Jesus loves all.He died for all our sins .He wants all to believe in him.He wantsall to try to stop sinning( he will help you).He is the only way to heaven. To get to heaven you must believe in Jesus Christ and what he did we are all sinners. God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins because he loves us. IntheBible, it says “If you declare with your mouth,“Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”Romans 10:9 NIV
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SHIPPED IKO WITH THY GUARD!!! OMG I WAS READING IT AND I WAS LIKE; "They need to be a couple. NOW!" YAAASS!! OMG! Sorry for the capslock but I'm just so excited and I ship them so much!!! I love you Jesse!
I shipped them too. He sometimes went too far in my opinion. I'm not sure if it's because he can't deal with feelings he may have for her yet, but I was ready to punch him after some moments where he was mean to Iko.
Yes!! I thought it was just little red riding hood but then I realized that it was just between wolfs brother Ran. Wolf and Scarlet resemble The Beauty and the Beast which made me love them even more 😍 I'm just Team Wolflet. They're my favorite couple from all of them.
I nearly died when Kai got on one knee(I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO PROPOSE!!!)...only to return Cinder her foot. The feels...Also, when Cinder gave her speech in front of the Lunars. That was powerful, and emotional as a reader because in the beginning of the series we see this girl who is adamant about hiding herself from the world, and in this instalment, she is a powerhouse set on changing the world. Winter was break taking.
+Books & Stuff I KNOWWW!!! I can never get enough Cresswell. By far my favourite couple! I really, really do love all of them though, but... Cresswell... my heart...
I CANT WAIT FOR STARS ABOVE NOW! I CAN'T BLEIEVE ID IDNT KNOW ABOUT IT BEING A SHORT STORY THAT TKAES PLACE AFTER WINTER AHHHH I HOPE IT'S CINDER AND KAIII
I was worried throughout the whole book that I'd lose someone like Cress or Scarlet, and when Cinder almost died at the end, I cried in advance. So I was so relieved to see them all okay and thriving in "Something Old, Something New"!!
Not that they didn't hint at it. I had to leave just when it came to the part where Cress is stabbed by Thorne and the whole time I was gone I was just thinking "DON'T KILL CRESS". I practical jumped out of the car and was the first back inside so that I could finish it. Man, I'm sooo happy for all of them.
I liked Jacin & Winter. But I found Jacin a bit annoying when it came to everyone else, like whenever they needed his help his first response was "Oh I'll do it but not for you for Winter." That was literally so annoying and most of his interactions with the others. The part where I like him a bit more was when he was talking to Cress and he said he'd protect her second to Winter. I thought his interactions with Winter though where cute.
THORNE+CRESS 4EVA!!! lols. my only issue in the book is that it ALWAYS GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK. they NEVER WON ANY BATTLES.. but they WON the war so I guess that should compensate it... BUT anybody else felt that way? I hated those scenes...with a hmph! anyway, LOVE THIS reVIEw! would love to read Stars Above
SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW IS A WEDDING SCENE AND SOMEONE PROPOSED TO SOMEONE SPOILER ALERT 🚨 KAI PROPOSED TO CINDER AND SHE SAID YES SO THEY DO END UP TOGETHER YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MY FAVOURITE SHIP EVER OMKMGONGOGNOGNOMGOMGOMGOMG
I loved the scene with Wolf and he comes into Scarlet room...Holding those blue daisies, my very first thought was this scary looking wolf solider looking embarrassed with flowers. I just broke out laughing!!!! 😆
I was so happy when you said you love Scarlet and Wolf now too!! Because they are my favorite. But everyone else is also my favorite. I just love all of them!
Okay, my favorite scene was when cinder was Facing Levana, and Thorne was on the rooftop and “Thorne...” “Do me a favor” She frowned “Tell Cress I ment it” It was so touching and it made want to cry and-
YES! THANK YOU! So many people give Jacin a hard time, but him and Winter are my absolute favorite characters (and couple) in this series ! I like that he is morally gray, he doesnt do things because he thinks those are the right things to do, but because he will do anything to protect the people he loves, espcially Winter! He has flaws like us and I just think that adds more to the humanity of his character. If I were in his shoes I woud also care more about protecting my loved ones than anything else. He is one of the few characters in this series that feels like an person you'd meet in real life. Not only that, but his relationship with Winter is one of the most wholesome and loving I've ever read. The way they care so much about each other in every page they're in, even if they're not together and the things they do to protect the other just go to show how strong their love is and how well-written their relationship is.
I do agree with point you made about stuff working out too easily, but if it didn't, I'd probably cry all day 😂 OH AND WHEN THORNE AND CRESS MADE OUT THEM FEELS AND WHEN KAI GOT HIS KNEE AND CINDER LIKE "oh my god, really?" Also I loved how shy and awkward Cinder was with the world leaders. Last thing- THAT ENDING THOOOOO I WAS REALLY THATS IT. So I'm hoping for some closure soon, please.
Cress and Thorne are my favorite and I would totally read a spinoff series if it happened. Also I kept waiting for that guard and Iko to happen because all of it was there
The saddest part for me was when Roo dies - Yes - Winter is able to escape because of Jacin's plan - but I always hate it when animal friends especially pets die. :( ( and I misspelled Roos name of course, but I can't remember how it's spelled, )
The cake scene at the end was definitely my favorite, it was such a satisfying ending and I loved it! If Marissa Meyer writes a companion book on Cress and Thorne's adventures after the ending of Winter my life would be complete 😍
YESSSSS UR A WOLFLET STAN NOW YESSSSHHHH This book gave me Hunger Games/Divergent/Friends vibes and i always imagined either Timber playing in the background XD The exposition was absolutely amazing with Jacins trial amd Winters visions! Winter is such an amazing protagonist! I agree with you about the death thing but I feel like people wouldve walked away with a bad taste if someone did die XD. Im actually sad about alpha strom tho because he actually could have fit very well in the crew. Im kind of on the fencw about the levana happy ending thing because she is like scarred amd broken by her abusive sister but she also became a pretty horrible and cruel woman who was a mass murderer i love the friendship thing too! iko was such an underrated character tho i want marissa to make her have more friendships with the others i feel like shw wouldve gotten along with wolf and jacin I love how Kai shipped Cresswell uwu It was part of Thorne's personality to not be able to admit his feelings for cress because he hid his emotions behind a mask of sarcasm and stupidity YESSSSS YOU SHIP IKO AND KINNEY TOOOOOOO!!! I didnt get any closure with them tho cuz theres like nothing about them in stars above OoooH but Wires and Nerve was just amazing and it had so much Kiko too :3 jacinter is such an underrated ship, thwy gave me so many of the feels in Winter UwU Oh I love the scene where Scarlet commed Emilie and told her what happened and told her about Wolf thay was just hilarious and funny The Kaider ending was sooo amazing and symbolic and was just absolutely perfect!!!
While I agree that a main character death would've made more sense in the end, I think having them all live added to the fairy tale aspect of the story which is often sidelined for action packed scenes. And I couldn't really say that the book would've been better if any particular character died(unlike Rick Riordan's "Blood of Olympus").
I loved the scene where they all ask Thorne about the reward money and expected him to joke about it or divide it, and he just said something philosophical like: "some would say the only reward is to do something good" or something to impress Cress. Instead they all just stared at him and to not make things awkward he said: "but those people are idiots. Let's go" I can only imagine what it must look like to hear THORNE say that. 🤣
IM SO EXCITED FOR STARS ABOVE I KNOW ITS ALREADY OUT BUT IM STILL WAITING FOR IT TO COME IN! I NEED MORE OF THIS CREW AND EVERYONE AND THE SHIPS AND CINDER AND KAI❤️❤️❤️
winter and jacin are my favorite couple by farrrrr!!!!! childhood best friends to lovers and seeing how much they both love and care for each other- they have my whole heart. ik a lot of ppl find jacin annoying but he has his reasons and i think it’s so sweet how he’s kind of cold or stand-off-ish around another’s but melts instantly when he’s with winter.
I don't think I would've liked if any one of the characters died because I felt we just got introduced to them & slowly getting to know them & to have one of them killed off I wouldn't have like that, if we had known them from the beginning then maybe I would understand but I don't know haha hope that makes sense :D
i just finished winter yesterday and if any of those main characters had died i would’ve been more devastated than i’ve ever been before, lunar chronicles has one of the most amazing cast of protagonists ever.
I really thought someone in the crew was going to die, I was like 90% sure so when Thorne was on the edge of the valcony I was so so so afraid because I truly believe Levana was going to push him off and he would die. I almost cried when he said "Tell Cress I meant it" because Thorne and Cress are my favourite couple so when he said that I was sure he was going to die and I would cry so much for Cress :((
I think you will be really happy with Something Old, Something New in Stars Above. I also think you would possibly enjoy Marissa Meyer's Graphic Novel additions to The Lunar Chronicles. Vranted, they are a quick read,but ultimately I think they are better as Graphic Novels. The first one is called Wires and Nerver: Volume One and the second one is called Wires and Nerve: Volume Two: Gone Rogue. Unfortunately, they are only a duology, but I feel like there should be more of them. :)
Totally agree. I couldn't choose someone to die, but the gravity of the book would've followed through a little more if someone more important had died.
While I did love this book, it was probably my favorite of the year, I do have some kind of nitpicks about this book. First, if I were Levana, I would have put someone else in charge of my wedding and then focus all my attention on painting Cinder as horrible as possible to the lower class Lunars. Yeah, she made that video with Kai but I would have done some more to make sure this revolution doesn't happen. She does have Kai palace, so I would have someone go down there, see if they can find video footage of her killing Sybil and maybe get Adri and Pearl to talk about how awful Cinder is. Y'know work a little harder to make sure Cinder doesn't overthrow me. My biggest problem is Luna, as an environment is so boring. The people aren't interesting because you're either one of two things: rich and dick or poor and easily persuaded to start a revolution. It's weird because the other locations like New Beijing, France and places in Africa were so interesting. Then we get to Luna and they're all pretty standard. You could have made it interesting, like maybe the smaller, lesser rich families in Levana's court want to help Kai and Earthens. Maybe we could see a district that's so beaten down that they don't want to help Cinder. It's really just meh. Other than those two things, I did really love the book. It wrapped up perfectly, all the characters were cool and interesting. I liked all the character interactions and the story was so much fun.
+ThoughtsOfAWriter You do make a good point about Levana not really doing much to besmirch Cinder's name. After reading Fairest, she seems like the sort of person who would do anything, even do it herself if she had to, to get something done to preserve her power and if she so badly wanted Cinder to be humiliated, I feel like she would not have waited until the very end to take action herself. I suppose one could argue that maybe she just got cocky because things seemed to be falling into place, like the wedding, coronation, etc.? For Luna, I do wish we had more diversity in the characters there. Like Kinney, for example, was treated well as a guard but still rebelled while the entire aristocracy of Luna seemed to just be a bunch of obnoxious twits who couldn't care less about anyone, even though I'm sure not everyone felt the same. Unless Levana chose her court on how entitled and self-centered one was? (I suppose that is entirely plausible, though...) About the possibility of a district that is so beaten down it doesn't want to help, I think that first area, RM-9?, was like that initially, but that could also speak to the convenience thing that Jesse was talking about. Sometimes, it felt like there should have been a bit more of a struggle to rally the public and such than what actually happened, in my opinion. Also, nice name. :D
My favourite line from the book was when Iko was like the queen would come out and stab them with her pointy heels shoes 😂😂😂 My favourite scenes were probably all of the ones with ikos remarks and the ones with Thorne and cress cause they were like my number 1 ship
so I stopped reading this series after Scarlet, BUT winter sounds epic so I will be picking them up this week. ^.^ love the reviews makes it easy for me to pick and choose. I work at a book store and I want them all. obviously can't do that so this helps! have you read the Splintered series yet?
OMG, I didn't like to watch reviews because many times they are to rough at criticizing but you are so natural at talking and funny and first video and just subscribed.
I hated the scene where Kai was dumbstruck by Winter's beauty. Like what! You're supposed to be with Cinder, I mean Wolf wasn't bothered by Winter at all!! Come on Kai, and aren't you supposed to be used to this, I mean you're an emperor, girls throw themselves at you all the time.
But perhaps it's just human to blush when an extremely beautiful girl kisses ur cheek. It happened to thorne too. Even scarlet had blushed. In wolf's case he was so desperate for scarlet at the moment and he was disappointed when he found someone else.
LMAO ITS NICE TO KNOW THT IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SHIPS IKO AND THE GUARD.. I really hope in STARS ABOVE we'll see some Iko and Kinney cute chapters.. great video jesse! i made a review of this book too if anyone wants to check it out...
I love how a majority of this review is talking about the romance like i feel like this book had just so much romance scattered throughout the intense plot that you can't just NOT talk about it for 82728272 minutes
I loved how everything was wrapped up for this series. I'm definitely going to miss all of the characters. I agree that it would've been more realistic if someone died (although I didn't want that to happen). I loved the friendships throughout the story. Overall, so much happened in this book and it gave me so many feels!
Did you hear we're going to get Iko and the guard in that new two-part graphic novel set Wires & Nerve? It takes place between Winter and the Stars Above epilogue!!!
as for me, winter, the corresponding character of snow white being dark skinned was a beautiful irony. And I really loved how marissa meyer brings back quotes from early books like. FEEEEELS... spoiler! "youre the only one ze'ev kesley. you'll always be the only one." "no tears, it's dehydrating" "and the lips every girl in the commonwealth had admired a thousand times" omg that last one. kaider is my fave ship anyway.
TE AMOOOOOO JESSE!!! ❤️❤️ you're my favourite booktuber!!! ❤️❤️ I only saw until minute 6 because I realise you were a little bit spoiling and I haven't read this saga yet...
Hey Jesse! This is off-topic from the video but I just decided that for 2016 I was going to challenge myself to ask 12 booktubers each for a book recommendation and that I will challenge myself to read them this year. What book (or books) do you recommend? (And yes I have read both Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and The Archived :-D )
My favourite scene from winter is when Thorne says careful is his middle name, right after suave and daring. And then Cinder says do you even know what you are saying half the time. I laughed so hard at the amount of sass coming from Cinder. Also I don't feel it needed someone to die because it's a fairy tale and I expected that kind of ending.
fav scene was Thorne suggesting they put rice in Cinders head 😅
SAME HERE XD #cinthornebrotp
iko and kinney are so amazing to
And f****** winter
Same!!!
Jesus loves all.He died for all our sins .He wants all to believe in him.He wantsall to try to stop sinning( he will help you).He is the only way to heaven. To get to heaven you must believe in Jesus Christ and what he did we are all sinners. God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins because he loves us. IntheBible, it says “If you declare with your mouth,“Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”Romans 10:9 NIV
When cress and Thorne kissed was the best.
+MeggiePenguin OMG yes!!! I ship them so hard!!!
Gosh spoiler alert
Yash!
YEEEEES
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SHIPPED IKO WITH THY GUARD!!! OMG I WAS READING IT AND I WAS LIKE; "They need to be a couple. NOW!" YAAASS!! OMG! Sorry for the capslock but I'm just so excited and I ship them so much!!! I love you Jesse!
omg I ship them too. Those two are so cute!!!
+Jitske Jansen I kind of shipped them too. :D
I shipped them too. He sometimes went too far in my opinion. I'm not sure if it's because he can't deal with feelings he may have for her yet, but I was ready to punch him after some moments where he was mean to Iko.
omg it's good to now I wasn't the only one making up a ship
Jitske J they are together and we get to see their relationship in the comics!
Am I the only one that noticed that Scarlet and Wolf became a reversed Beauty and the Beast by the end?
Yes!! I thought it was just little red riding hood but then I realized that it was just between wolfs brother Ran. Wolf and Scarlet resemble The Beauty and the Beast which made me love them even more 😍 I'm just Team Wolflet. They're my favorite couple from all of them.
I agree. The part where Wolf finds Scarlet is my favorite scene in any book (apart from a lot of wof)
Yurse
I really want a little story of cress and Thorne after winter cause I can't get enough of them.
I nearly died when Kai got on one knee(I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO PROPOSE!!!)...only to return Cinder her foot. The feels...Also, when Cinder gave her speech in front of the Lunars. That was powerful, and emotional as a reader because in the beginning of the series we see this girl who is adamant about hiding herself from the world, and in this instalment, she is a powerhouse set on changing the world. Winter was break taking.
omg same...... i was hyped and i really wanted kai to propose.
I needed more Cinder x Kai interactions :(
Really? I feel really satisfied with it. I thought Kaider was the couple who got the most time in this book, along with Winter and Jacin.
+Catherina Tseng same! I needed more Cresswell! But that's mostly because I'm Cresswell trash and I ship them so much it hurts
+Books & Stuff I KNOWWW!!! I can never get enough Cresswell. By far my favourite couple! I really, really do love all of them though, but... Cresswell... my heart...
+Catherina Tseng This ship is ruining me..
Books & Stuff Ughh, I knowww...
I CANT WAIT FOR STARS ABOVE NOW! I CAN'T BLEIEVE ID IDNT KNOW ABOUT IT BEING A SHORT STORY THAT TKAES PLACE AFTER WINTER AHHHH I HOPE IT'S CINDER AND KAIII
+polandbananasBOOKS it's a little mermaid retelling i think!
I feel like it's Iko and Kinney!!!
+polandbananasBOOKS It's actually a compilation of shorts stories and it's include a wedding at the end!
+polandbananasBOOKS CINDER AND KAI FOREVER!!!
polandbananasBOOKS AHHHH I SHIP KAI AND CINDERRRRRR SO BADDDD MY FAVOURITE SHIP 😻😻
I'm glad no one died, because it is a fairytale retelling, and so they always end happily ever after- meaning no death. :)
I was worried throughout the whole book that I'd lose someone like Cress or Scarlet, and when Cinder almost died at the end, I cried in advance. So I was so relieved to see them all okay and thriving in "Something Old, Something New"!!
Not that they didn't hint at it. I had to leave just when it came to the part where Cress is stabbed by Thorne and the whole time I was gone I was just thinking "DON'T KILL CRESS". I practical jumped out of the car and was the first back inside so that I could finish it. Man, I'm sooo happy for all of them.
KAIDER and CRESSWELL are my favorites and I do ship KIKO (Kinney and Iko)
valeriagc113 G-C Kaider, Cresswell, haven't come up with one for Iko and clothes, and Wolflet is my fave
LIKO? Liam Kinney and Iko 👀
I WANT MORE KAI AND CINDER SCENES I NEED MORE I NEED THEM TO KISS MORE.
That's a mood
SAME.
I liked Jacin & Winter. But I found Jacin a bit annoying when it came to everyone else, like whenever they needed his help his first response was "Oh I'll do it but not for you for Winter." That was literally so annoying and most of his interactions with the others. The part where I like him a bit more was when he was talking to Cress and he said he'd protect her second to Winter. I thought his interactions with Winter though where cute.
Thank uuu they aren’t appreciated enough 😭😭😭😭
I love Thorne so much. Every Time a scene with Thorne came up I got so excited! I agree we need a book with Cress and Thorne
Did anyone else get emotional when Cinder threw her foot off the edge? I cried. Like Kia kept that all this time and she throws it off
My favorite scene is when Winter and Scarlet make that the wolf- mutants/soldiers join them to defeat Levana
disof bz mine is where Scarlet and Wolf finally find each other.
I would so read a book of what happens after winter or just a book of Cress and Throne's adventures. Anyone else agree?
ME
I loved when Kai comforted Cress. Please adopt her!
I'm super stoked for Stars Above!
And I'm excited someone agrees with me regarding the Iko x Kinney ship. YES.
I KNOW RIGHT I WANT A SEPERATE BOOK FOR CRESSWELL!
THORNE+CRESS 4EVA!!! lols.
my only issue in the book is that it ALWAYS GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK. they NEVER WON ANY BATTLES.. but they WON the war so I guess that should compensate it... BUT anybody else felt that way? I hated those scenes...with a hmph!
anyway, LOVE THIS reVIEw! would love to read Stars Above
When Wolf and Scarlet discovered each other. I cried. And Cinder was the best.
SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW IS A WEDDING SCENE AND SOMEONE PROPOSED TO SOMEONE
SPOILER ALERT 🚨
KAI PROPOSED TO CINDER AND SHE SAID YES SO THEY DO END UP TOGETHER YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MY FAVOURITE SHIP EVER OMKMGONGOGNOGNOMGOMGOMGOMG
I loved the scene with Wolf and he comes into Scarlet room...Holding those blue daisies, my very first thought was this scary looking wolf solider looking embarrassed with flowers. I just broke out laughing!!!! 😆
There needs to be a movie or a tv show
YES I AGREE WINTER AND JACIN ARE THE BEST
I was so happy when you said you love Scarlet and Wolf now too!! Because they are my favorite. But everyone else is also my favorite. I just love all of them!
Okay, my favorite scene was when cinder was Facing Levana, and Thorne was on the rooftop and
“Thorne...”
“Do me a favor”
She frowned
“Tell Cress I ment it”
It was so touching and it made want to cry and-
I cried so hard….
He used what he thought were his final words to make sure Cress knew he loved her...Damn.
YES! THANK YOU! So many people give Jacin a hard time, but him and Winter are my absolute favorite characters (and couple) in this series ! I like that he is morally gray, he doesnt do things because he thinks those are the right things to do, but because he will do anything to protect the people he loves, espcially Winter! He has flaws like us and I just think that adds more to the humanity of his character. If I were in his shoes I woud also care more about protecting my loved ones than anything else. He is one of the few characters in this series that feels like an person you'd meet in real life. Not only that, but his relationship with Winter is one of the most wholesome and loving I've ever read. The way they care so much about each other in every page they're in, even if they're not together and the things they do to protect the other just go to show how strong their love is and how well-written their relationship is.
I do agree with point you made about stuff working out too easily, but if it didn't, I'd probably cry all day 😂 OH AND WHEN THORNE AND CRESS MADE OUT THEM FEELS AND WHEN KAI GOT HIS KNEE AND CINDER LIKE "oh my god, really?" Also I loved how shy and awkward Cinder was with the world leaders. Last thing- THAT ENDING THOOOOO I WAS REALLY THATS IT. So I'm hoping for some closure soon, please.
Cress and Thorne! I love them too! I just love the dynamic between them, how they're so different but it works!!
Oh man, that scene with Thorne and Cress was one of my favorites in the entire book!
Cress and Thorne are my favorite and I would totally read a spinoff series if it happened. Also I kept waiting for that guard and Iko to happen because all of it was there
The saddest part for me was when Roo dies - Yes - Winter is able to escape because of Jacin's plan - but I always hate it when animal friends especially pets die. :( ( and I misspelled Roos name of course, but I can't remember how it's spelled, )
+The Reading Puppet It was Ryu, I believe.
Ryu,my friend
I loved that scene where Kai and Thorne were in the pod ship together towards the beginning of the book. Talk about bros being bros, lol
kai and cinder together forever
The cake scene at the end was definitely my favorite, it was such a satisfying ending and I loved it!
If Marissa Meyer writes a companion book on Cress and Thorne's adventures after the ending of Winter my life would be complete 😍
Yas! Jacin and Winter forever.
YESSSSS UR A WOLFLET STAN NOW YESSSSHHHH
This book gave me Hunger Games/Divergent/Friends vibes and i always imagined either Timber playing in the background XD
The exposition was absolutely amazing with Jacins trial amd Winters visions! Winter is such an amazing protagonist!
I agree with you about the death thing but I feel like people wouldve walked away with a bad taste if someone did die XD. Im actually sad about alpha strom tho because he actually could have fit very well in the crew.
Im kind of on the fencw about the levana happy ending thing because she is like scarred amd broken by her abusive sister but she also became a pretty horrible and cruel woman who was a mass murderer
i love the friendship thing too! iko was such an underrated character tho i want marissa to make her have more friendships with the others i feel like shw wouldve gotten along with wolf and jacin
I love how Kai shipped Cresswell uwu
It was part of Thorne's personality to not be able to admit his feelings for cress because he hid his emotions behind a mask of sarcasm and stupidity
YESSSSS YOU SHIP IKO AND KINNEY TOOOOOOO!!! I didnt get any closure with them tho cuz theres like nothing about them in stars above
OoooH but Wires and Nerve was just amazing and it had so much Kiko too :3
jacinter is such an underrated ship, thwy gave me so many of the feels in Winter UwU
Oh I love the scene where Scarlet commed Emilie and told her what happened and told her about Wolf thay was just hilarious and funny
The Kaider ending was sooo amazing and symbolic and was just absolutely perfect!!!
Omg Cinder & Kai and Cress & Thorne and Scarlet & Wolf and Winter & Jacin I love them all so much :) Favorite characters ever, by far.
While I agree that a main character death would've made more sense in the end, I think having them all live added to the fairy tale aspect of the story which is often sidelined for action packed scenes. And I couldn't really say that the book would've been better if any particular character died(unlike Rick Riordan's "Blood of Olympus").
Ugh I want another book focused soley on cress and Thorne too they are adorable!
I loved the scene where they all ask Thorne about the reward money and expected him to joke about it or divide it, and he just said something philosophical like: "some would say the only reward is to do something good" or something to impress Cress. Instead they all just stared at him and to not make things awkward he said: "but those people are idiots. Let's go" I can only imagine what it must look like to hear THORNE say that. 🤣
IM SO EXCITED FOR STARS ABOVE I KNOW ITS ALREADY OUT BUT IM STILL WAITING FOR IT TO COME IN! I NEED MORE OF THIS CREW AND EVERYONE AND THE SHIPS AND CINDER AND KAI❤️❤️❤️
OMG you said EXACTLY what I thought about the book. So now you got a new follower XD
Winter made me so happy 💜
(Book and character)
winter and jacin are my favorite couple by farrrrr!!!!! childhood best friends to lovers and seeing how much they both love and care for each other- they have my whole heart. ik a lot of ppl find jacin annoying but he has his reasons and i think it’s so sweet how he’s kind of cold or stand-off-ish around another’s but melts instantly when he’s with winter.
I don't think I would've liked if any one of the characters died because I felt we just got introduced to them & slowly getting to know them & to have one of them killed off I wouldn't have like that, if we had known them from the beginning then maybe I would understand but I don't know haha hope that makes sense :D
yeah me too! :) i don't like happy endings but in Winter it was perfect and made me so happy
I'm so happy you love them now!!!!
There is a comic based on iko coming out after stars above
OMG I SO SHIP IKO AND KINNEY!!!! I would so love a book for them
i just finished winter yesterday and if any of those main characters had died i would’ve been more devastated than i’ve ever been before, lunar chronicles has one of the most amazing cast of protagonists ever.
I can't wait to pick up this series😍😍😍😍 hope i receive at least the first and the second this christmas😍😍
I really thought someone in the crew was going to die, I was like 90% sure so when Thorne was on the edge of the valcony I was so so so afraid because I truly believe Levana was going to push him off and he would die. I almost cried when he said "Tell Cress I meant it" because Thorne and Cress are my favourite couple so when he said that I was sure he was going to die and I would cry so much for Cress :((
I think you will be really happy with Something Old, Something New in Stars Above. I also think you would possibly enjoy Marissa Meyer's Graphic Novel additions to The Lunar Chronicles. Vranted, they are a quick read,but ultimately I think they are better as Graphic Novels. The first one is called Wires and Nerver: Volume One and the second one is called Wires and Nerve: Volume Two: Gone Rogue. Unfortunately, they are only a duology, but I feel like there should be more of them. :)
IKO AND KINNEY YAAAASSS
Your shelves give me life
My favorite scene is when thorn suggested putting rice in cinders head to soak up the moisture 😂
I never clicked on a video so fast. I just finished reading Cinder a few days ago and I absolutely loved it. Love your vids Jesseth
I WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH THORNE AND CRESS UUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH still I’m happy that they’re happy now
i'm only watching this now but after you mentioned Stars Above, i jumped onto bookdepository and ordered it. 6 MORE DAYS TO GO. OMGGGG
Totally agree. I couldn't choose someone to die, but the gravity of the book would've followed through a little more if someone more important had died.
Yes please!! A book about Cress and Thorne‘s adventures! Like he shows her the whole world and makes her happy :D
Marissa Meyer is writing a graphic novel based around Iko and I'm pretty sure Kinney is in it too.
ryanne helms WHAT
Cami Nicolle Yeah! It's called Wires and Nerve. It just came out.
While I did love this book, it was probably my favorite of the year, I do have some kind of nitpicks about this book.
First, if I were Levana, I would have put someone else in charge of my wedding and then focus all my attention on painting Cinder as horrible as possible to the lower class Lunars. Yeah, she made that video with Kai but I would have done some more to make sure this revolution doesn't happen. She does have Kai palace, so I would have someone go down there, see if they can find video footage of her killing Sybil and maybe get Adri and Pearl to talk about how awful Cinder is. Y'know work a little harder to make sure Cinder doesn't overthrow me.
My biggest problem is Luna, as an environment is so boring. The people aren't interesting because you're either one of two things: rich and dick or poor and easily persuaded to start a revolution. It's weird because the other locations like New Beijing, France and places in Africa were so interesting. Then we get to Luna and they're all pretty standard. You could have made it interesting, like maybe the smaller, lesser rich families in Levana's court want to help Kai and Earthens. Maybe we could see a district that's so beaten down that they don't want to help Cinder. It's really just meh.
Other than those two things, I did really love the book. It wrapped up perfectly, all the characters were cool and interesting. I liked all the character interactions and the story was so much fun.
+ThoughtsOfAWriter You do make a good point about Levana not really doing much to besmirch Cinder's name. After reading Fairest, she seems like the sort of person who would do anything, even do it herself if she had to, to get something done to preserve her power and if she so badly wanted Cinder to be humiliated, I feel like she would not have waited until the very end to take action herself. I suppose one could argue that maybe she just got cocky because things seemed to be falling into place, like the wedding, coronation, etc.?
For Luna, I do wish we had more diversity in the characters there. Like Kinney, for example, was treated well as a guard but still rebelled while the entire aristocracy of Luna seemed to just be a bunch of obnoxious twits who couldn't care less about anyone, even though I'm sure not everyone felt the same. Unless Levana chose her court on how entitled and self-centered one was? (I suppose that is entirely plausible, though...)
About the possibility of a district that is so beaten down it doesn't want to help, I think that first area, RM-9?, was like that initially, but that could also speak to the convenience thing that Jesse was talking about. Sometimes, it felt like there should have been a bit more of a struggle to rally the public and such than what actually happened, in my opinion.
Also, nice name. :D
Meyer should put them in all the scenes so we can never stop reading about the characters! ALL THE AUS
yes! Iko and Kenny!! I loved the banter between them!!! I finished winter b about 10 min ago and I'm fangirling so hard!
My favourite line from the book was when Iko was like the queen would come out and stab them with her pointy heels shoes 😂😂😂
My favourite scenes were probably all of the ones with ikos remarks and the ones with Thorne and cress cause they were like my number 1 ship
so I stopped reading this series after Scarlet, BUT winter sounds epic so I will be picking them up this week. ^.^ love the reviews makes it easy for me to pick and choose. I work at a book store and I want them all. obviously can't do that so this helps! have you read the Splintered series yet?
OMG, I didn't like to watch reviews because many times they are to rough at criticizing but you are so natural at talking and funny and first video and just subscribed.
Hello from France! I agree with all the things you said! This is one of the best series ever! I love your videos soooo much!
I agree with you jesse
Yesss I shipped Iko and the guard too!
i feel like the happy ending thing is because its a fairy tale retelling, so like. happily ever after is a trend.
2:53 SAME !
I hated the scene where Kai was dumbstruck by Winter's beauty. Like what! You're supposed to be with Cinder, I mean Wolf wasn't bothered by Winter at all!! Come on Kai, and aren't you supposed to be used to this, I mean you're an emperor, girls throw themselves at you all the time.
Yea, that's true but Wolf is kinda mutant, so I don't know if he's effected by beauty.
Starry Night Productions what about Scarlet?
it annoyed me a little too, though it was just a blush.
But perhaps it's just human to blush when an extremely beautiful girl kisses ur cheek. It happened to thorne too. Even scarlet had blushed. In wolf's case he was so desperate for scarlet at the moment and he was disappointed when he found someone else.
Honestly, I appreciated the accuracy of it, that he can acknowledge that Winter is beautiful and still maintain his faithfulness to Cinder
Great video once again Jesse!
New graphic novels about Iko are coming out so we will find out !!! 😆
I'm very excited about this book! I will buy this book next month! You convinced me!!
Omg Jesse! I ship the guard and Iko so hard!!!!
ily Jesse
Yasss! This is exactly what my thoughts were. Thank you for this Jessie
tell me he's read stars above and wires and nerve at this point
please
LMAO ITS NICE TO KNOW THT IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SHIPS IKO AND THE GUARD.. I really hope in STARS ABOVE we'll see some Iko and Kinney cute chapters.. great video jesse! i made a review of this book too if anyone wants to check it out...
jesse, do you know about wires and nerve? the graphic novel sequel duology?
I love how a majority of this review is talking about the romance like i feel like this book had just so much romance scattered throughout the intense plot that you can't just NOT talk about it for 82728272 minutes
finally finished it after like three months (why am i so busy?) AND LOVED IT! God I can't wait for Stars Above
I loved how everything was wrapped up for this series. I'm definitely going to miss all of the characters. I agree that it would've been more realistic if someone died (although I didn't want that to happen). I loved the friendships throughout the story. Overall, so much happened in this book and it gave me so many feels!
I decided to read and marathon The Lunar Chronicles in 2016!! Yes my bookish goals for 2016!!
YES!! IKO AND KINNEY (I THINK)
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!
There's 2 graphic novels coming out following Iko :D first one is out in January 2017!
I am from Russia and I do not understand what you're saying. But your positive energy and I like it! I can listen to you endlessly :)
Thorne was definitely one of my favourite characters in this series.
the book was so good, iko was awsome, thorne made me laugh and all the couples made me so happy
Did you hear we're going to get Iko and the guard in that new two-part graphic novel set Wires & Nerve? It takes place between Winter and the Stars Above epilogue!!!
I SHIPPED IKO AND THE GUARD TOO OMG
Read Winter without reading the other books and it was bloody amazing! Can't wait to read the rest.
as for me, winter, the corresponding character of snow white being dark skinned was a beautiful irony. And I really loved how marissa meyer brings back quotes from early books like. FEEEEELS... spoiler!
"youre the only one ze'ev kesley. you'll always be the only one."
"no tears, it's dehydrating"
"and the lips every girl in the commonwealth had admired a thousand times"
omg that last one. kaider is my fave ship anyway.
TE AMOOOOOO JESSE!!! ❤️❤️ you're my favourite booktuber!!! ❤️❤️ I only saw until minute 6 because I realise you were a little bit spoiling and I haven't read this saga yet...
Hey Jesse! This is off-topic from the video but I just decided that for 2016 I was going to challenge myself to ask 12 booktubers each for a book recommendation and that I will challenge myself to read them this year. What book (or books) do you recommend? (And yes I have read both Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and The Archived :-D )
My favourite scene from winter is when Thorne says careful is his middle name, right after suave and daring. And then Cinder says do you even know what you are saying half the time. I laughed so hard at the amount of sass coming from Cinder. Also I don't feel it needed someone to die because it's a fairy tale and I expected that kind of ending.
YO I WAS TOTALLY SHIPPING IKO AND KINNEY TOO.