This was a very hard book to put down. Meyer has significantly ramped up the lce of action in this book but still paced it well enough to allow the reader to keep up and make some predictions on where the story might unfold before the end of the book. It is hard to keep in mind that all of the events take place in only a week's time. 
 Meyer continues with a new, bold heroine in Scarlet who's drive is both relatable to the reader and wholly her own. Scarlet shows that a strong female character doesn't have to be a brawler or roughneck. Instead she is allowed to be her own person while still dealing with a nightmare situation. 
 I was excited to get to Cinder's points of view to continue the main plot, I did find Scarlet's sections to be more the main focus of the story. I hope this continued highlighting of the other supporting characters continues in the forthcoming books as I found it to help build more of an ensemble cast and team as opposed to the single character dominating all others for importance and page time.