Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer -- Restarting November 20th 2025

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 11:
(view spoiler)[I definitely like Cinder, thank god she isn't one of those needy helplesss characters! I'm also liking the mad scientist. lol XD I should be asleep right now, it's like 12:30! (hide spoiler)]

[Caron]

Through Chapter 20

(view spoiler)[Aha! She's a Lunar! Now I wait patiently for the part where they reveal that Cinder is actually Selene. Also, Dr. Erland knows too much, I'm sure he's Lunar too. And Kai!! Poor Peony, all she wants to do is get out of that place.

I don't like Queen Levana. No one should have that kind of control of other peoples' minds. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 17:
(view spoiler)[ Poor Kaito :( I can't wait to meet Queen Levana, she sounds like an evil rude word. I also feel sorry for Cinder and Peony :( I really hope they save her in time, but something tells me they won't. None of the nice characters ever live T~T And also wonder about princess Selene, I have my theories but ... (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 20:
(view spoiler)[Ok, I think my imagination is running a bit too wildly right now but oh what the heck! I'm thinking that Cinder is Princess Selene and they said something about finding her remains in ashes ...? What if a fire is how she lost her foot and hand? And how does Dr. Erland know so much about Lunars? I'm not sure whether its safe to presume he is one ...

Anyways, Levana you creepy ... person, stay away from Kai! He is Cinder's. (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Lilith wrote: "Chapter 20"

I was thinking the same thing

[Katrina G]

Chapter 37

(view spoiler)[I was expecting the revelation that Cinder was Selene to come a lot sooner than the second to last chapter (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

End

(view spoiler)[I loved the ending of this. I think this has been one of the more interesting story retellings I've read. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 26:
(view spoiler)[So he is a Lunar! Is it bad that i think Cinder will be too late to save Peony? Hopefully she's in time (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 27:
(view spoiler)[Noooooo! Peonyyyyyyyyyyy! Cindeeeer! (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 29:
(view spoiler)[I HATE Adri! How-just-just-how?! How could she do that to someone! Evil cow (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Start of Chapter 33:
I can't read on ...

[[deleted user]]

I feel so embarrassed for her

[Jamie]

Ch 6: (view spoiler)[Cinder should have mentioned her being commissioned by the prince. That might have given her stepmother pause before selling her as a "volunteer." (hide spoiler)]

[Caron]

Through Chapter 27

(view spoiler)[I knew it! Dr. Erland is a Lunar too. This political talk is quite boring. Poor Peony. I feel bad for Cinder. Everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie and now she has to completely reinvent herself and hide from a queen who is out to murder her. (hide spoiler)]

[Caron]

Through Chapter 32

(view spoiler)[IKO!!! How dare Adri do that? And ugh, Pearl is so jealous, she'd ruin everything for Cinder with Kai. So it was a Lunar spy...I see. Oh man, I figured Kai would give in and agree to marry her but what now? Will Cinder make it in time?

Also, she's from Europe or that's where Garan found her and that's where the Princess was housed. I'm becoming more sure that Cinder and the princess are one and the same. (hide spoiler)]

[Caron]

End

(view spoiler)[Well I figured she was Selene at the beginning of the book but it good to have it confirmed. Levana knows, which makes sense. Okay, maybe I wasn't expecting Kai to rebuff her like that. Dr. Erland is awesome. Loved the way this book went. (hide spoiler)]

4.5/5 stars from me. Great plot and amazing writing.

[Jamie]

Ch 10 (view spoiler)[Nice immune system she has!. (hide spoiler)]

[Nur Raihan]

Chapter 27 (view spoiler)[I can't believe Peony died right when she could have lived, when Cinder has the antidote. She even could be the one dancing with Kai if she lives! Poor Peony (hide spoiler)]

[Nur Raihan]

Lilith wrote: "Chapter 11:
[spoilers removed]"

Chapter 11 (view spoiler)[I don't know about Dr. Erland though, but we don't get to know about him in this book, so perhaps in Scarlet? This book mainly focused on Cinder, I mean duh, that's the title anyway. HAHA! (hide spoiler)]

[Nur Raihan]

Chapter 37 (view spoiler)[So it was revealed that Cinder is actually Princess Selene. My instincts was right all along. It's time for more actions, Cinder! Bring it on! (hide spoiler)]

[Nur Raihan]

End. (view spoiler)[a good cliffhanger, can't wait to be getting more answers in Scarlet! Hoping that it will turn out better than this :) (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Here's my review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jamie]

Up to Ch 18 (view spoiler)[Why is the dr being so secretive towards the prince even?! And why is Cinder going along with it?. (hide spoiler)]

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Chapter 2: (view spoiler)[ Even though I know how Adri is going to act I still hate how she treats Cinder as a third class citizen. -.- (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Ch 23 (view spoiler)[Well at least the doctor partially opened up to her. But worried since the queen has a target on her. Yikes! maybe the android she fixed will lead Kai back to her with the truth? (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Ch 29 (view spoiler)[she took her leg?! Petty, vile woman how she treats others. sad about Iko and Peony. so guess kai is about to learn the truth of Cinder being cyborg soon based on footage they caught. Maybe even other truths are about to come out? (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[wow, they waited for revelings a lot longer than I though. For both Kai and Cinder. Still, I really enjoyed this! (hide spoiler)]

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Chapter 18(view spoiler)[ I wonder which Asian country was an inspiration for the book's setting?(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Jamie wrote: "Up to Ch 18 [spoilers removed]"

I think Dr. Erland is just being polite. He knows that Cinder doesn't want anyone to know she's an android. Particularly the prince and he doesn't want her to bolt.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Jamie wrote: "Ch 29 [spoilers removed]"

I agree about her being petty and vile. Truly a vile human being. -.-

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting June 4th 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[Amy]

Melissa, so sorry I haven't got around to this yet. I haven't had internet connection but I will be starting this tonight when I get home from work. :)

[Tanaz]

Melissa wrote: "Just finished chapter 1. I went into the chapter not knowing anything about Cinder then after reading the chapter twice I realised [spoilers removed]"

I just finished Chapter One today and I LOVE Iko already! "Prince Kai! Check my fan. I think I am overheating." LOL I am going to say that now everytime I see my crush walk past XD

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting October 9th 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[Amy]

Melissa, you were right about us starting to read this! It was just before my reading slump kicked in :(

I started a little early, chapter six (view spoiler)[ Well I'm not suprised she caught something in that disgusting junk yard! I bet Adri is going to blame Cinder for Peony catching the plague. (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

Chapter 12 (view spoiler)[ So that set up was predictable. Cinder is the heir that went missing, right? Meh, I don't know what to make of this book so far. (hide spoiler)]

[Tee]

Hey, you already started it!
Well, guess I'm picking up the book right away :)

[Amy]

Tijana wrote: "Hey, you already started it!
Well, guess I'm picking up the book right away :)"

No rush, I just wanted something light to read as I couldn't sleep last night. :)

[Tee]

I actaully started too!
It's not what I expected for it to be. For some reason, I thought this story is super dark, but for now it seems like light and fun.

[Amy]

Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[ I can't believe Cinder turned Kai down. I think her sister would kill her if she found that out. Cinder being a Lunar wasn't a surprise but the king dying was. Although, I don't see why Kai is overseeing the antidote research still. He should be to busy. Maybe he just wanted to see Cinder. (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

@Tijana, I was expecting it to be more intense I admit but not dark. Although it was a surprise that one of the sisters loves her when their supposed to be evil, maybe slightly underwhelming?

[Tee]

Yeah, that surprised me too.
How do you like it so far?
I guess I expected it to be dark because I tried going into it without knowing much (which was super hard!) and the cover looked darkish haha

[Amy]

I just actually finished it! It got a lot better the more I read.

End thoughts (view spoiler)[ Aw, Kai turned his back on Cinder! I hope he can get over the cyborg thing eventually. How on earth is she going to get to Africa though?! I hope she gets to see Kai before she leaves. Although, that would be really risky. (hide spoiler)] I'm really anxious to read the next book now. :)

[Sritha]

All excited to read this book... chapter 3

[Tee]

Ahh, I was super excited too, but somehow I can't make myself finish it, because it became too predictable. I mean, at 30% I got a clear picture how it'll end (or at least I think I did).

[Abi]

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Reading from the 6th of November 2016

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[Haley]

Is there a certain amount of pages we all want to read a day, or set an ending date?

[Kate]

I say we end mid November? like the 15th or something?

[Kate]

maybe set 20 pages a day?

[Haley]

Would reading at most 50 pages a day work? Bc I wanna finish this week maybe?