Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Book: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Sci Fi
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication date: 2013

Source: Purchased as an e-book

Summary: Scarlet continues the story that began with Cinder (Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer). This one re-tells Red Riding Hood in a future century when medical intervention creates cyborgs and terrifyingly advanced humans live on the moon. Scarlet is a farm girl who delivers produce wearing a red hoodie until her grandmother is kidnapped and the only lead she has is a street fighter called Wolf.

Thoughts: I enjoyed this just as much as Cinder and now I can’t wait for the next installment! The situation keeps getting more interesting and the cast of characters grows in number and ability to handle the ever more perilous times. I struggle with e-books, so I was thrilled that this kept my attention enough to finish it in less than a week.

The next book in this series, Cress, will, according to Goodreads, be a Rapunzel-themed book set in the Saharan Desert. I can hardly wait, but I’ll have to since the release date is 2014.

If you’re interested in the role of fairy tales in modern story-telling, you’ll enjoy this episode of the radio show On Being with Krista Tippett: The Great Cauldron of Story: Maria Tatar on why Fairy Tales are for Adults Again.

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Challenges: This is my second accidental book for the Books on France Reading Challenge. I was reading it before I realized it was set in France, albeit a version that might be a bit depressing for Francophiles, since many landmarks are still recognizable but mostly destroyed many years before this story begins. I’m going to do quite well on this challenge since I had books that I planned to read for it, too.

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I’m also linking this to the Dreaming of France meme hosted each Monday at An Accidental Blog.

Have you read this book? What did you think?