Cinder review

CINDER by Marissa Meyer, published by First Square Fish in 2013, copyright 2012.

This is an interesting concept for Cinderella. Each chapter has a quote from the original Cinderella story and fits the current story beautifully. I love the characters, the setting and the plot. Of course the ending is a cliff hanger so, I have to finish the rest of the books. They will be my in between the rest of the 100 books.

The story occurs after the WW IV, the world has united but is separated into commonwealths. Our characters are from the Eastern Commonwealth, with the Empire being in New Beijing. Cinder is a cyborg who has no idea where she came from but has certain nightmares of burning. She has a stepmother who treats her as a servant, a stepsister who hates her and a twist, she has a stepsister who loves her. She also has a robot, Iko. She is a mechanic and meets Prince Kai at the New Bejing market.  Prince Kai whose father, the Emperor, is suffering from a plague called letumosis. This plague has been affecting the population of the world and has no known cure. He is trying to do two main things, find the cure for letumosis before his father dies and find the true heir to Lunar who some people have believe was murdered Queen Levana and others believe she is still alive but in hiding. Enter the bad guy or should I say woman, Queen Levana from Lunar. She desperately wants to get her hands on Prince Kai, so that she can rule the world. She has the ability to glamour people, except Lunar shells. If she finds a lunar shell or someone who can oppose her, she kills them, sometimes by using glamour to kill themselves.

I love the retelling of this story. It was an enjoyable and pretty quick read, especially if you are stuck in an airport. The next book in this series is Scarlet, which I will be reading as soon as I finish Ulysses or as a break from Ulysses. PLEASANT SUMMER READING