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.
My thoughts on the plot:
I've never read a book with cyborgs before, so I was intrigued by this synopsis. And the fact that it is dystopian made it even more appealing. Obviously, all the hype about the book also had a lot of influence on me.
But the synopsis sounded very interesting, and therefore I decided to pick it up.
My thoughts on the characters:
Cinder was such a great main character in this book. Her life was pretty bad, but she still had hopes and goals to make that change. She was tough, but not to tough, which I feel happens to a lot of main characters. I like when characters are believable, and I feel like Cinder is that. She had a tender side, but was never whiny.
The prince was charming, but sometimes i felt like he needed to toughen up a little bit more. But all in all a good match for Cinder, and I understand why she would be attracted to him.
Other then that I also enjoyed Cinders little android friend Iko, and her stepsister Peony. They were both a good support for Cinder.
You always need a villain in a book, and I thought Levana was an interesting villain. And I can't wait to see how powerful she really is. Cause I'm afraid she can do a whole lot of damage throughout this series.
All in all:
I loved this book, and I loved reading about a new dystopian world with cyborgs, lunars and humans. It was something totally new to me, and I really liked it. It is also a fairytale retelling of Cinderella, hence the Cinder name, and that is also something new to me. But I liked this take on Cinderella, and I thought it was made very original and interesting.
I felt for Cinder so many times throughout the book, and so many bad things happened that really made me feel sad.
The one bad thing I will have to say about this book is that the revelation made at the end of the book was very given. I figured out that secret very early on, and I felt like it was to obvious to make it a wow moment.
But other than that this book was such a great read. I would definitely recommend it to other people. And I know for sure that it won't be to long before I get my hands on the second book, and continue with the series.
In the end I had to give this book:
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Elin
