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.
Thoughts:
4/5 stars.
I think the idea behind this book was original, but at the same time a classic- the original being the cyborg with powers part, but the original being the Cinder-ella part of it. I liked Cinder from the start, she had a strong personality and she is a mechanic, which most girls don't know anything about cars- or in this case hover cars. When their society is attacked by a plague, her step-sister becomes fatally ill. Her step mother volunteers her for testing for a cure, she finds out her life isn't as un-glamorous as it seems. She meets Prince Kai and is instantly smitten (sorry, I wanted to use that word) with him, along with thousands of other girls. When he likes her too, she has to keep lying to him about who she really is - a cyborg. Once she learns she is a shell- a lunar who can see through glamours but has no magic of her own. The lunar people are mystical beings that live on the moon- hints LUNAR. The queen wishes to marry Kai, but he does not feel the same way. There is a war that could soon demolish the Earth and there is only one who can surpass the Queen, a long lost princess. Is Cinder really a shell or could she be the princess? The next book in the series comes out in 2013- WHY!?!
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