All of Luna is at war by the end of this 800-plus-pager. Reading the prequel Fairest, written between Cress and Winter, isn't essential, but it definitely puts the motivations of evil Queen Levana of Luna (the moon) in perspective before readers dig into this Snow White reimagining. You'll need to read the first three - Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress - to keep up. Parents need to know that Winter is the finale of Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles series that features major sci-fi twists on well-known fairy tales. A forced kiss by manipulation.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. There's a near-drowning and a wolf killed.

Heartless onlookers watch executions in the throne room. A disease kills a handful quickly after it's unleashed as bio warfare. Main characters are taken prisoner and tortured one loses a finger and is kept in a cage for Lunars to look at. People are shot in a town square at random, and a woman close to the main characters is made to break her own fingers before being shot. Wounds are serious and almost kill main characters. Numerous times friends turn on friends and stab or shoot them because their minds are being controlled. It's a nastier business with scary, genetically enhanced soldiers that partially eat their enemies and enemies that can control minds and make whole waves of oncoming opposition turn on each other with guns and knives. A whole moon must go to war before book's end.

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