Lunar Chronicles Review

By Audrey dent ‘26

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer is a dystopian & twisted fairy-tale tetralogy. It made such an impact on me that I have read it six times over, which I almost never do. I have pored over many mediocre fairy-tale twists, but this was unlike anything I have ever read.

Its protagonist is a cyborg, Cinder (the adapted version of Cinderella), who struggles with trusting others and craves independence from her nutty stepmother. Throughout the four novels, she flies throughout the world on her spaceship and teams up with Scarlet (Red Riding-Hood), Cress (Rapunzel), and Winter (Snow White) to defeat the terrible Queen Levana (Evil Queen). Although this series sounds light-hearted and very PG, its plot is full of twists and turns that one would never expect. There is a treacherous colony of humans on the Moon, biological warfare, corrupted politics, and many secrets hidden behind closed doors.

Finally, Meyer used wonderful descriptive language and I had no issues coming up with images in my head for the entire 2,326 pages of the series. Each character (even ones that barely had any page-time) was memorable, each setting was breathtaking, etcetera, etcetera.

Overall, I absolutely adored this series. I think that everyone should read at least the first book of TLC. Marissa Meyer is a true artist, and if The Lunar Chronicles were a painting, it would be right up there with the Mona Lisa.