Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2)

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer is the second book in the Lunar Chronicles. In Scarlet, we meet “Little Red Riding Hood” who is actually an 18 year-old girl living with her grandmother in France.

Scarlet’s grandmother has been missing for several weeks and the police have no clues. In fact, they are about to close the investigation under the assumption that Scarlet’s grandmother left her farm and her granddaughter of her own free will.

While making a delivery of farm produce to a local tavern, Scarlet meets a street fighter known as Wolf. She’s drawn to his striking eyes and his quiet, but strong, presence. Wolf asks Scarlet to take him on as a farmhand but she declines, too preoccupied with the disappearance of her grandmother and too concerned over her attraction to this stranger.

However, later that night, she has cause to think that Wolf may have been involved in her grandmother’s disappearance and goes looking for him. She finds him at an illegal fight that both repulses and excites her.

As Scarlet and Wolf join forces to unravel the mystery of her missing grandmother, only to find themselves in the middle of another mystery when they are joined by Cinder. Now, they are all on the run and trying to stay one step ahead of the Lunar Queen, Levana, who wants to kill Cinder.

I listened to this book on audio as narrated by Rebecca Soler who, again, did an awesome job with the various characters and personalities. Each was unique and recognizable. Once I complete this series, I will be looking forward to other books Ms. Soler narrates – I highly recommend her for audio.

Rating: 4 stars