The Lunar Chronicles Boxed Set: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest, Stars Above, Winter

I would call myself an impatient reader. I read a lot and I'll read any genre as long as it's well written. However, I am typically not big on series - they lose steam and I get bored... This is the rare exception. Admittedly, this is only the second series I have read cover to cover and not stopped through the entire series - it is THAT good! Schwab's Darker Shade of Magic is the other fabulous series I couldn't put down! I am a Librarian and the middle school kids had said Lunar Chronicles was great, I said Oh yeah? A fairy tale retelling? OK, probably not my go-to, but sounds interesting. But I picked up the new cover of Cinder for the Library because it is just so beautiful. I love all the new, beautifully illustrated covers! I'm glad these books are getting another round of readers! So, I put the "new" Cinder on display and a teacher came in and saw it and said, Oh my gosh, I'm reading that book right now, and it is SO GOOD! I was surprised that a in-her-fifties teacher was gushing over it, so I picked it up and just started reading it. I couldn't not finish it and I've been recommending it to everyone who likes Sci-fi, fantasy, or YA, or romance....that covers a lot of people! So I bought the whole 6 book set with the new covers! The Lunar Chronicles is technically perfect. Really. The writing and pacing is flawless. The action and mystery keeps you engaged and reading, the romance is age-appropriate and just subtle but romantic. The technology, science fiction and fantasy details are so plausible, which is hard to pull off - I've read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy novels that truly fall short here. So many things to love! I love how the books all build and add a new set of characters without losing sight of the original characters, so by the last book you have a whole group of complex and well built characters and back-stories. I love that it just HINTS to the fairy tales - it is not a retelling. I love that. Anyway, read this series! Well done, thank you Marissa Meyer! You have to thank the author for all their amazing, hard work, right? This is something special.

My daughter read the first book “Cinder” at school and really enjoyed it, so we purchased the whole set. She loves the story lines and read the books every single night. As soon as she finished with one, she started another. She said the stories are intriguing and the books are well written!

Great read for any age. I got this for my granddaughters—- and ended up borrowing it …. ;-)

I was worried it would come damaged because of how heavy the set is, but it came with bobble wrap in the box, so there's no damage. The art in the books is beautiful, and although I haven't read the books yet, I'm excited too!

It came in pretty good conditions. I was expecimg some dammages on the corners but thankfully there where none. This books are soo pretty, the front cover is beautiful, all the books and this edition. 'Til now, just read Cinder and I must say I.LOVE.IT! Wasn't expectin to do, I was just waiting for another "good" retelling of Cinderella but what I found here was just an amazing story. Just gonna say, it is set in the future so we have science fiction, romance, political conflicts, magic-powers, sad things, happy things, funny dialogs and situations and the best, great characters!! We get a little bit of all this elements placed through all the first book, all well place... And the last thing, I must say I expected these books to be standalone, one story per book, I mean, the story of Cinder on the first book with a conclusion, the second book, another story of Scarlet and its conclusion but no, what we get here is a saga, a main story that develops trough every book. Was not expecting it but believe me, I love it!

Tween devoured this set. If they liked Hunger Games type dystopian Sci-if fantasy, they should enjoy this.

This is a fun series with an interesting science fiction take on the classic fairy tales. Would recommend for ages 12 and up. Not too juvenile for adults, not too mature for teens.

Good deal

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These books are so freaking good- all the books 5 stars, except the last, give that a 4,5. The novella about that #££# was 4,5 and the last novella a 4 I love these characters 🥹

One of my favorite fantasy series ever, I finally caved and bought the box set to have this beautiful edition on my shelves. I absolutely adored how every book was a retelling of a classical fairytale and this series featured some of the best female characters I've read in recent years.

Esse é um dos boxes mais bonitos da minha estante. Os livros têm toque aveludado, detalhes em metálico fosco e ficam maravilhosos na prateleira. Gosto de deixá-los à vista, porque dá gosto parar e olhar para eles. Estou muito feliz de ter decidido comprar todos os livros da série de uma vez!