When Hazel wakes up one day with searing pain, the news she receives from her doctor is the last thing she expected. As she ventures on her first adventure without Augustus, she contemplates her life and staying grand.

Everyday Credence Barebone stood on the crowded streets of New York. Everyday he handed out leaflets on the horrors of the witches, just as he was told to. And everyday he waited for the smile of the girl with the peculiar flowers. Credence did not know who she was, where she was going, or why, without fail, she met his gaze each morning with her soft brown eyes, and granted him a smile that made him feel much more than any beating from his "mother" ever could. Credence lived for that smile, and she lived to give it.

Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter never really imagined themselves as actresses. But when the school musical comes around, and the theater director is desperate to save his dying career, their acting skills are put to the test. Though some have had more practice than others with playing different roles in life. Kai despises his ex, Levana, and to help his father keep his position in the school, he and his friends join the school musical. To his dismay, Levana is going for the lead female role, and he might get the lead male role. Then, after he meets a shy brunette and her friends, things start to change. Will Cinder be the heroine and save the play? Or will Levana poison the performance and destroy all of the happy endings?

People believe that the world of Marissa Meyer's "Lunar Chronicles" is centuries away. But, how do you explain all of the sorcery and "glamourous" phenomenon that went on as far back as history can remember. Plus, Thorne would look pretty good in a pirate hat, and could wear an eye-patch to boot. (PS: I don't own The Lunar Chronicles or Pirates of the Caribbean.