She’s a cyborg and she simultaneously hates her cyborg parts and uses them to the best of her ability. (Surprise! It’s a series, so no conclusion on the big stuff!).Ĭinder, as a character, is fascinating. My heart was with Cinder and her problems, but my mind wants to know how the bigger picture problems are going to be resolved. Not so with Cinder, MM weaves a very complex and tumultuous political context for the main events in Cinder. In the traditional Cinderella tale, we get zero context of the country or life outside of Cinderella’s immediate circumstances. There’s a ball and some slipper drama of course, and I can’t explain the differences here, but just know that it’s better! But one of the stepsisters isn’t horrible and makes life tolerable for Cinder! Instead of having mice and birds for friends, Cinder’s BFF is an android with more personality than usual (and if you don’t love Iko as much as I do, I don’t know that we can be friends). Cinder has the evil stepmother and two stepsisters. However, it’s where this book differs from the original that really wins it for me.

Now, back to the book I’m actually reviewing today…Cinder! This book is loosely based on the Cinderella fairy tale and has most of the obvious parallels with that story. If you don’t know, for the Reread Along, anyone who wants is reading Cinder in August (down to the wire!), Scarlet in September, Cress in October, squeeze Fairest in there, and then Winter in November since it’s released on the 10th (edit: thanks, wordsweheart)! I was already excited about Winter, but now that I’m back into this world and these characters, my already thin patience is completely shredded. November 10th is a lifetime away! Let me just start with thank goodness for the Lunar Chronicles (Re)read Along, because I forgot how much I freaking love these books. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.” 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.

She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.Ĭinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. “Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

Spinning Starlight by R.C. Lewis