Fairest by Marissa Meyer is a bridge between the books Cress and Winter. This book is part of the Lunar Chronicles Series, and is a futuristic, young adult novel. While the other four stories follow a fairytale theme, this book is more like a window into the evil step-mother life. While this book isn't a part of the series, I felt that it was a great read and set up for the final book in the series, Winter. This story was shorter, but explained and introduced other characters that play huge roles in the final book.
Queen Levana is known as the ruthless ruler of Luna and their people the Lunars. Known for her glamour you follow Queen Levana as a young teenager up to her adult years. You feel for the insecure girl who was badly scared from a fire when she was a child. Verbally abused, she becomes obsessed with a palace guard who is older than her and happily married into another woman. She soon realizes the power she has not just with her glamour (Which is where they can change their physical appearance) but also with other people. With the ambition of being not only the most beautiful Queen, but also the greatest ruler of Luna, she isn't afraid to hurt, kill and destroy anyone who stands in her way. Including family.
I loved this book. While it wasn't necessary to the Lunar Chronicles series, I was a great way to understand the madness that is Queen Levana. One thing that I loved about this story is that even though you find out what she went through and you start to understand how she became who she was, you don't change your opinion on her. You don't in the end hope that she gets a happy ending. You still want to see her get what she has coming to her in the final story Winter. While it isn't necessary to read this book as part of the Lunar Chronicles, it was still a great read. Yes, you can read the Lunar Chronicles book without this and they explain everything that you need, I found it was interesting to go deep into the character which is Levana. Finding out how she became the loose cannon that she was, was interesting. I loved every second of this book.
Rating:
5 out of 5 stars
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