SCARLET

SCARLET by Melissa Meyer

YA - Book 2 of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, Scarlet, has an element of gruesomeness. If you haven't read Book 1, Cinder, this post has some SPOILERS in it!! Cinder (Cinderella) is on the run from evil Lunar Queen, LeVana. Enter Scarlet, our modern Little Red Riding Hood. Scarlet's grandmother was a part of a secret mission that protected Cinder when she was a child. Queen LeVana has put together an army that is a cross between Lunar men and hybrid wolves, soldiers that will stop at nothing to fulfill their mission of takeover and capturing Cinder. What does Scarlet have to do with this? She holds the info they need to locate the missing Cinder.

HEADS UP- What makes this book a bit gruesome is the hybrid Lunar/wolf soldiers. When they kill they tend to resort to ripping throats out like a wolf would. This happens 3-4 times.