In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, 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 her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned 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 just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has. (Cover and synopsis from Goodreads.)

• The Lunar Chronicles is one of my favorite series, and Cress reminds me of another one of my favorite series, the WondLa series by Tony DiTerlizzi!
• Note to self: ASK A FRIEND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN A PREVIOUS BOOK. DO NOT GOOGLE IT. YOU WILL BE SPOILED.
• I still LOVE Thorne. He’s totally a mix between Mal from Firefly, Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Jack Harkness from Doctor Who, and Han Solo from Star Wars.  Thorne and Iko are probably my favorite characters in this series.
• I’m beginning to think that one of my theories from the first two books might not be correct.  But nothing was proven or disproved in this book, so we shall see…
• I’ll let my tweet speak for itself:
  
  
• I have a couple of new theories after reading Cress, and I think at least one of them will be proven correct in Winter.
• I loved the scene with Adri, but I wish there had been more of her in this book.
• I loved some of the banter in this book, especially some that wasn’t expected, like between Cinder and Dr. Erland. Really funny!
• This book seems to have the most action out of all the books so far. And I love action!
• I love Iko!
• I knew I loved Thorne! “Eye stuff weirds me out.” Me too, Thorne. Me too.
• Marissa Meyer gets 50,000 of my Bonus Points for secret tunnels!
• Cress and Thorne are definitely my OTP of this series. One of my all-time OTPs, actually!
• Lots of scenes that are just described so well that I can picture them in my head and totally see them in movie-form!
• I love that this series just gets more and more complex with each book!
• Some great and creepy stuff happening near the end!