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.
I was really excited when I received a copy of Cinder to review thanks to Penguin, and I have finally gotten around to reading it; and I am so glad that I did!
Cinder is described as being a re-take on the fairy tale of Cinderella,
which, for me is what I thought was clever about it. Meyer manages to
incorporate elements of the classic fairytale, sometimes twisting and
changing them to fit the story; while at the same time building an
amazingly unique world that has a life of its own.
The plot is imaginative and cleverly intertwined with all elements of
the novel to create a complex, futuristic, semi-dystopian world brimming
with characters reminiscent of old and new archetypes.
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