Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1)

by Marissa Meyer

Sixteen-year-old Cinder is considered a technological mistake by most of society and a burden by her stepmother. Being cyborg does have its benefits, though: Cinder's brain interface has given her an uncanny ability to fix things (robots, hovers, her own malfunctioning parts), making her the best mechanic in New Beijing. This reputation brings Prince Kai himself to her weekly market booth, needing her to repair a broken android before the annual ball. He jokingly calls it “a matter of national security,” but Cinder suspects it's more serious than he's letting on.

Although eager to impress the prince, Cinder's intentions are derailed when her younger stepsister, and only human friend, is infected with the fatal plague that's been devastating Earth for a decade. Blaming Cinder for her daughter's illness, Cinder's stepmother volunteers her body for plague research, an “honor” that no one has survived.

But it doesn't take long for the scientists to discover something unusual about their new guinea pig. Something others would kill for.

Reviewed by alindstadtcorbeax on

4 of 5 stars

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Star Rating: 3.5 stars
I really enjoyed/liked the book, but didn’t LOVE it.
I did, however, absolutely adore/ love certain aspects of it.
Reasons/ Review PROBABLY to come, lol.

I say PROBABLY bc of this vvv

Mother of Good God.

I just wrote a super ‘wow look at me I’m so adulting rn with this adult, mature, adult, detailed review’ review, but it got deleted bc GR glitched.

THEN I wrote a detailed-ish mini review... which of course suffered the same fate due to GR glitching again.
I give up for now, man. Sorry guys.

I have strep throat and I’m so angry I would like to scream as loud as I can into my pillow BUT I CANT BC I HAVE NO VOICE.

😭😭😭
I even wrote a cheesy joke involving various drawing tools and being sketchy AF.
HOW WILL YOU GUYS LIVE ON WITHOUT IT?!


Okay RTC when I don’t feel like I’ve gone completely bat shit. I feel like Lois from family Guy when she loses her shit haha.



😃🦇🤷🏼‍♀️

On to Scarlet!

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  • Started reading
  • 26 June, 2018: Finished reading
  • 26 June, 2018: Reviewed