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I LOVE this book series. Like, a cyberpunk retelling of Cinderella where she’s also ASIAN?!?! Yes, yes and YES!!! I think if all the books, Scarlet was my least favorite, since I just don’t care that much about little red riding hood.

I’ve actually never read Cinder 😢 but you best believe I’m still watching this video 😂

The Lunar Chronicles was a major inspiration for the sci-fi script I wrote in college. Marissa Meyer announced last year that the series is being made into animated movies.

PLEASE DO ALL THE BOOKS. I've read the entire series yet I will watch through all of your recaps

I recently read The Lunar Chronicles (like first half of 2023 and I'm reading All Stars Above) and I loved it, I was also pleasently surprised that the author didn't use the "not like other girls trope" considering what time it was written (like, Cinder isn't stereotypically femenine but it's more of not allowing herself to do so because how society treats cyborgs rather than feeling superior and she's still really supportive to the girls in the rampion crew). Also, the men in those books are top tier

These books have such a special place in my heart! I loved how diverse the main cast was and how all the girls were badass and totally allowed to be feminine! I also feel like Levana is a good example of a villain with a tragic past that doesn't excuse her actions.

For future reference peony is pronounced pe-uh-nee. It's a flower😂. Also I absolutely adore this series. It is one of my favorite book series ever

You made me reread The Hunger Games and NOW you are making me reread The Lunar chronicles. If I turn into my 12 year old dorky self I'm solely blaming you Amanda!

I had the biggest crush on Wolf when I was in middle school, he and Percy Jackson are the reasons why I would tell myself my type is tanned, Mediterranean guys with green eyes (Ironically don't think I've ever had a crush on a guy with greens eyes in my life).

If you liked the Cinder series, read the author's standalone book Heartless if you havent already!!!! Literally my favorite book ever and it would be fascinating to hear your take on it, especially since its pure fantasy setting and has some similar tones as Ever After High (and we all know you have a lot of thoughts on that one lol). I love Alice in Wonderland to a probably obsessive degree and Heartless is such a wonderful book that recreates Wonderland with a truly loving attention to detail.

My attachment to this series is unhealthy. I have read it 3 times and it has held up ever since, especially having read it at an older age. Yah, there are cliches, but Cinder is such a strong main character and KAI?!?!? My guy is amazing, deserves all of the love in the world ☝️☝️ Can't wait for the rest of the recaps!!

girl i do not play abt the lunar chronicles i need a tv show graphic novels movies soundtracks tv interviews fan cams annoying tiktok videos and a cast filled w sexy talented unknown actors of hollywood

Commenting before watching the video: I loved this series. Yeah it has some cliches and bonkers moments and contrivances and weirdly done but okay prequel and short stories and epilogue book, but it has a good nostalgic place in my heart. Though the new character covers are pretty, I do like the minimalistic sorta simplicity of the originals. I have all of them, the ones with the original cover. The characters were pretty great and though the trope of chosen ones are done to death I do love this series still.

So much of Amanda's channel can be summed up by "omg I loved this series in middle school and I completely forgot that it existed. This unhinged recap is making me want to reread it again as an adult" and I'm so here for it

The Lunar Chronicles is one of my favorite series of all time and Cinder is easily the best one out of them all (in my opinion) - I would love to see your take on the others too! Despite being written in the 2010s, his and Cinder's relationship, and the book as a whole, still absolutely hold up today and I love rereading this story because it's just as good every time. It's full of cliches and tropes, but the characters and story are so fun that I don't care! Plus, the whole thing with Kai's and Cinder/Selene's names meaning the ocean and moon... it's SO cheesy, but I eat it up every time. (potentially spoilers for later books for those who haven't read) The elevator scene still gets me EVERY TIME. (The way Marissa Meyer writes love interests >>>) And then the "you're even more painful to look at than she is" hurts so much, but then to later learn he thought she was too beautiful because of her gift is just! He is so down bad for her and YES it's low-key love at first sight and YES they've known each other for a few months throughout this whole thing, BUT they take four books to learn about each other and don't get together until the end and it's so satisfying and well-done and I love it! it's so sad that there hasn't been any adaptation of this series yet, but I'm also kind of grateful because I would be devastated if it got butchered. (Though I heard there were rumors about it getting animated movies?) Would love to see you be involved in some way or make a cameo - make it happen, Marissa!

We need recaps for all the books. This series was my favourite in 2015

Amanda explaining why Cinder is literally her copypasta "Cinder is literally me. No other character can come close to relating to me like her. There is no way you can convince me that I’m not Cinder. Cinder could not possibly be any more me. It’s me, and nobody can convince me otherwise. If anyone approached me about this not possibly being me, I immediately shut them down with overwhelming evidence that Cinder was me. Cinder is absolutely me; it is indisputable. Why anyone would try to argue that Cinder is not me is beyond me. If you held two pictures of me and Cinder side by side, you’d see no difference. I can safely look at Cinder every day and say, “Yup, she’s me.” I can practically see Cinderwhenever I look at myself in the mirror. I go outside, and people stop me from commenting on how similar I look and act as Cinder is. I chuckle softly as I’m assured every day Cinder is me in every way. I can smile each time I get out of bed each morning, knowing that I’ve found my identity with Cinder and I know my place in this world. It’s amusing how similar she is to me; it’s almost like identical twins. When I first saw Cinder, I had an existential crisis. What if Cinder was the real me and I was the fictional being? What if she actually became aware of my existence? Did she have the ability to become self-aware?"

This series has such a special place in my heart omg

I think it would work infinitely better as an animated film, like I love these books, and a lot of the things in this book would look GORGEOUS in an animated film. Please continue this! I'd love your thoughts on the rest of the books. Winter is my favorite, even if it is a chunky book. I also like how each book was interspersed with fairytale quotes.

Omg Lunar Chronicles! I am not ashamed to say that I did actually spend money buying the only-on-e-book choose-your-own-adventure cross-over that she wrote where Cinder meets characters from her other series as she tried to get ready for her wedding.

I was so obsessed with this series in middle school I even got my mom to read them and it's still one of our favorite series 8 years later

I loved this book series but Kai is so fricken funny he is so down bad

I read this series for the first time as an adult late last year and i absolutely loved it 😭 i just know teen me would've eaten these books up had i read it then.

Okay I haven’t actually watched the video yet because I don’t want any spoilers but the timing is crazy. I bought Cinder YEARS ago and finally started reading the series about a couple weeks ago!

Cinder does not get enough LOVE! Thank you for covering these things that I love!!

I swear we had the same exact childhood, every time I see your videos under my recommended it’s always something i loved reading or watching growing up 🤞

two things I love combining… YES.

YESSS SOMEONE WHO PRONOUNCES “IKO” RIGHT 😭 😭 although peony is actually pronounce pee-uh-nee and channary is pronounced “sha-narry” or possibly “sha-nah-ray.” Marissa Meyer has a whole pronounciation guide on her website! Apparently there are people out there who pronounce Kai as “kay” 😭

I have never loved a book series more than the Lunar Chronicles. I’ve read it so many times. Makes me feel all fuzzy inside just thinking about it. This video is such a wave of nostalgia omg.

omg i’ve had an UNHEALTHY obsession w this series since i was a kid, i want it to be made into a show like arcane or smthn

I passed this series up for years during my teens because i was like, "futuristic, cyborg Cinderella? Science fiction is not really my thing." I was stupid for that. I finally read it because my sister forced me to, and man, I'm greatful for that. It's such a good series! I can't remember the last time I was so wrapped up in a book series and completely Obsessed. Marissa Meyer is such a talented author. You would make a good Cinder!

Amanda thank you for reminding me how much I love this series. imma reread it now. i remember when i started reading Scarlett in high school I was sweating in my very mormon home because it was a little bit spicy. I can’t wait to revisit this series.

I absolutely love this book series🤭 your recap put a huge smile on my face 🥰

This reminded me how much i enjoyed this series and i kept smiling while you were reading bc the Cinderella retelling of it all is so obvious like the cyborg foot and the stepsisters and while I was aware that's what it was when i read it ages ago it all stands out so clearly. Yo i remember that reveal that she was the princess the prince was looking for was so surprising!

Please please do the other books! I loved them all!! They seriously made me want to start writing my own book, they will always hold a special place in my heart

i read these when i was 11, which was like 7 years ago and to this day the lunar chronicles is the only book series i can read multiple times a year and relive it over and over. scarlet is currently on my side table, its my favorite of the series i read it when i miss Wolf 😭

I no joke have two different book sets of this series, the special edition of cinder, and one of those book sets is entirely tabbed. I am devoted to this series, and Marisa’s other series Renegades

PLEASE continue making videos like this. i read cinder in middle school and never got to finish it. i needed the recap and side comments because it makes it so much greater 😭

Now I have to go read Scarlet! Thank you for the excuse! Also I was really into these books when they were being published and Marissa Meyer went on tour, I got all my books autographed. But also my teacher at the time, who introduced me to the series asked Marissa how she intended for Iko’s name to be pronounced and she said that ee-ko was right. My teacher asked because she often read the books aloud to her class and wanted to ensure she was pronouncing it correctly. So you are saying Iko’s name right, however I believe Adri’s name is pronounced A- (as in ape) dree (like free).

I love unhinged recaps so yes, definitely would love to hear you cover the rest of the series!

Pronouncing it "iko" makes sense, it's Asian, but also in any language other than English lol. If it were "eyeko" it would be "aiko" ... Also, I never knew much about these books and haven't read them... but I'm definitely going to now!

I like how the first 2 minutes was just her pitching herself to star in the adaptation lmao

Please do Scarlet, Cress and Winter! I love the Lunar Chronicles!

oh my god nobody ever covers Cinder tysm!!!!

Now I want to reread the Lunar Chronicles for the 15th time

I’ve seen this series in Chapters (🇨🇦) and other book stores but never read it. Thank you for making this before I decide to hyper-focus on this and make it my whole identity 🤪🥰

The Lunar Chronicles got me through high school and are still oneof my favorite book series to this day I was obsessed with Cress she was my favorite girly out of all of the main girlies I even read Fairless(the prequel) and the Wires and Nerve(the grafic novels). Anddddd I really really loved the fact that some of the names are Hebrew (like Ze'ev means wolf and Levana in another name for the moon) Please review all of the books

First the selection, now this. I'm obsessed

NoooOOOOOOOOO please please please do the other books!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw the thumbnail and thought you did the first three CRYYYYYY. I love these books. They opened me up to the wonderful world of Ao3. Cress X Thorne forever ❤️❤️❤️

Every time you post I'm happier I'm subscribed. P.S i totally understand you wanting to be Cinder, i always wanted to be Winter😭. Even though she was supposed to be the most beautiful girl in the world even without her glamor. (My younger self was too confident for my own good)😂

You are my Cinder. I just discovered this series and have lost my damn mind reading through them voraciously. I'm glad to see the fandom is still strong!! This video is a great recap - thank you!

THE LUNAR CHRONICLES IS MY FAVORITE SERIES! THANKS FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO :D

i definitely remember trying to read this series in like 6th grade and being too impatient to actually comprehend the plot. the way you told it makes it sound incredible and now i feel like i have to hunt the books down to read for myself lol

I was convinced that I was the only one who read this series because anyone I brought it up to said that the had never heard of it. This makes my little heart so happy ☺️

I absolutely ADORE the fact that canonically Marissa Meyers said that emperor Kaito looks like Kai from the K-pop group EXO!

This series is truly one of the best there is. I’m an adult now but it still stands the test of time, and I’m still obsessed.

I love these book recaps! Please do all the books!❤

I started reading Cinder at the beginning of COVID, and it was weird reading about a pandemic during the mist of an actual pandemic

This is prolly one of my fave bookseries ever, they also have a graphic novel line that explores Iko after the storyline, I've only read the first one but it's rlly good!!

OH MY GOD. I gasped so loudly when I saw this in my recommended. I love this book series so much. I already know this is gonna be great.

You can definitely play Cinder. I’ve personally always wanted to play princess Winter because she was of African and Indian descent. I’m only one of those but you know I still look like her lol

When you posted this video, I already had Cinder on my tbr (and I actually tried to read it 3 other times but never actually finished it) so I saved the video for when I finished the book. This book is my new favorite fantasy/dystopian fiction ITS SO GOOD I need to immediately read through sequels

I loveee the book Cinder!! These videos are always so fun too watch and entertaining though even if I’ve already read the book!! This is totally unrelated but I ADORE YOUR BIBBLE POSTER #ALLHAILBIBBLE

I LOVED this series in middle school, and I still have the last renegades book. I love Ms.Myers

Love your Cinder cosplay!! Please do the rest of the series!! It’s my absolute favorite!! 😁😁😁

THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK SERIES. BLESS.

One thing I love about the lunar chronicles is how everybody was about the action like everybody was so ruthless so quick and a lot of books, you’ll have the main character or whatever be passive in the first book, and then the second book is when they gain agency and tricks in all of that, but in the lunar chronicles cinder, was ready to end the entire book series in the first book by shooting Levanna like she was with the action the second she had control of her body. She was like you know what I will shoot you and I have to give her flowers for that.

OMG THESE BOOKS WERE MY LIFE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Yes please do the whole series! I was so happy to see this pop up in my feed, it was great as always~

I love this book series!!! I am happy that someone is talking about it✨✨✨

Yesss so excited you’re doing this series!! 🎉

Love your recaps!!!! So fun to watch

Ugh so glad you did this series it’s so gooooooddd

Omg YES do the whole series!!!!!

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SERIES EVER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!

I was so obsessed with this back in the day so I’m very excited for this video

yes please more! you picked such great spots to read word for word 10/10

Shoulder length hair I can cut it. Often wears messy ponytails. That can be arranged. I'm dying!

I enjoyed this video so much! This series was one of my favorites in middle school, I specially loved Cress ! Cant wait to see you cover the following books ❤

My good friend was reading Thee Selection around when the Selection recap was up- and I just read Cinder myself! 💀 Also the scene where whats her name- the first of Earlands assistants we meet- says something about Earland taking more interest in younger woman/girls of the draft I low-key just thought he was a pervert the entire book until the scene in the prison cell LMAO Not a pervert, just searching for a long lost princess ✨

Your videos, your voice and jokes. It all brings me so much comfort. Thank u

Something about the way you explain books is so satisfying so glad i found your channel

Yes yes please do the other books!!! This is my favorite book series I have ever read, and these videos make me SO happy

Never heard of this series but gurl now im invested! WE NEED MORE

please do the next ones, you got me excited for the lunar series all over again. So goooood

I love this! I loved this series so much, I would love a recap of the rest of it

Please definitely continue this series!! The lunar chronicles is amazing.

I get excited time I see you post! Love your channel

BANGER SERIES. it's so underrated.

YAAASSSS these books have a chokehold on my life, please do the rest of the books!!

I loved this book series SO MUCH that I've read it 7 times including the comic books that take place afterwards, the prequel about Queen Levana, and the mini stories book It's probably been a year or two since I've last read it but it'll always have a special place in my heart 😌 You should definitely recap the rest of the series and maybe the comics too, they were really fun

The lunar chronicles series has a chokehold on me i reread scarlet repeatedly

I love this series, my friends love this series, we read it at the same time and talked about it for countless hours... its just so good!!

ugh love this

i love this series so much i gotta reread it

I LOVE THIS SERIES

I am only two minutes in and this is already my favorite video ever, the energy is exactly what i needed

YES I NEEDED THIS

commenting before even watching: this has been my favorite series for over a decade. I have almost every book by Marissa Meyer and back when Fairest was released, I dressed up as Cinder for a signing event 💛