Description:
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.
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.
Date Started: Jan. 3, 2017
Date Completed: Jan . 14, 2017
Rating: ★★★★★
Characters:
I always try to visualize the characters in my head while I'm reading a book and the visuals of the characters in this book was inspired by Jenny from My Life as a Teenage Robot, I-Robot, a little bit of Cyborg from Teen Titans. Seeing that I didn't really care for the original Cinderella to begin with because I don't like push overs, I absolutely loved the new and improved version of her. I loved the mysteriousness surrounding Cinder's past and she just had this spiciness and spunk about herself that made it hard to dislike her. The level of realness that she had with herself was well appreciated because it's not a quality you get very often in many characters.
I really liked that in this version of the "fairy tale" the two step sisters had two totally different personalities, unlike the original story where they were pretty much the exact same person.
Prince Kai reminds me a little of Elias from An Ember in the Ashes By Sabaa Tahir. His strong willed personality just swept me away and I love that aspect in a male character.
The only issue I have, character wise, is I wish the stepmother's character, Adi, had a nastier personality. From my point of view, her character was a little under developed when it came to the fact that she was supposed to be an evil and mean stepmother. I just felt that a little more work could have been put into her character's personality and actions to make her into that hateful character we
all know she should have and could have been.
The only issue I have, character wise, is I wish the stepmother's character, Adi, had a nastier personality. From my point of view, her character was a little under developed when it came to the fact that she was supposed to be an evil and mean stepmother. I just felt that a little more work could have been put into her character's personality and actions to make her into that hateful character we
all know she should have and could have been.
Overall:
I loved the overall plot of this book, I never had a dull moment. I felt like I was always on the tip of my toes, craving what would happen next. The story building was absolutely amazing, nothing was obvious; I felt that I caught on to certain plot points exactly when I was meant to and not a moment sooner. I just felt giddy and excited the whole way through.
The world building was also something I love to see in fantasy and sci-fi books. The mix between old world and futuristic world is one of my favorite settings to see and reminds me a lot of my favorite book Red Queen.
I also really liked having the race against time with the letumosis disease. It added something extra for us to worry about besides the actual characters we already had to worry about.
I recommend this read to everyone, especially fans of retellings, because this one will knock your socks off and make you wonder why this is not the original background of Cinderella. I can't wait to continue this series and see what other treats I am in store for.
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