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Stars Above
by Marissa Meyer
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer is a wonderful addition to The Lunar Chronicles. There are 9 novellas in this book, each telling a unique story about the characters you love! There’s one story for each of them, along with the an epilogue to [b:Winter|13206900|Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1447171461s/13206900.jpg|18390887] that I didn’t know I needed til I read it. If you’re a fan of the series, I highly recommend you pick up a copy of this book and read it ASAP.
The Keeper: This story may have been my favorite of the entire book. In this prequel to the entire series, Michelle Benoit finds her one-time lover at her door with a proposition to hide the severely injured, presumed dead Princess Selene while she recovers. It was interesting to me to see how this story played out, the quirks that Scarlet saw in her grandmother are explained, and we see how a young Scarlet came to live with her. It was an interesting story, spanning several years, but it gives such insight into the grandmother we see only briefly in the series.
Glitches: This one starts about a week after the end of The Keeper. We see a young Cinder coming to live with her stepfamily and still adjusting to being a cyborg. It also shows the first interactions between Cinder and Peony and Iko, which gives a ton of insight in their relationship in [b:Cinder|11235712|Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388186881s/11235712.jpg|15545385]. While this one was okay, I wasn’t that impressed. It was all information we’d heard before in the previous books.
The Queen’s Army: Wolf’s story! Honestly this one was brutal to read. A 12-year-old Z is ripped from his family, undergoes massive surgery to give him animalistic traits, and then he’s thrown into a pack, expected to fight for the queen. It was interesting to read from Wolf’s POV what happened to him and the other’s like him, conscripted to Queen Levana’s army. Wolf is one of my favorite characters and this novella explains why. Despite everything done to him, he clings to the pieces that are still him, that make him human, NOT wolf.
Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky: I really, really didn’t care for this one. I love Thorne in the series, but this book just reminded me of what a scoundrel he was prior to Cinder finding him in the palace. It explains a lot of the questions I had about him, but at the same time it really made me dislike him…
The Little Android: This one really has nothing at all to do with the series, but is a retelling of the classic The Little Mermaid set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles. Mech 6.0 realizes that something is wrong with her when she begins to fall in love with one of the human mechanics that over see her. It was an oddly sweet, yet disturbing tale about a droid who wants to be more than she is. I really enjoyed it more than I should have and rooted for the mech droid!
After Sunshine Passes By: This is Cress’s story. Cress was never one of my favorite characters but this book made my heart-break for her. She was only 9 when Sybil locked her in the satellite, all alone, to spy on Earthen leaders. I really wanted to cry for her. It explained her naivety when she first meets Throne and the rest of the characters. It made me want to reread her story with this new information.
The Mechanic: This novella is a scene from [b:Cinder|11235712|Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388186881s/11235712.jpg|15545385] but with a different perspective, Kai’s. Kai is in desperate need of a mechanic who can fix Nainsi and he’s heard praises about Linh Cinder in the marketplace. So in disguise, Prince Kai sets off and boy is he surprised to find a girl younger than him is the famous mechanic. I loved this scene in the book but now I really love it! Kai’s reaction wasn’t clear in the book but reading it from his perspective was insightful and so telling about how their relationship progressed.
Something Old, Something New: Wolf and Scarlet are getting married and everyone is coming! This novella is the entire reason I read the book. It’s set around 2 years after [b:Winter|13206900|Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1447171461s/13206900.jpg|18390887] ends and really is amazing! I couldn’t stop smiling while I read it. All the characters are back together and this time there’s no fighting for their lives, they are just enjoying being together. It’s perfect and such a sweet, romantic end to a wonderful series!
The Keeper: This story may have been my favorite of the entire book. In this prequel to the entire series, Michelle Benoit finds her one-time lover at her door with a proposition to hide the severely injured, presumed dead Princess Selene while she recovers. It was interesting to me to see how this story played out, the quirks that Scarlet saw in her grandmother are explained, and we see how a young Scarlet came to live with her. It was an interesting story, spanning several years, but it gives such insight into the grandmother we see only briefly in the series.
Glitches: This one starts about a week after the end of The Keeper. We see a young Cinder coming to live with her stepfamily and still adjusting to being a cyborg. It also shows the first interactions between Cinder and Peony and Iko, which gives a ton of insight in their relationship in [b:Cinder|11235712|Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388186881s/11235712.jpg|15545385]. While this one was okay, I wasn’t that impressed. It was all information we’d heard before in the previous books.
The Queen’s Army: Wolf’s story! Honestly this one was brutal to read. A 12-year-old Z is ripped from his family, undergoes massive surgery to give him animalistic traits, and then he’s thrown into a pack, expected to fight for the queen. It was interesting to read from Wolf’s POV what happened to him and the other’s like him, conscripted to Queen Levana’s army. Wolf is one of my favorite characters and this novella explains why. Despite everything done to him, he clings to the pieces that are still him, that make him human, NOT wolf.
Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky: I really, really didn’t care for this one. I love Thorne in the series, but this book just reminded me of what a scoundrel he was prior to Cinder finding him in the palace. It explains a lot of the questions I had about him, but at the same time it really made me dislike him…
The Little Android: This one really has nothing at all to do with the series, but is a retelling of the classic The Little Mermaid set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles. Mech 6.0 realizes that something is wrong with her when she begins to fall in love with one of the human mechanics that over see her. It was an oddly sweet, yet disturbing tale about a droid who wants to be more than she is. I really enjoyed it more than I should have and rooted for the mech droid!
After Sunshine Passes By: This is Cress’s story. Cress was never one of my favorite characters but this book made my heart-break for her. She was only 9 when Sybil locked her in the satellite, all alone, to spy on Earthen leaders. I really wanted to cry for her. It explained her naivety when she first meets Throne and the rest of the characters. It made me want to reread her story with this new information.
The Mechanic: This novella is a scene from [b:Cinder|11235712|Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388186881s/11235712.jpg|15545385] but with a different perspective, Kai’s. Kai is in desperate need of a mechanic who can fix Nainsi and he’s heard praises about Linh Cinder in the marketplace. So in disguise, Prince Kai sets off and boy is he surprised to find a girl younger than him is the famous mechanic. I loved this scene in the book but now I really love it! Kai’s reaction wasn’t clear in the book but reading it from his perspective was insightful and so telling about how their relationship progressed.
Something Old, Something New: Wolf and Scarlet are getting married and everyone is coming! This novella is the entire reason I read the book. It’s set around 2 years after [b:Winter|13206900|Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)|Marissa Meyer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1447171461s/13206900.jpg|18390887] ends and really is amazing! I couldn’t stop smiling while I read it. All the characters are back together and this time there’s no fighting for their lives, they are just enjoying being together. It’s perfect and such a sweet, romantic end to a wonderful series!