Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 1)
The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space.
"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." —Entertainment Weekly
"Prince Charming among the cyborgs." —The Wall Street Journal
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.
With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original.
Don't miss Marissa Meyer's other books and series':
The Lunar Chronicles:
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Stars Above
Fairest
The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book
Wires and Nerve: Vol. 1
Wires and Nerve: Vol. 2
Renegades:
Renegades: Book One
Archenemies: Book Two
Supernova: Book Three
Heartless
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I was always reading something else, or I hadn't yet starting reading, when fairy tale retellings were so popular. I've long been wanting to get into them. I knew if I waited until I had a chance to read the physical copies of this book it would take even longer! So I went the audio book route. And am I glad I did. Not only did I really enjoy this book, but the narrator is amazing!
I really loved the book. It was clearly enough a Cinderella retelling without being just a copy of it with some other details thrown in. And Miss Meyer writes in a way to encourage many questions and leaves opening for future novels. There's so much left to explore. It's not one of those books that ends at "The End." There's more.
While she does create a fun world, and I enjoyed diving into it, I wish there was more history. More on the world, the characters, everything. I hope there will be more of that in future books. I want to know how they got here, what the rest of the world is like now. What they've done since our time.
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