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- Content warnings: Torture, Captivity, Violence, Kidnapping, Attempted murder, Blood, Amputation, Gore, Gun violence, Manipulation, Needles / medical procedures, Car accident / crash, War
Cress
by Marissa Meyer
Book 3 in The Lunar Chronicles
The Rapunzel retelling that trades a tower for a satellite and a prince for a charming con artist - Cress and Thorne crash-land into the Sahara and into each other, and the opposites-attract energy between the dreamy hacker and the cocky pilot is the best dynamic in the entire series.
goodreads 4.4/5 406,065 ratings
storykind_community 4.56/5 9 ratings
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Length560 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Banter
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Addictive read
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- Rogue/scoundrel
- Grumpy sunshine
- Longing glances
- Romantic fulfillment
- Secretly soft
- Protective love interest
- Anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Reluctant hero
- Mutual pining
- Adrenaline rush
- He falls first
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi romance
- Fairytale retelling
- Space station / spaceship / colony
- Space/sci-fi
- Humans only
- Rescue romance
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- Desert / frontier
- Dystopian
- Hidden identity
- Prison / captivity
- Found family
- Adventure romance
- Opposites attract
- Forced proximity
- Survival romance
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Adventurous
- Cinematic
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Bookworm/scholar
- Asian MC
- Romantic
- Engaging
- Soft/gentle
- Disabled MC
- Tense
- Witty
- Sunshine/optimist
- Black MC
- Hopeful
- Punchy
- Innocent / sheltered
- BIPOC MC
- Thrilling
- Page turner
- Rapunzel retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 560 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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