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.

I’m a sucker for fairy tale retellings, so I was looking forward to this. The concept is fascinating: Cinder(ella) is a half-human/half-machine cyborg living in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a mysterious pandemic.

The concept had my attention for the first 2/3 of the book, but by the halfway mark I had figured out what would happen. I decided to jump to the last chapter to see how the book ended. I was a little disappointed to find out everything happened as I’d guessed, but it’s not revealed until the end–I was able to skip 1/3 of the book without missing the main point.

Overall it was interesting and creative, but it got a little wordy for me and slowed down past the halfway mark. But if you enjoy books like The Hunger Games, you should check this out.

Rated PG. Get your copy here!

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