Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer

Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer -- 240 pages

Note: if you haven't  read the first books in the series, this review will spoil everything.

Once upon a time, there was a cyborg mechanic who found out she was the lost lunar princess. And there was an emperor who fell in love with her, but didn't know she was a cyborg or a princess, until he finally found out. And there was a charming captain and a socially awkward hacker. There was a fiery redhead who drove spaceships and fired pistols, sometimes at the hybrid wolf soldier, who was actually a good guy. There was a princess who was renown for her beauty as well as for going crazy, but she had her loyal guard to protect her.

But there was also an android. And android with a strange personality. She started off small, but finally got her own humanoid body, and she was one of the nine who saved Earth and Luna. But only a few acknowledge that it wasn't just programming. She's not a regular android. But neither is she human. She's something in the middle.

Cress by Marissa Meyer

Cress by Marissa Meyer -- 550 pages

Cress has been in a satellite for over seven years. Mistress saved her life and brought her there to work as her spy agent and help install hidden cameras to spy on all of earth's leaders. But when she comes into contact with Cinder, her world changes. Could she finally, after all this time, be able to escape from her prison?

Cinder, Thorne, Scarlet, and Wolf are coming to get her when the worst thing that could ever happen--happens.

This is book three of The Lunar Chronicles.

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer -- 512 pages

(Yes, I'm listening to these again. Don't judge.)

Scarlet knows that her grandmother did not run away. Her grandmother is not crazy, and she most likely was kidnapped. Scarlet is ready to do anything to find and rescue her, and Wolf, a street fighter, might be able to help her.

Meanwhile Cinder escapes from her jail cell with another criminal, Thorne, who stole a spaceship from the American military. So, of course, they escape on this spaceship, but they can't stay in outer-space forever. As soon as they reenter earth's atmosphere, they risk being tracked down.

Emperor Kai is being hard pressed from all sides, but mostly from Lunar Queen Levana, who is furious about Cinder's escape, and threatening war if she isn't found.

Scarlet is the second book of The Lunar Chronicles.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder by Marissa Meyer -- 390 pages

There's a prince, there's a ball, two steps sisters and a step mom, but all resemblance to the fairytale "Cinderella" stops there. Cinder is a cyborg, and a gifted mechanic because of it. But her world changes when Prince Kai himself steps into her booth to bring an android. It seems very important to him, even though the android is out of date, an old model. 
Cinder used to laugh at girls who tripped over Prince Kai, but now she finds herself liking him, all the while desperate to make sure he doesn't find out what she is. 
But more than that will happen to Cinder. The plague is killing thousands of people, and via a cyborg draft, cyborgs are being tested in order to find an antibody. None of them survive. 

This is my second time reading this book this year. I'll be re-reading the next two to get ready for "Winter" being released in November. This is book one of the Lunar Chronicles. 

Cress by Marissa Meyer

Cress by Marissa Meyer -- 592 pages

Cress has been in a satellite for over seven years. Mistress saved her life and brought her there to work as her spy agent and help install hidden cameras to spy on all of earth's leaders. But when she comes into contact with Cinder, her world changes. Could she finally, after all this time, be able to escape from her prison?

Cinder, Thorne, Scarlet, and Wolf are coming to get her when the worst thing that could ever happen--happens.

This is book three of The Lunar Chronicles.

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer -- 512 pages

Scarlet knows that her grandmother did not run away. Her grandmother is not crazy, and she most definitely was kidnapped. Scarlet is ready to do anything to find and rescue her, and Wolf, a street fighter, might be able to help her.

Meanwhile Cinder escapes from her jail cell with another criminal, Thorne, who stole a spaceship. So, of course, they escape on this spaceship, but they can't stay in outer-space forever.

Emperor Kai is being hard pressed from all sides, but mostly from Lunar Queen Levana, who is furious about Cinder's escape, and threatening war if she isn't found.

Scarlet is the second book of The Lunar Chronicles.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder by Marissa Meyer -- 390 pages

There's a prince, there's a ball, two steps sisters and a step mom, but all resemblance to the fairy-tale "Cinderella" stops there. Cinder is a cyborg, and a gifted mechanic because of it. But her world changes when Prince Kai himself steps into her booth to bring an android for her to fix. It seems very important to him, even though the android is out of date, an old model. Even though she used to laugh at girls who tripped over Prince Kai, she finds herself liking him, all the while desperate to make sure he doesn't find out what she is. 
But more than that will happen to Cinder. The plague is killing thousands of people, and via a cyborg draft, cyborgs are being tested in order to find an antibody. None of them have survived. 

I was thrilled and delightfully surprised by all the details in the plot. 

This is book one in the Lunar Chronicles.

Cress, by Marissa Meyer

 Cress, by Marissa Meyer, 550 pages

This is the 3rd book in the Lunar Chronicles series.  Cinder and the gang are still on the lam, running away from evil Queen Levana.  The new character in this book is Cress, a girl with really long hair who has been isolated in a satellite for years.  So her story is a Rapunzel retelling.  I thought this was pretty good- the action is there, the characters are diversifying so there's less time for angst-y outbreaks and moping, and the story is really coming together.

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles 2), by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles 2), by Marissa Meyer, 452 pages

This second book in the Lunar Chronicles picks up right where it left off.  Cinder is in prison, but on the verge of escape, while Kai mopes around the palace, being threatened by the queen of Luna.  We are introduced to a new character, Scarlet, who I assume you can guess which fairytale character she is paralleling.  When the mysterious Wolf enters Scarlet's life, and seems to know where her grandmother has disappeared to, they start on a journey that ultimately crosses paths with that of Cinder and a fellow escaped convict.  The characters can sometimes be annoying, but it's still an alright piece of young adult fiction.