Kadomi reviewed Winter by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles)
Review of 'Winter' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In the final volume of the Lunar Chronicles, there's a lot of stuff going on. Our intrepid band of heroes has arrived on Luna, the evil queen Levana is about to marry Emperor Kai, and we spend more time with the final fairy tale couple of the series: Princess Winter aka Snow White, and her guard Jacin, her Prince Charming.
The book is massive, double the pagecount of the first book of the series. Unfortunately I found it dragged a bit, even though there was always something going on. There was a bit of missing tension for me. [spoiler]At no point did it ever feel that any of our main characters were at threat. They all survive, despite gruesome injuries, but always get patched up.[/spoiler] The final battle was a bit anti-climactic.
Nevertheless, the whole series is entertaining, with likeable characters and the fun fairy tale concept. Of the four …
In the final volume of the Lunar Chronicles, there's a lot of stuff going on. Our intrepid band of heroes has arrived on Luna, the evil queen Levana is about to marry Emperor Kai, and we spend more time with the final fairy tale couple of the series: Princess Winter aka Snow White, and her guard Jacin, her Prince Charming.
The book is massive, double the pagecount of the first book of the series. Unfortunately I found it dragged a bit, even though there was always something going on. There was a bit of missing tension for me. [spoiler]At no point did it ever feel that any of our main characters were at threat. They all survive, despite gruesome injuries, but always get patched up.[/spoiler] The final battle was a bit anti-climactic.
Nevertheless, the whole series is entertaining, with likeable characters and the fun fairy tale concept. Of the four books, I probably enjoyed Cress and Scarlet the most. Incidentally, I also liked the pairings from those novels best. Especially Cress and her Captain tugged at my heart strings.
Verdict: 3.5 stars for this book, and a definite recommendation for the series as a whole, if you enjoy future versions of famous fairy tales with cyborg princesses, mutant wolves and mind-controlling villains.
