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Yikes. This queen is cray...

We all knew that Queen Levana was a bit psycho from reading Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress... I never realized how many issues this lady really has.
I LOVED this book, just like the other books in the Lunar Chronicles. If you haven't read this series yet, I would suggest that you don't start with this book, however. I know that it's a prequel, but so much information is shared in this book that you don't learn until book three in this series. I guess you CAN start with this one, and you'll just be really informed while reading the series, but I wouldn't suggest it. I think it will take away a lot and you'll enjoy the series a lot more if you read books 1-3 before this one!

(view spoiler)[ I understand that Levana is scared (on the inside and outside) and that's greatly changed who she is. I understand that she's lonely and has never really felt loved before. But that still doesn't excuse her insane actions.

When I first started this, I kind of forgot that Levena must have been married before since Winter is her stepdaughter. I knew that her crush on Evert was so hopeless that they would never marry. I DEFINITELY never thought that Levana would control him to marry her. Has she no pride at all? She had to control him for every single kiss. It was honestly so creepy that she would glamour herself as Solstice.

I thought that it was really ironic that she kept saying things like, "she would never be like her sister... if SHE was Queen, she would do this, this, and this..." Although her sister wasn't perfect herself (I mean she burned her six year old little sister, and cut the feet off of her seamstress...) I still think in some ways she may have been a better Queen than Levana. Channary would have continued to just focus on boys and parties, while her council would have made most of the decisions. Levana on the other hand, continued to increase production although she was told that Luna couldn't sustain it. They would eventually completely run out of resources. We all know what kind of Queen Levana has turned out to be.. and I don't think her sister could have been any worse. In fact, towards the end of her life, at 25, I think she was starting to grow out of some of her cruelness. The way she acted towards her daughter really showed that maybe she wasn't all that bad...

Many of you will agree with me that one of the worst parts was hearing Levana plot to kill Princess Selene/Cinder. I understand that she was threatened by her, but really? And the WAY that she did it. When she first started thinking about murdering her, she wanted to make sure it was as painless as possible. Then ultimately decided to just burn her to death. Ya, that's real painless. Good job Levana. I can't believe that she would make someone else suffer what she went through, but worse, and at that age.

Poor, poor Evert. He was just one unlucky guy that happened to catch an evil Princess's eye. I honestly don't think that there was anything he could have done. I think anything he did was going to ultimately end up with him being murdered by Levana. Whether he refused her, ran, whatever he did. I can't believe he went from being married to one of the nicest women in the world to LEVANA. Poor chap...

When Queen Channary was talking about her daughter and how many she could marry the Emperor's son I was freaking out! Kai and Cinder!! So ironic that Cinder's mom had already thought of their marriage...

When Winter and her father were reading the children's story, and she goes, "Why does the Prince always save the Princess? Why not a doctor?" I thought that was also pretty cool because Dr. Erland was the one that saved Princess Selene/Cinder. Then later Winter mentions that the Princess should just save herself... and that's kind of what Cinder is now doing!

Why do you guys think that Levana ruined Winter's face? I was surprised that part wasn't in this book... I think it goes beyond her just being jealous of how beautiful she was. I think that every time she saw Winter, she saw the man that she murdered that never loved her. She saw Solstice, the simple, but beautiful woman that Levana could never beat.

I'm really, really excited to read Winter now! I hope that Winter and Princess Selene/Cinder team up to bring Levana down together since she took so much from both of them. (hide spoiler)]

What did you guys think of the book?!