Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

by Marissa Meyer

“Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I’m overheating.”

The precarious fantasy crashed down around her as quickly as it had begun. It was impossible. Not worth thinking about.

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.

your surgeons took such care.” “I’m sure I’ll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”

“I’m sure I’ll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”

“I found your pretty new mechanic down in the lobby, and she tells me she’s here to check on the med-droids again. You know I could get you funding for some upgraded models if you require it.” Cinder started at that simple word—pretty—but neither Kai nor Dr. Erland looked at her.

Iko was not a normal servant android, but she did retain one prominent trait—uselessness was the worst emotion they knew.

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

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

His eyes softened into something almost like amusement, as if such a ragged appearance was all one could expect from a renowned mechanic.