Cress
Cress is a 2014 fairy-tale retelling and fae fiction novel by Marissa Meyer. The story is set in Luna and New Beijing. It features Linh Cinder, Queen Levana and Scarlet Benoit. Readers will find themes of teenage girls, extraterrestrial beings, cyborgs and queens.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 31 ratings, and 204 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 25 editions across 3 languages.
It runs to roughly 562 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Cress
In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.
Quick answers
Who wrote Cress?
Cress was written by Marissa Meyer and first published in 2014.
What genre is Cress?
It is usually shelved as Fairy Tale Retellings, Fae & Fairy Fiction and Adventure.
How long is Cress?
The median edition has 562 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Cress?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Sandman and Le Petit Prince.
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