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Scarlet

  • 2012 first published
  • 488 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (35 ratings)
  • 24 editions

Scarlet is a 2012 fae fiction and adventure fiction novel by Marissa Meyer. It takes readers to Toulouse, France and Paris, France in The Future. It features Linh Cinder, Queen Levana and Scarlet Benoit. It deals with missing persons, extraterrestrial beings, cyborgs and personnes disparues.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 35 ratings, and 204 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 24 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 488 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Scarlet

Cinder is back and trying to break out of prison―even though she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive if she does―in this second installment from Marissa Meyer. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana. The adventure continues in this fresh fairytale retelling that combines elements of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Paris, France
  • Toulouse, France
  • Rieux, France
  • New Beijing
  • Eastern Commonwealth

Era

Characters

  • Linh Cinder
  • Queen Levana
  • Scarlet Benoit
  • Ze’ev "Wolf" Kesley
  • Ran Kesley
  • Carswell Thorne
  • Iko
  • Aimery Park
  • Linh Adri
  • Linh Pearl

Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Missing persons
  • Extraterrestrial beings
  • Cyborgs
  • Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  • Personnes disparues
  • Extraterrestres
  • Fairy Tales & Folklore
  • Action & adventure

Quick answers

Who wrote Scarlet?

Scarlet was written by Marissa Meyer and first published in 2012.

What genre is Scarlet?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction and Adventure.

How long is Scarlet?

The median edition has 488 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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