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Winter by Marissa Mayer

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Brief synopsis:
Winter is the step-daughter of Queen Levana, and suffers from Lunar sickness- a disease that affects Lunars that choose not to use their “gift” of mind-control, on others. The Lunar people adore her, but Levana resents her beauty. Cinder continues to work on organizing a revolt, to overthrow Levana. Scarlet, Wolf, Thorne, Cress, and Iko continue to help her. Kai is in the agonizing position of being both sympathetic to Cinder’s cause and determined to save his people, sacrificing anything necessary.

Category:
YA fiction, sci-fi, fantasy

Why I chose this book:
Next in series

My personal opinion (the review):
If you prefer stories with happy endings, this one won’t disappoint. Not every part of the story is happy (see the warnings below), but if I overgeneralize, I would say the ending is happy. I don’t consider that a spoiler because, after all, the story is based on a fairy tale.

Warnings
Language: None
Violence: Fairly frequent, but mild
“Adult” situations: None, just some mild kissing
Death: Some, including major character(s)

Protagonist description:
Winter is mentally unstable, because of the Lunar sickness. But when she’s lucid, she knows exactly what she needs to do. And the Lunar people adore her.

Point of view of story:
Third, but changes focus with each chapter

Book length:
Long

Story flow:
Excellent- no slow spots, smooth and connected plot line

Grammar and spelling issues:
None

Character connection:
None

For series
Independent or integral:
Integral

Series review as a whole:
Loved it, definitely worth owning. I plan to buy all of them soon.

If you only have time for one, read:

Cinder (start at the beginning)

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