I'm really looking forward to reading Winter, but part of me also hopes that Meyer will return to spin-off novellas. Instead, Levana quickly grows both cruel and controlling, fuelling the reader's dislike but also leaving behind a sad, bitter aftertaste. I'm glad that Fairest doesn't linger too long on the pity party if it had, it would probably have felt contrived and manipulative. Young Levana is smart, ambitious, and desperately in need of love that she never got from her parents or sister.

You still don't like her, you still know she is batshit crazy, and yet there is something so sad and tragic about this story. This book doesn't actually take away any of the crazy, evil villainy from Levana, but it does offer convincing (and seriously disturbing) reasons as to why she became the way she is. 'That sounds like a pretty good story too.”

Better than any tough heroine or dreamy love interest. For me, a complex villain with a backstory that can create sympathy is one of the strongest kinds of characters. It personally made me want to know more about her. Levana is a seriously crazy bitch in the other books of the Lunar Chronicles. There's just something really great about reading the stories behind the villains, finding out why they became the way they are. I enjoyed this book immensely and I had the feeling beforehand that it would be the villain's story that affected me most.

so far, but I find it hard to imagine that Winter will top this. This is easily my favourite book of the series. A girl who tried so hard, harder than anyone else, and still never had anything to show for it.”Ĥ 1/2 stars. “She cried for the girl who had never belonged.

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