Cinder

Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Series: Lunar Chronicles #1
Genre: Dystopian, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Spice: 0.5 / 5
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 390
Reason Read: Just Because
Rating:

My Thoughts

Wow. Just wow. Why do I start these series before all the books are published?!

I had heard CINDER was awesome, but I really didn’t realize how awesome it was until I read it. I absolutely loved it. I especially loved the concept of this retelling of Cinderella. I loved the sci-fi / dystopian feel Meyer gave to this classic story. It helped bring the story to life and give it new meaning.

Going into this, I had heard that the plot was very predictable. I was worried that would make me not like it. On the contrary, while I figured out the big secret about 40 pages in, it only made me want to keep reading. I wanted to find out how the characters found out. I wanted to find out what this would do to the story if anything. I just wanted to know what happened. I was completely 100% entranced by this story.

I absolutely adored the characters, even Queen Levana, the antagonist. Cinder, herself, was awesome. She was strong yet vulnerable, confident yet shaky, pretty yet damaged. She had a lot of depth to her. And, Prince Kai. Oh how I loved Prince Kai. He was awesome as Prince Charming.