Waterstones Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1)
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Description: A forbidden romance. A deadly plague. Earth's fate hinges on one girl.CINDER, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation. Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future. This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget. Waterstones Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1) - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Lynn Worton
Rating: 5
Review: This is the first book in the Lunar Chronicles. I have been wanting to read this book for some time. I am kicking myself for not reading it sooner because I loved it! Cinder Lihn is a wonderful character, I really liked her. She has a strong will and determination to succeed, even though her stepmother treats her as a slave. Cinder has lived with the Lihn's since being eleven years old, when her adopted father brought her to New Beijing. Now sixteen, she finds herself working as a mechanic in the market to make ends meet. When Prince Kai visits her market stall with a malfunctioning robot, her life is thrown into turmoil and it will never be the same ever again. This is a fantastic retelling of the classic fairytale, Cinderella, and is set in the future where a terrible disease called letumosis is ravaging the world for which there is no cure, and cyborgs are seen as abominations. It's a story that completely hooked me from the first page and took me on a huge emotional roller coaster ride from start to finish. This book is full of action, adventure, heartbreak, romance, mystery and danger and is told through the eyes of both Cinder and Prince Kai for the most part, but a few other characters have a say too. I loved meeting the various characters, even Cinder's stepmother, Adri, and her stepsisters', Pearl and Peony. Adri, I feel, blamed Cinder for the death of her husband, even though he died of letumosis. This bred resentment and she took this out on Cinder. I also fell in love with Prince Kai. He's another wonderful character. He is only eighteen, but he has a good head on his shoulders, even if he acts like a jerk at times. However, there is a lot of responsibility on his shoulders too, so I suppose one could forgive him for it. Adri may be horrible, but there is one character that is downright scary. She is called Queen Levana and is the ruler of Lunars, who are descendants of an Earthen moon colony which was established several centuries before. However, I found her thaumaturges to be even more dangerous and scary. There is one character that I really enjoyed meeting, her name is Iko and she is a housekeeping droid in the Lihn household. She is almost human in personality and is Cinder's friend and companion. As I said above, I found myself completely captivated by this story. I raced through this book at a rate of knots and completed it in one day. It's not exactly a small book either. I normally have a huge love/hate relationship to cliffhangers, so I was actually glad that I had the second one ready and waiting on my bookshelf, because when I reached the end I found myself eager to find out what happens next. Marissa Meyer has written a fantastic retelling of a classic fairytale. I love her world building, which is extremely believable and scarily realistic. Her characters are well developed, though I would have loved to get to know Peony better, and her writing style is incredibly fast paced, though it didn't feel rushed. The flow was wonderful too. This author has found another fan and I have added her to my favourite authors list. I am now looking forward to reading more of her books in the future. As this is a YA novel, I highly recommend this book to young readers. However, depending on reading age, I feel this book would suit readers aged 11 upwards even though its recommended for 9-12 year olds. I also highly recommend this book to adults who love reading fairytale retelling's or books in the YA genre. - Lynn Worton
Author: Reader
Rating: 4
Review: Title: Cinder Series: The Lunar Chronicles (#1) Author: Marissa Meyer From: Amazon Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera, Fairy tale Retelling Release Date: 3rd January 2012 Challenges: 2016 Reading Assignment Links: Goodreads - Amazon Synopsis (from Goodreads): Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. Oh my goodness how has it taken me so long to read Cinder! The fairytale/space opera genre mix is one I've recently discovered and absolutely love, it mixes so many things that I like up in one book. Add to that that Cinder has been on my kindle for 3 years, and the fact a lot of bloggers seem to love it, and I've definitely missed out by not reading it sooner! Cinder was a great character, she was strong and independent, but wasn't afraid to be attracted to someone, or act on some of her desires. She learnt a lot about herself over the course of the book and it just strengthened her as a character. She loved her step-sister, Peony, a lot, but her step-mother or legal guardian as Cinder preferred, and other step-sister were definitely not her favourite people that's for sure. Cinder was a talented mechanic, and that side of things came into play a lot. Her job was what brought her and the Prince, Kai, together and being a cyborg had it's own problems. The world that Cinder inhabited had some dystopian qualities, that I do hope get sorted out in later books. The relationship between Kai and Cinder was sweet. I felt like Kai acted his age, and was a little sheltered, but his opening up towards Cinder was a great way for the two of them bond. It was also clear that he loved his people and his duty too, which was another added side of his character. There was a twist that I had figured out pretty early on, as well as a slightly smaller related twist that I'd thought was the case too. However in the terms of fairytales it worked well. In fact the fairy tale elements in general worked well and I really got the feel of Cinderella from the story. The bad guy was definitely intriguing too. As the Lunar Queen, she has a lot of power and is a menace to several of the characters, I think she's definitely going to be an interesting character going forward into the other books. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series, and from Meyer, it was a fantastic read.
