A sorta-prequel, sorta-companion to Meyer's fantastic Lunar Chronicles series, Fairest is the story of the evil Queen Levana. Except she wasn't always so evil, and is as much a victim of her circumstances as she is just messed up. Disfigured at a young age by her older sister, Channary, Levana excels at glamour and takes on a new appearance everyday. But when she develops a crush on Evret, a palace guard, and he seems to reciprocate, she suddenly becomes very obsessed with him, his wife, and their unborn child. And when tragedy strikes him, she does everything she can to make him love her, even to the point of using her Lunar powers to influence him and his actions. Meyer does a great job fleshing out Levana, but doesn't play the villain-isn't-evil-just-misunderstood card like others might have. If you're just getting into the Lunar Chronicles and are thinking about skipping this one, don't. While it stands largely outside of the rest of the story, it does a great job of giving you a sense of Levana's motivation and filling in some of her story that the rest of the books have largely glossed over.
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