This is now my favorite in the Lunar Chronicles series. As you all know, I love villains. They are the characters with the best back story. I still want a backstory on President Snow, but I that's for another post.
We start off with Levana being tormented by her older sister Channary and their parent's funerals. Levana is deemed the ugly duckling and she is always trying to perfect her glamour. Channiary just doesn't give a fuck about anyone but her self. She is a selfish queen who just wants to be known in the history books as the most reputable and glamorous queen ever.
Levana has all these fantasies about how she wants everyone to see her and know her as. She is paranoid that people talk about her behind her back. While Channary could give two shits about politics, we learn that Levana is really into it and was the one to "persuade" Channary into making the disease and the antidote.
We also learn that Levana is barren and she can't have children and the man who is her husband was a royal guard who was married and his wife died in childbirth to Winter. She forces him to marry her and for 10 years she controls and manipulates him.
It came as a shock that Channary was a very hands on mother to Princess Selene aka Cinder. Levana was surprised to see her actually hold her child and feed her child a bottle and to also have a bassinet in the Channary's room.
I like how all these questions I had were answered about Queen Levana, Cinder, Jacin, Winter and all the little details about Levana's habits and personality, and appearance. I wish this could have been a full length novel. This has moved into my number 1 spot, knocking Scarlet down to number 2.
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