angelarenea9's Review of 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.

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I started reading this book a long time ago not I sort of lost interest very early on and put it on long term hold for a while. But I made a goal this year to cut down on my currently reading shelf, so I decided to give it another try.

It must have been book ADD be cause I really loved it this time around! I thought that this dystopian science fiction fairytale retelling was so creative and took on such a beautiful life of it's own outside of the well-known Cinderella tale. The futuristic setting was incredibly well thought out and realistic seeming.

I was a bit wary about the relationship between Kai and Cinder because I expected it to seem fake or forced, but I thought that Marissa Meyer did a really great job keeping it believable while still maintaining that fairytale feel to it. I also really liked that she brought a political feel to it with an incredibly rich background.

I would recommend this great book to anyone who loves dystopian books and fairytale retellings.

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1)

by Marissa Meyer

Reviewed by angelarenea9 on Jun 16, 2014

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