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I loved this book so much it only took me three days to read it. This book is the retelling of the story of Cinderella & it follows the story of a gifted cyborg mechanic from New Beijing, who is reviled by her Stepmother (guardian) and is blamed for her sisters sudden illness.
Then to make things worse she becomes entwined with the life of the Commonwealths Handsome Prince Kai, who becomes emperor after his fathers death, which lands her in the middle of violent struggle between t ...more
I loved this book so much it only took me three days to read it. This book is the retelling of the story of Cinderella & it follows the story of a gifted cyborg mechanic from New Beijing, who is reviled by her Stepmother (guardian) and is blamed for her sisters sudden illness.
Then to make things worse she becomes entwined with the life of the Commonwealths Handsome Prince Kai, who becomes emperor after his fathers death, which lands her in the middle of violent struggle between t ...more
I absolutely adored this retelling of Cinderella. At first I wasn't quite sure what to make of it with the cyborg and machinary but it didn't take long for me to fall in love with this book.
The fact that Cinder is a cyborg made it even more interesting as it brought up problems with prejudices. This was also extended when Iko complained about not being able to go to the ball as she was an andriod.
As for the plague element I wasn't too sure to begin with because I have just read the Matched seri ...more
The fact that Cinder is a cyborg made it even more interesting as it brought up problems with prejudices. This was also extended when Iko complained about not being able to go to the ball as she was an andriod.
As for the plague element I wasn't too sure to begin with because I have just read the Matched seri ...more
Woah I've got nothing but praise for this book. I admit i was reluctant to read it because I didn't really want a story about robots. But this book went waaaay beyond my expectations.
The story was always captivating. Some plot twist i didn't expect others... well (view spoiler).
I honestly loved everything. The politics, the culture, Cinder, Kai, well everyone really.
So this isn't a proper review ...more
The story was always captivating. Some plot twist i didn't expect others... well (view spoiler).
I honestly loved everything. The politics, the culture, Cinder, Kai, well everyone really.
So this isn't a proper review ...more
AMAZING!!!!!!!!! UTTERLY AMAZING!!!!! OH MY GOONESS!!! I HAVE SCARLETT HERE WITH ME NOW, BUT THE NEXT 2 DON'T COME OUT UNTIL 1 NEXT YEAR, THE NEXT THE YEAR AFTER... WHAT AM I GONNA DO?!?!
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it was amazing
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