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." - GoodReads
THE STORY:
As pretty much everyone knows, this book is a sci-fi retelling of Cinderella, set far in Earth's future, just after World War IV has taken place. I love fairy tales, and always have, so when I heard the premise of this book, I was super excited to dive into it. I absolutely loved how Marissa Meyer incorporated all of the big, well known plot points of Cinderella into this book, while still allowing the story to become something so unique and so fun. Everything was pretty fast paced, and while there was one plot point near the end that I personally found to be very predictable, it was still fun to arrive at that point and experience it with the characters.
THE CHARACTERS:
First off, I obviously need to talk about Cinder. I adore her to no end. Cinder is so quirky and awkward, especially when she is around Prince Kai. However, when she is put into situations that make her uncomfortable, or she knows that what is going on around her is morally wrong, she makes a stand. She stands up and fights for what she believes in, and never backs down. She rolls with the punches that are thrown at her, but doesn't just accept them, she questions everything and everyone, trying to constantly figure out motives and truths. I just love her a lot.
Kai is so freaking charming. I love that he takes the time to get to know Cinder, even though she is a mechanic, and is dirty and covered in motor grease so much of the time. He looked past what he saw on the outside and actually got to know what kind of person that she was. I also enjoyed reading about a prince who was so, so nervous about taking his place as king, and didn't like being pampered all of the time. He is such a natural, normal boy when he is around Cinder and it was something that I found really refreshing to read. However, I also like that while he is being thrown into this situation of becoming emperor far earlier than he would have liked, he still takes the role very seriously and tries to make the best decisions for his people.
I am not going to go into much detail about all of the side characters in this book, for there are quite a few of them, but I enjoyed all of them so much. Each and every one of them was so different from each other, and that is something which is so difficult to do. Even though they were not the main characters in the book, most of them even my a long shot, they still had personalities, and I felt as if I got to know them all still on some sort of personal level, just not as much as I got to know the Prince and Cinder.
MY THOUGHTS:
Well, if you can't tell by now, I am in love with this book. I own Scarlet and Cress, so I will be diving into those books as soon as I can, and I can't wait for Winter to come out next year. I am so excited to read more about these characters and the new characters that I will be introduced to in the newer books of this series. I can't recommend this book enough, especially if you are like me and you just absolutely adore fairy tales. I basically had a perpetual smile on my face while reading this.
STAR RATING: ★★★★★
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