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Plot Summary
Cinder is a girl, and a cyborg mechanic. Here in the second installment of the Lunar Chronicles (a bestselling series), Cinder attempts to make a prison break, knowing she is about to become the most wanted fugitive in the Commonwealth!
On the other side of the globe, Scarlet Benoit finds her grandmother is missing, and in fact, there are quite a lot of things about her grandmother that Scarlet doesn't know.
Wolf, a street fighter, just may be able to lead Scarlet to her grandmother, but can he be trusted? Though mysterious and dangerous, Scarlet is inevitably drawn to him, just like he is to her. Together they untangle one secret after another, until they stumble on Cinder!
Now, these three must keep on their toes, for they face a common foe: the malevolent Lunar Queen Levana, who will destroy anyone in the way of making Prince Kai her King... and prisoner.
Marissa Meyer often jokes about the fact that she once worked at the Old Spaghetti Factory while earning her bachelor's degree in creative writing and children's literature. No stranger to humble beginnings, she worked her way up to earning a publishing degree, then worked as an editor, a typesetter, and a proofreader. This eventually lead to her first book deal for Cinder. Meyer says she has many manuscripts waiting to be published and that she loves the writers life. Her books all began as NaNoWriMo novels. She currently lives with her husband and three cats.
"I enjoyed a new Twist on an old classic! Myers did a great job of turning an old tale into something new and interesting. I highly recommend it!"
— Hill (5 out of 5 stars)
Publisher Summary
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! For Marissa Meyer's second installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, she imagines Little Red Riding Hood set in the distant future. And yes, there is a big, bad Wolf. Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner. An NPR Best Book of 2013
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“Narrator Rebecca Soler maintains the rising tension levels through pacing and tone as the story lines weave together and the danger grows…Soler navigates the alternating story lines well, easily transitioning from a slightly robotic tone for Cinder and her android Iko, to just a hint of a French accent in Scarlet and Wolf's tale, which reminds listeners that the majority of the story takes place in France.
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Rebecca Soler gives another solid performance of the futuristic fairy tale series. Her youthful voice is well cast to narrate the concurrent stories of the two teenagers, seamlessly navigating between the story lines…Fans of Cinder will be completely satisfied as action and romance abound and the stakes are even higher in this installment. Listeners will be clamoring for the next two titles in the quartet.
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Soler's narrations, both confident and well paced, flow effortlessly. She masters major characters' voices…Soler is also very effective at quick transitions between accents in dialogue-heavy scenes. The combination of Soler's superb performance and Meyer's captivating storytelling creates a pair of tour-de-force audiobooks.
— Horn Book Magazine
Awards
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Winner of NPR Best Book of the Year, 2013
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Among longlisted titles for Tri-State Reviews Committee Books of Note - Master List, 2013
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Among longlisted titles for Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Maste, 2015
Scarlet Listener Reviews
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Lisa Allison, 3/21/2022
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Lynn Delinger, 11/20/2021
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Paul Stout, 4/13/2020
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" Scarlet is the second in a wonderful series and is even better than the first! "
— jen, 12/9/2016
About Marissa Meyer
Marissa Meyer is the author of the Lunar Chronicles series, of which Scarlet was a New York Times bestseller. She attended Pacific Lutheran University, where she earned her BS in creative writing.
About Rebecca Soler
Rebecca Soler is a film and voice-over actress and winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards for audiobook narration. Her voice-over credits include various video games, like Star Wars: The Old Republic and Red Dead Redemption, and television shows such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.