Marissa Meyer’s new book, Cinder, is the first cliffhanger in what promises to be a quartet. Following along the traditional lines of the story, there is an orphan girl who is being badly mistreated by her horrible stepmother. This step mother forces Cinder to work, thus making all of the money to support the family. Cinder has two sisters who are obsessed with the Prince. The Prince somehow falls in love with Cinder. However, that is where the parallels stop. Set in New Beijing in the future, we find the world has humans and it also has cyborgs – a human/android blend. Cinder, due to a missing hand and a missing foot, is a cyborg. Cyborgs have second class citizen status, but when Cinder meets the Prince, he doesn’t know that she is a cyborg and he develops a crush on her. Complicating issues is the Lunar Queen’s visit to earth. Queen Levana hopes to marry Prince Kai and form an alliance between the earth and the moon colonies. Or does she? As Cinder uncovers the truth, she learns more about the Queen’s true motives. Cinder also uncovers a startling truth about herself. Book One leaves us wondering what Cinder will do with her new found information. This book was fast paced and interesting, subplots keep the story compelling. Though you know the story of Cinderella, you will be surprised at the twist on Cinder’s story.
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