cycle book 1 Scarlet - Lunar Cycle book 2 Cress - Lunar Cycle book 3 Glitches - Lunar Cycle novella 0.5 The Queen's Army - Lunar Cycle novella 1.5 though...best to really read those two novellas AFTER you've read the 3 larger books even though, chronologically, Glitches is first and The Kings Army is third in the total line up of what is out for this 'verse.. And now for my thoughts and such. XD Basically, Meyer's and this is NOT Stephenie Meyer or any relation thereof, lol Lunar Cycle is a YAscifi version of fairytales. Cinder is based on Cinderella, Scarlet is based on Little Red Riding Hood and Cress is based on Rapunzel. So far, this entire series has been a surprise to me. I'll be honest, when the first book came out way back when and I saw the cover......I was less than impressed and had absolutely ZERO desire to read this series. The cover just looked tacky to me and made me not have any interest whatsoever. In fact, I didn't even bother to read the synopsis of the book. Sure, I got enough that it was based on Cinderella, but it ended there. At that time. Then, later on, that book along with the others started to pop up on my Amazon Suggestions list. So, finally, I decided to actually read the synopsis....ok. Well, color me intrigued. I'd no idea that it was actually scifi. I suppose the metal inside the leg should've been a tip off, but....me being me didn't pay close enough attention to the picture to really notice the finer details. I just saw leg with red shoe and was like....blargh. . So, I read the synopsis, then some of the reviews. I noticed that the other books had equally stellar reviews. This had my brain turning, so I finally decided to give the books a try. And OHHH...was I so happy that I did!!! The books were nothing like I anticipated. For starters, the characters were phenomenal. They were hardly two-dimensional and were developed quite nicely--as individuals and when it came to their relationships with the others in the books. The world itself is quite lush and vivid, Meyer sparing no detail when it comes to her portrayal of pretty much everything. You really get a feel for the clothing, the architecture, the technology...just everything. You can get a total sense of the scifi world around you...what a cyborg vs an android, etc all look like. It's really rather wonderful. And then there are the Lunars--the aliens of the books. Ohh...but I don't want to spoil too much, so I'll leave it at that!!! The story itself is magnificent! It arcs over all the books as a single story, though each book does feature its own highlighted story that focuses on a few characters more than others. Though, I'd say all the characters get a pretty fair amount of page-time in all the books once they are introduced to the overall plot. The main gist, however, is that you have the Lunars living on the Moon and there's a verrrry shaky peace between them and the humans on Earth. It's the future, so Earth is divided up a bit differently and has different ruling parties as a result. You have cyborgs, androids, spaceships, satellites... The whole thing is fun, loosely based on the fairytales we all know and love, however Meyer has oh so totally made this her OWN. Oh yes, don't be fooled. Though some things will be predictable, I assure you that there are enough twists that you'll say WOW quite a few times over! Basically, this series is wonderful and a must read for anyone who loves YA and especially scifi. Hell, if you love fairytales, give it a whirl and try something new. I dare say you will not be disappointed.