Scarlet

2.8/5 stars

I have to say that this is one of my least favorite books in the series. It has a lot of tropes that I dislike. I wasn't particularly excited when I first got to it, and rereading it hasn't improved my opinion of this book. If anything, it went from a 3.1 rating to a 2.8.

Unlike with Cinder, the format of this book felt off. The storylines felt like they clashed a lot. I felt like I was more focused on Cinder's storyline than Scarlets'. I felt like I wasn't really able to know who Scarlet was as the majority of her story consisted of her talking to/looking for her grandma. The introduction of Wolf made it worse. I felt myself skimming through the chapters, only actually paying attention when it mentioned Cinder, Thorne, Kai, or Queen Levana.

The whole alpha concept confused me. I knew that the guy's name was Wolf, but I hadn't expected the author to play into it. Also, the relationship between Scarlet and Wolf felt like it was instant love. This almost made me drop the book and go straight into the next book in the series. The only thing that kept me going is that I was afraid I would miss a detail that would be needed in order to understand a part of the next book in the series. Another thing that kept me going was seeing the friendship between Cinder and Thorne. They definitely one of the better parts of the book.

I wouldn't recommend this book. It's not bad, but it's also not very good. I personally would not read this again. I thought Scarlet would be one of my new favorite characters, but I just ended up disliking her. Maybe it was due to the fact that I hyped her character up too much before reading about her.