Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Title & Author:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Publisher:
Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date:
January 03, 2012
Pages:
387
Source:
PublisherHumans 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. – Goodreads
OH BOY. I mean, really. You know those books that have you talking out loud to it, going “OH MY GOD” and “HOLYYYYY EFF” and “WHYYY WOULD YOU DO THAT?” Yeah? Well Cinder by Marissa Meyer is one of those books. And to clear up any possible misreadings of this paragraph, THAT’S A GOOD THING. Because Cinder is AMAZING.
I was literally freaking out throughout at least half of Cinder because it is seriously such a roller coaster of action and plot-ness and monarchies and sci-fi and romance and murder and plague and the future and seriously, not a single down second. Once I started reading Cinder, I did not want to put it down.
And yet? I never wanted it to end! I wanted to savour Cinder slowly, reading as little as possible so I would always have more. Clearly, I was conflicted about how to read Cinder.
But the characters – the futurisitic retelling of Cinderella and making it even more badass – it was all just so well done. And even though Cinder is a book with cyborgs and and androids lunar people and crazy mind control, it’s so visual and I could really immerse myself in the world.
And, yes, I’ll be honest, there was one major plot thing I saw coming a mile away (or from the start of the book) – but that’s okay! I don’t care – I WANTED it to happen.
I’m basically just fangirling like crazy at this point, but seriously, if you were thinking about skipping Cinder by Marissa Meyer, don’t. I can’t even recommend it to someone who just likes one genre – if you like books at all, you will love Cinder.
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I’m about 1/4 through this book and I don’t want to savor it! I need to know what happens. Enjoying it…..
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I want to read this book. Like, seriously. I want to read it even more now after your review!
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Yes times about 500 million. This book was so ridiculous and amazing all at the same time, I mean fairy tales + robots + outer space people?! OMG I loved every bit of it.
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This book was such an incredible concept and it was done masterfully. I join your fangirling. I fangirl about it every chance I get. I’m SO SO SO glad you liked it too. Every time someone else reads it, I almost feel like I wrote it myself because I literally *hope* they like it as much as I did. Which is probably a little bit dorky. ;)
Also, I really love that cover!
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Awesome, awesome review. You described almost exactly what I was thinking and feeling when reading it! I absolutely loved it and can’t wait for more books in the series and I agree; I think many will love Cinder!
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Okay, I definitely need this book in my life! Also, I absolutely LOVE your new layout! I wanted to tell you because I don’t think I’ve mentioned it yet, lol.
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Cinder is totally going to be one of my vacation books because all of the people I trust LOVE IT. Including you and I am ALWAYS down for a read that turns people into fan girls!
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I need this book in my life. NOW.
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Alright I’m pretty much set on reading this book, but I just want to know if there’s a satisfying ending or if it ends with a humungo cliff hanger. I’m SO hesitant to start a new series, but I’ve heard a ton of great things about this.
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