Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles series, the Renegades trilogy, the Gilded Duology, the Wires and Nerve graphic novels, and The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book. Her first standalone novel, Heartless, was also a #1 New York Times-bestseller, and she has also written two standalone rom-coms, Instant Karma and With a Little Luck. Her first middle-grade novel is Let It Glow, written with Joanne Levy. Marissa hosted a popular podcast, "The Happy Writer," and her book of the same name shares her writing tips and experiences. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their two daughters. marissameyer.com
Praise for the Lunar Chronicles:
#1 New York Times-Bestselling Series
USA Today Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Bestseller "A mash up of fairy tales and science
fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star
Wars." --Entertainment Weekly "Prince Charming among the cyborgs."
--The Wall Street Journal "Terrific." --Los Angeles Times "Marissa
Meyer rocks the fractured fairytale genre." --The Seattle Times
"Epic awesome." --Bustle "A binge-reading treat." --MTV "Takes the
classic to a whole new level." --NPR Praise for Heartless:
#1 New York Times-Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Bestseller "The author's best fantasy yet. ... If
you only read one fractured fairy tale this year, make it
Heartless. A must-have title. --School Library Journal, starred
review "What Gregory Maguire did for the Wicked Witch, Meyer does
for Lewis Carroll's Queen of Hearts, tracing her arc from a teen
with dreams of owning a bakery into a murderous madwoman." --People
Magazine Praise for the Gilded Duology:
New York Times-Bestselling Series
Indie Bestseller "When it comes to reimagined fairy tales, the
reigning queen of the genre is Marissa Meyer... This dark,
enchanting book is Meyer at the height of her powers -- crafting a
new tale with an old-school feel where nobody is guaranteed a
happily-everafter. It is fresh and utterly engrossing while also
familiar -- just what Meyer does best." --The New York Times "The
queen of fairy-tale retellings is back, this time with
"Rumpelstiltskin" as her inspiration, and the result is a
gorgeously intricate tale that will have readers locked in from the
start. " --Booklist
Gr 9 Up-In the second title (2013) in Meyer's "The Lunar Chronicles," listeners are introduced to Scarlet Benoit, a teenager in rural France whose grandmother has been missing for over two weeks. She's certain that her grandmother has been kidnapped and will do anything to find her, even place her trust in the mysterious and dangerous street fighter Wolf. Meanwhile, Linh Cinder has escaped prison in New Beijing with the help of a roguish thief named Thorne and is evading authorities in a stolen spaceship while she decides what to do about the revelation that she is really Princess Selene, the true heir to the Lunar crown. Rebecca Soler gives another solid performance of the futuristic fairy tale series. Her youthful voice is well cast to narrate the concurrent stories of the two teenagers, seamlessly navigating between the story lines. She gives Scarlet's dialogue a slight accent, helping to distinguish her from Cinder, and voices supporting characters with their own nuances. Soler's narration succeeds in conveying the plot's building tension. She fully inhabits the passionate, headstrong, and determined Scarlet, while also expressing Cinder's struggles with the tempting powers her Lunar heritage make possible and her hesitancy to lead a revolt against evil Queen Levana. Fans of Cinder (2012, both Feiwel & Friends) will be completely satisfied as action and romance abound and the stakes are even higher in this installment. Listeners will be clamoring for the next two titles in the quartet.-Amanda Raklovits, Champaign Public Library, IL (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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