Creative Writing: Levana's Search For Meaning

As usual with Marissa Meyer, this book is great, even better than her last one. It really goes in depth into the villain of the series. Marissa Meyer does an fantastic job of making you pity, Levana, the villain. All Levana ever wanted was love, and she's never received it. Especially not from her family. Her craving for this drives her to do horrible things, such as killing her own niece. I was slightly surprised that she wasn't the one who killed Chanary, her sister. She supposedly died of a lung related illness.
Evret's life is awful as well, being forced to marry her right after his wife died in childbirth! Plus Levana took on a glorified glamour of his dead wife! I am glad that Levana kept care of Winter, even if Winter doesn't care for her. Evert could have handled seeing Levana's true appearance better though. Maybe if he had he would still be alive.
Such as when Levana had a nightmare in the very first chapter of the book. She dreamed of flames and being burnt. Then in the second to last chapter we find out why she is terrified of fire, and how her sister was truly a soulless, horrible person. I'm unsure of what you would recall reverse foreshadowing, because this book does that as well. The reader already knows who Levana turns into, but now we find out why.
I'm very glad I didn't decide to skip this book and move onto Winter. It really showed the readers why she acts the way she does and why she hates mirrors. It may have been an easy read, but definitely worth