Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles book 1)
By Marissa Meyer
Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time. . . .
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. . . .
Sixteen-year-old Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past and is reviled by her step-mother. But when her live 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. Because there is something unusual about Cinder, something that others would kill for.
This was an interesting read. It was like a mix between Cinderella, Star Wars and an anime show called Aldnoah.Zero. I think doing a take on the classic fairy tales but making it futuristic/sci-fi is a great idea. The story moved at a pretty good pace and kept me reading intently until the end. There were moments that I didn't love in it and some of it was just kind of meh but overall it was pretty interesting and now I need to read the rest of the series to see what happens next.
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