Initial thoughts: I thought that it would be impossible for
Scarlet to match
Cinder but against all odds, it did. The Little Red Riding Hood is one of my least favourite fairy tales and yet Marissa Meyer managed to make me love a fairy tale retelling based on it. She took all the good parts and spun a tale that I could delight in. My reservations melted away so quickly after I started reading
Scarlet that I almost can't justify my apprehension prior to reading
Scarlet anymore.