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Winter

  • 2015 first published
  • 827 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (28 ratings)
  • 18 editions

Winter is a 2015 fae fiction and adventure fiction novel by Marissa Meyer. The story is set in Luna. Characters include Princess Winter, Linh Cinder and Queen Levana. Key subjects include stepmothers, cyborgs, extraterrestrial beings and love.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 28 ratings, and 202 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 827 pages — 15–16 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Winter

Princess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana... When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin. But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even find the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long. Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter claim their happily ever afters by defeating Levana once and for all?
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Luna

Characters

  • Princess Winter
  • Linh Cinder
  • Queen Levana
  • Scarlet Benoit
  • Ze’ev "Wolf" Kesley
  • Carswell Thorne
  • Iko
  • Crescent Moon "Cress" Darnel
  • Jacin Clay
  • Linh Adri

Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Kings, queens, rulers
  • Stepmothers
  • Cyborgs
  • Extraterrestrial beings
  • Love
  • Princesses
  • Queens
  • Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
  • Stepparents
  • Fairy Tales & Folklore
  • Cybernetics
  • Aliens, Fictional characters
  • Action & adventure

Quick answers

Who wrote Winter?

Winter was written by Marissa Meyer and first published in 2015.

What genre is Winter?

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

How long is Winter?

The median edition has 827 pages, about 15–16 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Winter?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Tale of Despereaux, A Court of Mist and Fury and Keeper of the Lost Cities.

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