Scarlet

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Marissa Meyer’s sequel to Cinder, Scarlet, made me doubt my premise that the sequel usually isn’t as good as the first in the series.  Scarlet was every bit as fun as Cinder.  And, I think middle and high school readers will think so too.  The story of Scarlet, a flaming red-haired girl with freckles, begins as she is trying to find her grandmother, who has disappeared.  Her grandmother has been gone for three weeks, and no one seems to have any clue as to where she has gone.  She meets up with a handsome street-fighter named Wolf who offers to help her find her “grand-mere”   In a parallel story, we are taken back into the life of Cinder, who is able to escape from prison with another prisoner.  Captain Carswell Thorne.  Captain Thorne quite fortunately has a spaceship they can use for escape.   Meyer has the paths of Cinder and Scarlet cross and we discover the connections between Cinder, Scarlet and her grandmother.  The story is definitely action packed.  And I, for one, look forward to finding out if the third in the series can be just as good as the first two.   



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