Sunday, March 31, 2013

SCARLET by Marissa Meyer Excerpt & Giveaway!

Earlier this year I participated in a blog tour to celebrate the release of the second book in Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series, Scarlet.  As part of that tour, Marissa wrote an awesome post on the gruesome side of fairy tales (which you know was right up my alley...), and you should definitely go check it out.

And while you're out and about, you should probably stop by my review of Scarlet and see what I thought.

BUT FIRST, you should totally check out this excerpt from Scarlet, and enter to win copies of both Cinder and Scarlet below!


Scarlet escaped into the midnight air and the noise faded without the warehouse's echo around her. She could hear the sirens now, mixing with the thrum of crickets. On the dirt road outside the building, she spun in a full circle as the crowd jostled around her.
There was no sign of Wolf.
She thought she'd seen him turn right. Her ship was parked to the left. Her pulse was racing, making it hard to breathe.
She couldn't leave. She hadn't gotten what she'd come for.
She told herself that she would be able to find him again. When she'd had time to gather her wits. After she talked to the detectives and persuaded them to track Wolf down and arrest him and find out where he'd taken her grandmother.
Tuckering her hands into her pockets, she hurried around the building, toward her ship.
A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing to listen.
Scarlet had heard wild wolves before, prowling the countryside in search of easy prey on the farms.
But never had a wolf's howl sent a chill down her spine like that...

****GIVEAWAY****
The lovely, awesome people at Macmillan have offered up a prize pack of the first two Lunar Chronicles books, Cinder and Scarlet, to one lucky winner! This giveaway is US only, and ends April 10th, 2013. Fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter. Good luck!!
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
The fates of Cinder and Scarlet collide as a Lunar threat spreads across the Earth...


Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.

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, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.


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28 comments:

  1. I've read Cinder (it was my favorite book of 2012), and that's why I want to read Scarlet! Cyborgs, Cinderella, conspiracies...I have to know what happens next!

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  2. I adored Cinder! I've not read a sci-fi retelling of a fairy tale before, so I thought it was pretty unique. After reading Cinder, I was giddy to get my hands on the next installment!

    - Jackie G.

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  3. I haven't read cinder yet. I've heard so many good things about it, and cinder sounds awesome! Cyborg? So cool!

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  5. Cinder is my favorite retelling of Cinderella! I can't wait to see what Marissa does with The Little Red Riding Hood in Scarlet!

    Thanks,
    Leanne

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  6. Wolf! I've heard so many good things about that boy. I can't wait to see what he's really like in SCARLET.

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  7. I want to read it because I love fairy tales!

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  8. I have not read either one, but from what I read on these blogs, I believe I would enjoy both of these books and it would only make sense to start with Cinder..

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  9. I've read Cinder and Scarlet through my ebooks, but I just want a physical copy of the books :)

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  10. I haven't read Cinder yet, but I have heard nothing but good things about it. I really like fairy tale books, and I cannot wait to read Cinder. It is on the top of my to read pile

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  11. I love fairy tale retellings! Looking forward to reading both stories!

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  12. I love fairytale retelling and I've not read them yet. So if I get a chance to win these then it's a perfect excuse to start the series =D

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  13. Cinder is incredible and I'm just dying to read Scarlet!

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  14. I loved Scarlet and can't wait for Cress to come out next year.

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  15. I loved Cinder and I am super excited to read Scarlet I have heard amazing things about it!!!

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  16. I've been wanting to read this series, keeping my fingers crossed! Winning the second book would get me to buy the first and get going! Thanks for the giveaway chance!

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  17. I have heard so many great things about this series and really haven't even read any negative reviews of either of the books.

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  18. I really need to read this one! :) Loved Cinder.

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  19. I haven't read them yet, but keep hearing great things about both books, so I really want to read them!

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  20. I can't wait to read Cinder because I keep hearing so much about it, and I love retellings, especially with sci-fi twists!

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  21. I recently read Cinder and I wanted to read this one right away!!

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  22. I've been meaning to read these for a while. I love fairy tale retellings (especially after taking a storytelling course last year in grad school), so this would be great. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  23. I loved Cinder and have been DYING to read Scarlet! I ate that first book up and imagine I will eat the next one up as well!

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  24. I loved BOTH of these books! Good luck to the winner!

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  25. I just finished reading Cinder. I cannot wait to read Scarlet. It looks so good!

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  26. I haven't read either yet, but the concept of fairy tales in space is so....unique. Cyborg Cinderella? I can't resist a mashup of genres so unexplored!

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  27. Cinder and Scarlet are still on my TBR list. I love fairytale retellings!

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  28. I want to read these because Cinderella is my favorite fairy tale and I'm dying to see how it was retold here. That and I've seen a million good things about it so I can't wait to read it for myself. Thank you!

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