Cover courtesy of SyndeticsSo, you’re a fan of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles. Wait, you are, aren’t you? If not, why not?! They are an action-packed series about androids, cyborgs, spaceships, queens and princes, and a lost princess. What’s not to like? Each book is based on a different fairytale – Cinder has elements of Cinderella, Scarlet refers to Red Riding Hood and Cress takes some influence from Rapunzel – but they all play out in unexpected ways. Even if you think you know what’s going to happen next because you read the story of Cinderella hundreds of times when you were younger, think again. These versions include cyborgs, after all.

When you’ve read all those, and while we’re waiting for the fourth book Winter to come out next year, did you know that Marissa Meyer has written a series of novellas connected to the series? And, even better, they are free to read via Marissa’s website! Glitches and The Little Android are prequels to the series (volumes 0.5 and 0.6 respectively) and The Queen’s Army comes after Cinder and before Scarlet. Another novella will be released in January, before the release of Winter. It will be volume 3.5 titled Fairest and will tell the story of the devious Queen Levana.

That should keep us busy for a little while, at least!