I got my hands on a fabulous ARC of this title and read my heart out. I'll keep this spoiler free since it releases in January 2012 :)

Cinder is Book 1 in the Lunar Chronicles Series (4 books total) that combine classic fairytales with futuristic sci-fi, plus generous dollops of adventure, romance and some totally delicious snarky dialogue!

Cinder features Cinderella as a cyborg, a gift mechanic with the requisite wicked stepmother living in the distant future, dreaming of real freedom and finding herself thrown into political intrigue (and reluctant, totally adorable crush-y love) with handsome Prince Kai.

This story was such a total delight to read! The storyline was incredibly tight with oodles of world building craftily tucked in as the stakes build higher, the mysteries grow more dire and the romance builds!

I'm torn between whether my favorite part was looking for the fairytale details tucked in where I least expected them (Cinder has a robotic foot! Awesome!) or the fabulous character dialogue making me fall in love with everyone and their sidekick too!

I can't wait to read the rest of this series! I highly recommend this title from gifted author Marissa - watch out for it in January 2012! :)