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Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she's just received orders to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is splintered. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price than she'd ever expected. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai, especially the cyborg mechanic. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

Short and Sweet Review

Cinder and Thorne are still fugitives and on the run but now they have Scarlet and Wolf with them. The group is still trying to figure out how to stop Levana and the wedding. They also end up taking a detour to get Cress from her Satellite. Cress is a lunar shell and she’s been on the Satellite for a while, she works as Levanas hacker, she’s very tech savvy and as of lately has been helping Cinder and her crew. The group gets to the satellite and are ambushed and they’re separated and we’re also introduced to Jacin Clay a lunar guard who’s there to serve his princess. Cinder takes this time to go to Africa to meet up with Dr. Erland and try to regroup while most of the group is split up. Cinder is still willing to put a stop to the wedding in hopes that it will delay Levana’s reign of terror.

Cress is just as good a book as the last two. We’re introduced to more characters mainly Cress, Jacin, and a little bit of Winter. Jacin is guarded and the glimpse of Winter that we do see we learn she’s not well. Obviously this book is about Cress and she’s been alone most of her life except for visits from Sybil Mira, Levana’s right hand. Cress has been tasked with finding Cinder for Levana, but instead has been helping the group. I did like seeing the group being split up because they all have to find a way to get back to each other. Cress and Thorne are together and unfortunately he’s temporarily blinded so he has to rely on Cress to lead the way. Scarlet is being taken to Luna, and Cinder is in Africa with wolf and Jacin.

Cress is full of diverse characters and I love how they all come together. Cinder is still her sarcastic self but she’s also still determined to make things right. None of these characters wanted or ever thought they would be heroes or even start a revolution but they know they need to in order to make things right and stop Levana from getting what she wants. The next book Winter is when everything comes to a head and I’m ready to see how everything ends!