By Marissa Meyer
Pages: 448
Book 1 of the Lunar Chronicles.
3 out of 5 stars
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Description
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.
So I didn't love this book but I didn't hate it either. This is the first real SiFi book I've read. It was an interesting twist on Cinderella. Our main character Cinder is a cyborg and she of course has the evil step mother and step sisters. She got lucky and has one nice step sister. Sadly that doesn't last long.
The main love interest is of course the Prince. His name is Kai. I absolutely adored him! I wish there had been more on the romance side of these characters. But I feel like it may pick up the rest of the series.
I found this book to have a really slow start. It took me forever to get into it. Around the middle of the book it actually started to pick up which I'm glad it did. There were a lot of similarities to the original story. There were a few moments I kept waiting to happen that didn't but that's okay. There were a few twists and I managed to guess the big one. But I am glad I did because it made the ending better. I really like how this book turned out. I did find that it ended on a major cliffhanger. When I got to the end I was ready to jump right into Scarlet.
I am really excited to read the rest of this series and see the other twist and turns this book will take.
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