52: “Gard3.9” – Gard is short for Garden. 41: See the inspiration photo for Scarlet’s house here: 38: The town of Rieux is based on a real town called Rieux-Volvestre, which was a suggestion from my French editor. What he doesn’t mention is that he can also smell the cleaner that she uses on it. 26: Wolf says that he saw Scarlet’s gun handle when she climbed up on the counter, which is true. 13: See the inspiration photo I used for Wolf here: This mention in the second paragraph is the only time the new-Sophia is ever mentioned. 8: Émilie’s name was originally Sophia, but I changed it in the third draft because there were too many S-sound names (Scarlet, Cinder, Sophia…). So grab your copy of SCARLET and prepare yourself for some fascinating Lunar Chronicles trivia! Now that the book’s been out for a few months, I thought I would post what those notes were here, so you can all have an inside look. Last year, a few of my giveaways were for specially-annotated ARCs of SCARLET, filled with behind-the-scenes info on Book Two of the Lunar Chronicles.
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It needed to be a full fantasy novel but ended up confined in a light novella which did not do it justice. This is a story brimming with so much potential, but in the end it felt not quite realized. Cameron, Quarles and Deters qualified to participate in the debate. 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For years, Adam Canfield has been the number-one star reporter for the Harris Elementary/Middle School paper, the Slash. |