Scarlet 3.85/5 ★★★☆☆ Marissa Meyer In this futuristic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood , Scarlet and her grandmother sell fruits and vegetables to the locals of Rieux, France, until Scarlet’s grandmother disappears. Only Scarlet believes her grandmother didn’t just leave, but was abducted. With no one but the mysterious and newly-arrived street fighter to help her, Scarlet heads to Paris in search of her grandmother and the secrets that got her abducted. I just finished Scarlet, which is book two of The Lunar Chronicles, and I just figured out why I read these books so quickly, despite being unsure how much I like them. It’s not that the plot is gripping me. It’s these characters. I really love the characters. I wouldn’t care what is going in the story, as long as I am reading about these people. Each one has unique traits and its fun to get to know them and watch them interact with each other. So far I have not met a single main character I haven’t loved reading abo...
