** spoiler alert ** 
 I don't know why I was expecting Cress to be black. Maybe it's the mini spoiler of being set in Africa. Anyways, now in my mind, she is black. 
 Spoilers! 
 Going to the review now: 
 I LOVE JACIN! I LOVE HIM! why? I don't know, maybe because I am mad like Winter? This means I can't wait to read the next and final (I have learned to love all characters, so I'm sad about it, thank the lord it's a long book). So yeah, we meet Cress and I love her as much as Thorne. I had fun surviving the desert (though I am tired of reading desert stories because they don't usually surprise me) and I liked the inclusion of the blindness of the prince in the re-telling. The saddest part, the last scene with Dr. Erland, nearly cried when she couldn't say I love you... She is nerdy and shy, so cute! We have Wolf and Scarlet and all goes downhill from the start. I was as heart-broken as Wolf. however, wow, Cinder and Kai, let me say this, the ending was so nerve-racking, so "cmon guys, meet already, Kai wake up, Cinder save everyone" as you would expect. I love each of the pairings. And I can't wait to see Jacin and Winter interact. I love how cold he is, how rational, yet cool and cocky. Cinder and Jacin's interactions were cracking me up all the time, don't know why. Maybe because they are the equivalent of water and oil? So yes, Marissa, I want more Jacin, my dearest.