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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: August 1, 2012

Finish date: August 31, 2012

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Jun 25, 2013 aikaterine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks

4.5 stars for a wonderful story, that really left me wanting for more and looking forward to the sequel, more than any book has made me feel in a little while.

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Cinder is a teenage cyborg that has no memory of her life as a child.
She lives with her stepmother, who is far than glad to share a house with Cinder, her two stepsisters, with one of whom she is actually friends, contrary to the original fairytale, and her loyal android Iko.

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Aug 05, 2014 Katerina rated it liked it

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RATE: 3.5/5

I have always been one for retelling of fairy tales. As I grew up with princesses, princes, the evil witch, and so forth. Lately I have seen so many new retelling s of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and many others that I just cannot keep up with all the books and movies. Many of my fellow booktube friends and blogging friends have hounded to me to start this seri ...more

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Aug 24, 2015 Crystal rated it it was amazing

Oh wow!! Just wow!

When I first grabbed this book I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy it. Then a few friends told me that I would absolutely love it, so I decided to give it a shot. We have similar taste in books, so I felt confident I could trust their judgement. Oh and how glad that I am because I absolutely loved it!!!

I love the concept of a cyborg Cinderella. I love the world the story is set in. I love Cinder, and found myself able to relate to her almost immediately. And I absolutely loved ...more

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Aug 16, 2015 Megan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Jul 30, 2013 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, fantasy, ya

A big twist on Cinderella that is placed in a future where there is not only a colony on the moon but moon people who can control "bioelectricity" and force Earthlings (and Lunars) to see and believe what they want. Earth is beset with a plague that has no cure and the Lunar Queen has been threatening war for over 12 years. Lihn Cinder is a cyborg mechanic with a rough life who gets sucked into medical research and inter-planetary intrigue.

Although it started slow for me, ("Really? Another outca ...more

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Mar 18, 2015 Rachel rated it really liked it

The book's first couple of chapters start off really sci-fi(y). I couldn't figure out what Cinder was, but the sci-fi stuff gets less sci-fi after a couple chapters or you just get used to it. I read it with my mom and she said it was a mix of the Hunger Games, Cinderella and Minority Report. It's a cute story, that is predictable but a fun dystopia Cinderella read. ...more

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