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 Leah on

5 of 5 stars

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Wow, what a fantastic read. I bought the Lunar Chronicles books on a whim, one Black Friday a few years ago, but they've been on my shelf ever since, but all I can ask myself is WHY? Because Cinder was incredible.

A re-telling of Cinderella but she's a mechanic cyborg?! Hell yes. I loved Cinder so much, and I hated her guardian so much, ugh. I loved her little flirtation with Prince Kai and I am so excited to see where the novels go in the next few books - so much so that I plan to dive into Scarlet immediately, I love a good little red riding hood re-telling.

This was a magnificent read and I'm kicking myself for not having read it sooner.

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