Cinder

Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Copyright: January 2012
Series # - Lunar Chronicles #1
Genre Elements - Sci-Fi, Futuristic, Fairytale Retelling, Romance, Action, Suspense

Blurb: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future

Review: I must admit I waited a while before I read this book. My daughter had it and recommended it to me, but I still procrastinated! I also had it on the shelf in my Library Media Center. By the time I decided to read it, two sequels were already out. Yeah...it took me that long. WHY DID I WAIT?!?!

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

Sure...it's a retelling of Cinderella (hey - look at the title) - so of course you know there's going to be an evil step-mother, two step-sisters, a prince, a ball...well, you get my point. But that's where the similarity ends! Cinder is a Cyborg! Yep...you read that right. Look at the cover again. There's an evil Queen from another planet, the story's setting is in New Beijing, China, there's a plague ravinging the humans on Earth, and guess who has the cure for the disease? That's right - the evil Queen who wants an alliance with Earth by marrying Prince Kai who just happens to have a little thing for Cinder.

Like I mentioned, this is a retelling of Cinderella, but this story takes unexpected twists and turns that will keep you reading to find out what happens.

What's going to happen when Prince Kai finds out Cinder is a cyborg? Will Prince Kai forgo love and marry Queen Levana to save the planet?

You'll have to read it to find out. I promise you won't be disppointed. And guess what...the next two books in the 4-book series are already out so you won't have to wait to read the next one.

Rating: 5 Wildcats!

 

 

Still not sure? Go here to the author's website, read the first chapter and watch a book trailer!