Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

by Marissa Meyer

For my grandma, Samalee Jones, with more love than could ever fit into these pages.

Guys pls go look at my review before reading this! Its rlly important!

They took away her beautiful clothes, dressed her in an old gray smock, and gave her wooden shoes.

Okay the style choice is.. Not it

She was met with startled copper-brown eyes and black hair that hung past his ears and lips that every girl in the country had admired a thousand times.

LOVE INTEREST QUESTION MARK?!?!??!?!?!!

“You’re not quite what I was expecting.”

Never again

“You have a grease splotch.”

Shes a mechanic tho..? Thats not out of the ordinary?

Lunars were a society that had evolved from an Earthen moon colony centuries ago, but they weren’t human anymore. People said Lunars could alter a person’s brain—make you see things you shouldn’t see, feel things you shouldn’t feel, do things you didn’t want to do. Their unnatural power had made them a greedy and violent race, and Queen Levana was the worst of all of them.

Some conspiracy theorists thought the princess had survived and was still alive somewhere, waiting for the right time to reclaim her crown and end Levana’s rule of tyranny, but Cinder knew it was only desperation that fueled these rumors. After all, they’d found traces of the child’s flesh in the ashes.

“I’m not sure I would label it a ‘survivor,’” said Iko, her sensor darkening with disgust. “It looks more like a rotting pumpkin.”

“This is a tragic time for His Majesty to fall ill,” she said. Kai gripped the rail and faced her, pressing his hatred into the polished wood. “Would next month have been more convenient for you?”

ATEEEEEE #wehatesybil

“But like I said before…I do have a theory or two.” “Were you planning on sharing any of those theories with me?” “Oh, yes. Once I know I am correct,

thats a lil suspicious..

What had the doctor done to her?

WHAT EVERYONES BEEN THINKING

“Would you consider being my personal guest at the ball?”

YAYYAAYYAYAAYAAAYYAYY

I’m not going to the ball.”

NONONONONONOOO

“Miss Linh, from your blood samples I have deduced that you are, in fact, Lunar.”

I KNEW IT

“Maybe her programming was overwhelmed by Prince Kai’s uncanny hotness.”

“No,” said Kai, allowing a cold smile. “Eventually, I’ll have an empress for that.”

Cinderrrrrr

“The prime minister of Africa called a world leaders’ meeting.

Wait theres a prime minister of africa? Im being fr someone tell me if there is one or if its a part of the plot

“You’re Lunar.”

WHATTTTTTTT

“Wait,” she said, lowering her hands. “Adri sent you?”

WHAT UGHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO

Heart racing, he squared his shoulders. “I did it!”

BROTHAAAA

With a dry, grateful sob, she crumpled over her knees, squeezing Iko’s worthless personality chip against her chest.

NOOOOOOOO GUYS IM CRYING

Pearl angled her nose toward Cinder. Her lips barely creased. “You’d better get that cleaned up before the festival closes. I’ll require your help tonight. After all, I have a royal ball to attend.”

I hate you pearl

But if there was one thing she knew from years as a mechanic, it was that some stains never came out.

Im crying

It was not her fault he had liked her.

ATE. SHE ATE W THAT

Kai’s eyes softened, little wrinkles forming in their corners.

Hes a ten but he as wrinkles at 20… BAHAHHAHAHAHAH JKJKJKKKK (i have those too😭)

Kai’s eyebrows rose higher. “Wha—?” Beside him, the adviser took in a hissing breath, and a series of gasps and rustles passed through the crowd. It occurred to Cinder that the music had stopped again as the musicians stood and tried to get a look at what was happening.

Hes cooked Shes cooked Theyre cooked Everybodys cooked Cooked cooked cooked Absolutely cooked (guys i was js reading through this and i was genuinely tweaking while writing these😭)

“Let her go!” Kai said, appealing to the queen. “This is absurd. She isn’t a fugitive—she isn’t even Lunar. She’s just a mechanic!”

HAHAHAHAHAHA THIS IS SO FUNNY HES SO OBLIVIOUS AND DUMB

“What does that have to do with anything?” said Kai.

Frfr

coquettishly

This has nothing to do w anything but i love this word sm

“You’re even more painful to look at than she is.”

Brotha shut the heck up we all know your lying

“You’ve lost your foot.”

OMG THE CINDERELLA REFERENCEEEEEE

“Thanks. I sure am excited to wear them for the last two days of my life.”

SHES BEING SO SARCASTIC AND FUNNY AND I LOVE IT

Acknowledgments

BROTHA EUGHHH ALREADYYYY HOW DO I STILL HAVE AN HOUR LEFT THO?!?! EPILOGUE GOES WILD

Read on for Cinder bonus materials. . . .

HEHEHEEEEE I KNEW IT

WHO’S MORE ATTRACTIVE, A PRINCE OR A MECHANIC? A mechanic. I like men with useful skills. Running a country? Psh. Fixing that weird sound in the engine? Yes, please!

HAAAHHHHH SHES SO REAL

Divergent, The Faerie Ring, Lola and the Boy Next Door, My Life Undecided, Entwined, and Magic Under Glass.

TESSA IS PROBABLY GONNA SPAWN RIGHT AFTER I TELL HER ABOUT THE DIVERGENT MENTION (she wont bc shes at stupid camp.. side eye)

One of my all-time favorites is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. It’s such a fun and romantic book, and gives a really clever twist to the Cinderella story.

I LOVE THAT BOOK SM

Suzanne Rahn,

Imma google her later