This books start off where the last book ended with our favorite cyborg mechanic, Cinder. Who is, in all her bad-ass glory, breaking out of prison. 
 Seriously how awesome is she? 
 But first, we are introduced to some news characters like Scarlet and Wolf, who represent a twist on Little Rid Riding Hood. 
 But in this re-telling Scarlet, a.k.a little red riding hood, is too hardcore to be eaten by a wolf. 
 Except instead of mace she carries around a gun. Bottom line: don't mess with her. 
 Overall, Scarlet is a pretty good character. She is extremely loyal to those she cares about and can defend herself. I mean, to be honest, I like this little red riding hood a little more: 
 Because Dylan O'Brien is my soul mate. I mean look at him. He is perfection. But Scarlet will have to do. Plus Wolf and Scarlet's relationship definitely wouldn't be the same if Scarlet was a guy, now that I think about it. 
 My only problem is that throughout the entire book I couldn't figure out whether Wolfe was good or bad. 
 I'm pretty sure he's both, but he seems to have a soft spot for Scarlet. Overall I liked his relationship with Scarlet, but it was definitely insta-love between them. I mean by the end of the book they had only known each other for about a week, and he was already calling her his "alpha female".... 
 I'm just not gonna read into whatever that means. 
 Wolf and Scarlet's relationship did successfully distract me from the lack of romance between Cinder and Kai, though, which I think was the purpose. Because, tragically, Kai is not in this book as much. At times we get to read his POV, but he is mostly just evolved with politics and and dealing with Levana and her evil little cronies, so he isn't even in a scene with Cinder throughout the entire book. 
 Queen Levana, the hobgoblin I mentioned above, has a very big presence in this book. The old bag is everywhere and, believe it or not, even more trollish than she was before. The hag just won't go away, which is actually a plus, because even if I hated this book (which I absolutely did not) I would still read the rest of the series purely because I want to see the wench's tragic demise that I know is bound to come. 
 Just waiting. 
 Overall I really loved this book. I don't know if I liked it more than Cinder, but that's probably because I'm having Kai withdrawals. So I will definitely be reading Cress, partially because I need my Kai fix, and partially because this series is amazing! 
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