The second graphic novel, and sequel to Wires and Nerve, Volume 1, from #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Marissa Meyer!The world of the Lunar Chronicles comes alive in this thrilling continuation of Wires and Nerve. Iko—an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder—has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered … leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna. Unless Cinder can reverse the mutations that were forced on them years before, Steele and his soldiers plan to satisfy their monstrous appetites with a massacre of the innocent people of Earth.
And to show he’s serious, Steele is taking hostages.
Cinder and Kai, Scarlet and Wolf, Cress and Thorne, and Winter and Jacin all feature in this epic new battle. But it is Iko who must face her deepest fears when she uncovers the truth about her own unusual programming. Questions of love, friendship, and mortality take Iko on an emotional journey that will satisfy and delight fans of this bestselling series.
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After the events of Winter, Iko (everyone’s favorite android) is on a mission to round up all the rogue wolf hybrid Lunar soldiers on Earth. She’s really good at it but she still needs some help from friends, both old and new, along the way.
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of The Lunar Chronicles (especially on audio), so when I stumbled on these books at the library, I had to bring them home.
Iko has always been sort of the comic relief of the series for me. Even if she isn’t truly being funny, she still provides lighter moments when the story gets too serious. It was nice to see her in full-on action heroine mode in this book–with her trademark humor intact, of course. In the second book, she deals with an identity crisis, which makes her feel all the more real to me.
I enjoyed checking in on our scrappy group of friends, even though I read Stars Above (which technically takes place after these graphic novels) years ago.
The artwork wasn’t my favorite, mostly because I would have preferred full color instead of shades of blue and orange. There may have been a reason for that choice, but if so, it went over my head. The illustrator changed between books but I personally didn’t notice any differences. I did enjoy seeing exactly how diverse this cast of characters is.
If you’re a fan of The Lunar Chronicles, I do recommend reading these graphic novels as a fun side story. There are substantial spoilers for the main series so they don’t stand alone. Also, have the second book nearby; the first one ends on a cliffhanger.
This one seemed more like a story to me. It was almost like the first book was a reminder of who people were, background, and a prequel to this story. This was a lot of fun getting to see how Iko and Liam got along or not. The storyline was fun, and it seemed like there was more time with the characters and less time explaining things. While admittedly I didn’t love it as much as the actual books, I still loved it for what it was. A continuation of the story from Iko’s perspective.
This is the second and final volume of the Lunar Chronicles graphic novel and I got to say, it was even better than the first one.
There are many action packed scene going on and very funny moments that keep you going until you reach to the last page of the book. It was awesome.
And when I thought Iko and Kinney couldn’t get any cuter, this book proved me wrong. I am so happy that Iko got someone by her side since she is the only character in the series who did not have a soulmate with her (YET).
Overall, this gets a 5 star rating from me.
As with the first of this series, I wish I could give it a 4.5, but since I can’t- a 5.0 it is.
I smacked myself in the head when I realized the fairytale connection to Iko’s character, after reading the first installment in this series, because I should have realized it much sooner. So here I am stating the obvious- this really is a great take on the Pinocchio story. Even if Iko isn’t a real girl, she’s real to all her friends and strives to be more human every day. (She’s the Data of YA for any Trekkies out there.)
I had an entire essay, much like my review of the first book, planned for this book, but decided to keep this one short and simple.
I adore where Meyers has taken the Lunar Chronicles and am so happy to be able to see more of Iko’s adventures. This installment was very satisfying. If it ends here I’ll be happy, but I will never turn down more if the author wants to dish it out.
Highly recommended whether you’re a comic book fan or not.
Very cool conclusion to Iko’s story and how the rogue wolf-hybrids were stopped. All of the Lunar Chronicles favorite characters were in the story as well as some new characters. Iko’s humanity is the underlying story, and questions of what makes us human filter between the pages as Alpha Steele takes hostages and threatens Cinder, Kai, and the people of New Beijing. The artwork was good. There were times I had trouble distinguishing Kinney from Jacin from Thorne, but the artwork conveyed the action and emotion that the scenes/story required. Over all a very good series in graphic novel format.