As soon as I picked up this book, I found it VERY difficult to put down, only doing so because a body needs food and sleep to survive. In "Cress", I enjoyed reading about the other protagonists of the series more so than the titled protagonist, but she still made for a beautiful character. I ESPECIALLY enjoyed the way Meyer integrated Thorne into this story overall. I mean, I didn't realise it until he went blind, but Captain Carswell Thorne was always designed to be Cress' prince - Rapunzel's prince was blinded by a thorn bush after the witch who was holding her found out about them, and of course, after Sybil (the witch, as Thorne calls her), discovered Cress' betrayal and Thorne comes to the rescue, he gets hurt and blinded because of Sybil's actions.

Not to mention, it wasn't until I realised until after Erland figured it out for himself that Crescent was actually his daughter. I mean, I remember him mentioning he had a daughter in Cinder, but I never imagined to connect the dots like so. Again, all due to the masterful interwoven story telling that Meyer is gifted with.

So far, "Cress" is my favourite in the series.