What an enjoyable short story. I loved Cinder so, when I was done, I needed more of this beautiful world and these amazing characters. And this is what this short story gives.

It adds to the backstory of many characters. We get to meet Cinder as a kid at her first days as a cyborg. We get to see how she gets used to her new life. If you love Cinder you have to read this as well. You will get to know more about many characters such as Cinder's step-father, her step-mother, Iko, Peony and Pearl.

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First of all, thank you Marrisa Meyer, for this wonderful short story. This is really interesting to see the characters we know from the book Cinder, a few years earlier.
Cinder is a girl with no memory before the accident in which she lost her family as well as leg and hand. Now, she's a cyborg, a machine trying to adjust to life with a new family...
Adri, I even did not think that I can hate you more ... Ooh, how I was wrong. From the very beginning you were cruel to the girl, who has not done a More...

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This is what happened -

1. Browsing Goodreads for the kick it gives to see so many titles I could read next.

2. Coming across on almost every friend's bookshelf. What is it with that?

3. Reading the synopsis and going Woah. Okay. Either this could hit through the roof or sink below into oblivion. Which one will it be?

4. Coming across this sample story, a free prequel to taste the writer's words.

5. Halfway through the story, I HAVE to ord More...

Cette histoire est un préquelle au conte de fée futuriste Cinder, de Marissa Meyer dont l'héroïne est une talentueuse mécanicienne et un cyborg. C'est une citoyenne de seconde classe dont le passé reste un mystère, méprisée par sa belle-mère et tenue responsable de la maladie de sa demi-sœur.
Dans Glitches, nous voyons les résultats de cette maladie et l'impact émotionnel qui s'abat sur Cinder, sous la forme de ce qui pourrait être un défaut de fabrication...

Ç’a été un vrai plaisir de lire cette More...

This short novella helps to give a bit of insight into the novel Cinder. It's written in the form of a prequel, giving background information on Cinder's "fresh" start in new Beijing. It tells how Cinder met her new family, and more importantly introduces Garan, Cinder's stepfather. Back stories offer how Iko came to be, how Garan disappeared, and how Cinder's stepmother Adri initially reacted upon Cinder's arrival.

This is a very quick read that helps give Cinder a more human outlook by showing More...

Review:Cinder

“I have a glitch, too. Sometimes I forget that I’m not human. I don’t think that happens to most androids.”

Wow, All I'm saying is, you have to freaking read this before reading the first book Cinder.

I dunno why Marissa Meyer didnt put this as a prologue of her debut. Surely I'll enjoy more reading that book if I read this first.

It have the full description of what Cinder really looks like (You dint have to wait reading 200 pages to get the full idea) and I love how Pearl, one of C More...

Awesome prequel.

I love Cinder and Peony and Iko!
And after reading Glitches I hate Adri even more...

While it's very short, Glitches is a sweet little prequel to Cinder that I ended up really enjoying. It was very interesting to see how Cinder came to be in her new family and how she bonded with Peony and Iko--two characters I absolutely love! Once again I'm reminded of how much I love Cinder and this world, and I cannot wait for Scarlet to be released!

'She lifted a spindly arm and gestured toward Cinder's steel prosthetic. "I have a glitch, too. Sometimes I forget that I'm not human. I don't

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IKO! CINDERS STEPFATHER! CINDER! PEONY!!!

Characters I have been wanting to know more about, and characters I love are present in this short story. 'Glitches' occurs when Cinder is 11 and has just arrived in New Beijing.

And although its not really a great short story on its own. For a crazy huge fan of the books like me, it was the fix I needed in waiting for Cress to come out.

Definitely check this out if you have read Cinder or Scarlet. You will love it!

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A woman appeared inside the doorway, belting a quilted robe around her waist. “Girls, don’t suffocate your father. He’s had a long trip.”
“Don’t listen to your mother, just this once. You can suffocate me all you like.” He kissed his daughters on the tops of their heads, then stood, keeping a firm grip on their hands. “Would you like to meet your new sister?” he asked, turning back to face the hover. He seemed surprised at the empty pathway behind him. “Come on out, Cinder.”

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i...i'm sorry. i need a moment. in fact, better make that two moments.



WOW. only 19 pages and yet i was completely blown away. cinder has been popping up on my friends' book lists left and right, and the amount of hype this book has generated since its release is INSANE.

and completely warranted.

cinder is a cyborg. one of her hands and one of her legs are robotic due to a tragic accident that killed her parents and wounded her gravely during a time that she was almost too young to rememb More...

“I have a glitch, too. Sometimes I forget that I’m not human. I don’t think that happens to most androids.”

-One of the many reasons I love Iko and Marissa Meyer's uncanny and wonderful storytelling talents!

I like this prequel, finally I know what color is Cinder's hair! It was nice to see how she developed her skills as a mechanic and how she was introduced to the family.

What was missing was more relationship with Garan. I still do not know how he stumbled upon her and why he decided to be her More...

I originally picked up Cinder from my local library a little over a month ago. Right around the time I started to read the book, I got sick. I had a nasty cold and on top of that, I had inflammation in my voice box. As a result, I had laryngitis for about two weeks and couldn’t speak. I was completely voiceless! The antibiotics I took made me nauseous day in and day out, and the cough I had just wouldn’t quit. I just wasn’t in the right mindset to read or really enjoy life.

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I think I would have enjoyed this immensely more if I have read Cinder. I have the book and I know what it is about but I don’t know the characters, their personalities, their strengths and their weaknesses. I don’t really know them as a whole. I know of them vaguely but it isn’t enough to truly fall hard into this little short.

Other than me not feeling really connected to Ms. Meyer characters I did enjoy the story telling. Of this world Cinder is now becoming a part of. This is where we find ou More...

This is available on the url that is posted as well as in "The Fierce Reads Anthology" that is available for free on the Nook.

Back-Story: I didn't even know that this existed until I was on GoodReads and searched Marissa Meyer so I could mark the third and fourth book in the Lunar Chronicles series as a to-read. I wish I had seen this before I read "Cinder" because it answers some questions I had from it.

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Looks- The cover is okay. I wish it fit in with the the series but I understand why More...

Traditionally I have found that short stories written for series I've read have been fun, but not necessarily vital to the plot line and the story seems to suffer from the shorter format. Lately, however, I have read some fantastic short stories and novellas. Glitches was no exception. It was a very beneficial introduction to the world of the Lunar Chronicles. The story describes Cinder's arrival among her step family and her adjustment to life as a cyborg. She also discovers her talent working More...

Short and sweet, this prequel story shows us Cinder's introduction to her new family and not only her reaction but their reaction to her. I think it was pretty evident in Cinder that Adri was not happy with Cinder's addition to her family, but Glitchespresents a little more background as to why.

I thought it was rather endearing to see how Cinder was acclimating not only to her new role in a family that mostly objected to her presence but also to her new status as a cyborg. She can't remember the More...

When I first saw Cinder and read the blurb I thought I wouldn't like the book, but then people stared reading it and saying so many great things about it, that I was a bit conflicted. Then I read that it's based on the story of Cinderella and that the next three books are also based on fairy tales, so I thought I should give it a chance since I love fairy tales so much. Then I added Cinder in my to read list and I noticed that there was a prequel to the story, so of course I read it.

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Cinder is on hold for me at the library, and I'll be picking it up tonight. So, to get a taste, I went ahead and read this short story prequel.

This is a new and interesting twist on Cinderella, and I just love when I get a chance to be reintroduced to my old fairy tales!

So, Cinder is a girl who's entire family is killed in an accident - the very same accident that causes her to lose a leg and a hand. Operations gave her cyborg replacements, and she can download information into her brain. She's More...

Wow. This was amazing! I cannot believe that I didn't find out about this sooner!

omg. Garan. I don't think I even remember ever learning his name in Cinder. Or maybe I forgot. But, wow. He was so generous, so nice. How could he have been married to someone like Adri?!

I love how the author made Peony and Pearl at least a bit nice. I think the author made them like that because they were still little kids and they didn't really have their minds molded about who and what was good and what wasn't. More...

If, like me, you loved Cinder and can't wait to get your hands on the sequel, Glitches is a wonderful, very satisfying prequel short story that fills in background information. We meet Cinder’s stepfather, he had died before the events in the book began, and we see her revealing first encounters with her stepmother and stepsisters. Cinder’s still recovering from the surgery that saved her life but turned her into a cyborg. She doesn’t remember anything from her past life, she’s still getting use More...

I've got CINDER on my TBR pile, so when I found out about this prequel novella, I decided to read it first.

Cinder is a cyborg. She can't remember much before the surgeries that turned her into what she is now, but she's just being adopted by Garan. When she gets to his home in New Beijing and meets his wife and two daughters, she's shy and uncertain of how she'll fit in, but it doesn't take long for one of the girls to make her feel welcome. The other seems to resent Cinder, and their mother th More...

CINDER! If you follow me on my blog, it probably won't surprise you to know that Cinder (and the Lunar Chronicles series) is a favorite. There was serious flailing happening. When Kelly told me about Glitches--free on Amazon at the time--it was an instant download. No regret there. NONE.

Though this book is set well before the events in Cinder, I think that it's something that best read after Cinder. It simply has more meaning when you're able to understand the origins of Cinder's New Beijing sto More...

Okay, so I feel about the same way towards this short prequel story as I did towards the book, Cinder. Interesting concept, not so interesting execution. This story covers Cinder's life from the time she joins her new foster family until her step-father/benefactor dies. I was hoping for a bit more of a look into the mother and sister's cyborg prejudice, but it's pretty much just the same unexplained bitchiness as the book. I also just don't connect with any of the characters. The only emotion I More...

I am a massive fan of the first book in the Lunar Chronicles Series: Cinder, as a have a soft spot from the fairytale inspired books which seem to be taking over our bookshelves recently.

I had no idea of the prequels existance until minutes before I read it. (Check out Marissa Meyer's website for link to the shortstory)It was nice to be provided with a little more back story into the main character's past, however the majority of the information provided was what we already knew from Cinder. Als More...

Honestly, I wasn't quite sure what to expect when starting these books this morning. Yes, I said this morning. As soon as I started the pre-quill Glitch, I was hooked. I knew from the title that it was going to be a Cinderella type story, but what I got was so much more.

Marissa Meyer creates a world in the future that is so simple, yet so perfect. Glitch, is just an introduction to this world. You get to meet the "evil step mom" and learn about Cinders special talents that make her so valuable a More...

Glitches is a free e-book released as a promotion for Cinder, the first book in Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles. It takes place about 6 years before the events of Cinder, during Cinder’s transition from her home in Europe where she was recovering from a huge car crash that killed her family and caused the loss of her arm and leg (which is why she became a cyborg) to New Beijing.

Cinder travels with her adoptive father across the continents with almost no memory of anything before the crash – not More...

I recently read Cinder by Marissa Meyer, which I loved so much. It's an amazing book so when I found this prequel story for free I didn't waste any time to read it.

This short story still revolves around Cinder, who's eleven years old and is traveling to New Beijing with her new stepfather.

I loved this prequel. It shows how Cinder just wanted to fit in with her new family. It also reveals how Cinder fixed Iko, who's still just as cute as in Cinder and how Peony pretty much accepted Cinder as her More...

Hi Guys,
This week has gone pretty smoothly for me, thank you God! With exams, and the alternative scheduling of my classes, I've had no homework, and very little classwork. So I have no altercation with posting this week's review... this week. This is going to be the first Short Story review on my blog, and I'm quite excited about it. I really liked this short story, and I look forward to reading the novel that follows this story. I read this short story on my kindle for free a few weeks ago, th More...

Glitches is a charming, emotional little story that packs a lot of feeling in a tiny package. While it isn't necessary to read this alongside Cinder, I think it adds a lot to the overall experience and I could easily see this as having been a proper prologue within the novel itself. This short story sets the stage for Cinder, as any prologue should, but more importantly it makes the reader care about Cinder from the start — even more so than if they had just skipped right ahead to the novel. Gli More...