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Okay, I'm doing a marathon reading for just one night. I've finished Cinder yesterday, made a review and today, I read Scarlet and right now, I'm making review on it. A day a book. I think I have to make a #readeveryday so I can share this marathon read to everybody of you. Without any further do, let's review this... Title :   Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) Author :  Marissa Meyer ISBN :   9780312642969 Genre :  Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Fantasy Rating :  4/5 stars Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarle...

I do love fairytales. How about you guys?  Lunar Chronicles tells us about a character in fairytale but in a different way. This is more modern and the stuggles are a lot harder than the classic fairytale we all knew. When I read the title, it reminds me of Cinderella with her blue shoes. But this Cinderella was in red shoes (and that's better cause I like red, hahaha) This Cinderella is epic! Title :   Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) Author :  Marissa Meyer ISBN :  9780312641894 Genre :  Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Fantasy Rating :  4/5 stars Sixteen-year-old Cinder is considered a technological mistake by most of society and a burden by her stepmother. Being cyborg does have its benefits, though: Cinder's brain interference has given her an uncanny ability to fix things (robots, hovers, her own malfunctioning parts), making her the best mechanic in New Beijing. This reputation brings Prince Kai himself to her weekly market booth, needing her to repair...