Audience: Eighth grade and up. Some of the earliest versions of Little Red Riding Hood focused on the sensual, carnal nature of the Wolf and the danger of traveling alone with strange men, so it's no surprise that the romance in "Scarlet" is a bit more passionate than in "Cinder." This book is also a bit more violent. However, there is no sex or nudity, so I still give it a double thumbs up!
Plot: Book two in Marissa Meyer's "Lunar Chronicles" is just as exciting as the first! The Story centers on Scarlet Benoit (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), who is on a quest to find her abducted grandmother with a mysterious street-fighter called "Wolf." Scarlet's story is it is intertwined with Cinder's where we left her last: breaking out of prison and starting a life on the run. Eventually, our two heroines meet in the middle of the war they have unknowingly been a part of, and they have to work together to survive.
What makes it great?
Scarlet is fiery, brave, opinionated, and just as admirable a heroine as Cinder. I really like Wolf too. If you want a better understanding of Wolf's character/history, go read The Queen's Army, after you read Scarlet. It is only a few chapters long and the e-book is free on Amazon. "Little Red Riding Hood" has never been one of my favorite stories, but I really liked the way Meyer worked the fairy tale allusions into the story.
My favorite part of this book, however, is that several of the chapters are told from Kai's perspective as he is trying to find Cinder. I liked Kai in the first book, of course, but he really won me over in this one.
I am getting really excited for the third book, Cress,to be released this coming February and for book four, Winter, to come out in 2015.
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