When I picked Cinder up a couple of nights ago, my plan was to just get a feel for the book before I went to bed. But Cinder grabs you from the start and before I knew it I was 176 pages in and having to put the book down. I finished it the next evening.

Cinder is the first have read like this and I loved how incredibly well done the book is. Marissa Meyer weaves between this Apocolyptic time and the storyline of the original Cinderella I am amazed at how she does it. All the key elements are there, the crabby step mother, the prince, the ball, the dress, and even something orange to arrive in but I wont tell you what....

AND.... while all this is going on it does not feel forced but flows nicely and made me want to cheer "Go Marissa Meyer Go!!!"

Cinder is going to be a part of a series and it does leave you at an exciting point of .... "WHA??? WAIT!!!"" so I warned you.... I even went on-line to see if I could get an idea for the time line for the other books and here is what I found:

Cinder is based on Cinderella. Scarlet, the second book in the series, will be based on Little Red Ridinghood. Crest will be based on Rapunzel. And, Winter will be based on Snow White. Cinder will be the main character in each of these books and you can count me in on this wild Apocolyptic tale ride!