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In an alternate universe, Cinderella was a cyborg.
Yes. You read that correctly.
Cinder is a retelling of the fairy-tale, set in future Beijing, where a plague has killed many people, and World War 4 already ended.
Sounds exciting? You should be!
The main protagonist, Cinder, lives with her stepmother . . . You know the story! Blah, blah, blah . . . and she has an android friend named Iko. Whooosh!
Cinder was definitely interesting and engaging. Not only are the characters well-fleshed out, but the w ...more
Yes. You read that correctly.
Cinder is a retelling of the fairy-tale, set in future Beijing, where a plague has killed many people, and World War 4 already ended.
Sounds exciting? You should be!
The main protagonist, Cinder, lives with her stepmother . . . You know the story! Blah, blah, blah . . . and she has an android friend named Iko. Whooosh!
Cinder was definitely interesting and engaging. Not only are the characters well-fleshed out, but the w ...more
Love Cinder!
This is an amazing series starter. I'm excited to read the rest of the series. Cinder is willing to do what it takes to survive and she's a fighter. Great read! ...more
This is an amazing series starter. I'm excited to read the rest of the series. Cinder is willing to do what it takes to survive and she's a fighter. Great read! ...more
I will admit from the very beginning that I was wary about reading this book. The synopsis above was one of the reasons why. After all, nowadays, there are a thousand different Young Adult books written within the same formula: outcast girl falls in love at first sight with heartthrob boy, and after a series of mini plot twists they end together in a happily ever after sort of way. A number of such novels has thrown fairytale elements at this ready-made formula in the hopes of creating something
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Mar 18, 2015
Kris Ivy
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it was amazing
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fantasy,
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scifi-fantasy-club,
witches,
magic,
romance,
think-question,
fairy-tale-spin
Inventive and gripping. The series begins with a bang as Linh Cinder, a cyborg mechanic, is approached by the crown prince, Kai, to repair his robot tutor, Nainsi. She's an outdated model, but she can sense that there is more to this than a simple bit of nostalgia. Nainsi knows something that the prince desparately needs to know. All the while, a plague, blue fever, is running rampant and killing all of the citizens of Earth. When the Emperor dies, the queen of Luna, the moon, comes down to Eart
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Refreshing new twist on an age-old story. Very enjoyable!
Cyborg teen girl, teen prince Kai. "Call me Kai," the Prince says to the girl mechanic he just met, with a dazzling grin. Yah, right.
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Sep 03, 2012
Julia
marked it as to-read
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Courtney
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Jennifer
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Jen
marked it as dnf
Dec 30, 2015
Nekeeva
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