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Cinder by Marissa Meyer
2.0

Cinder was pretty good. The world is interesting and the character nicely developed. The trajectory of the story is predictable, which is unsurprising since it is a re-telling of Cinderella, but it takes some nice twists away from the classic story.

Disappointingly, though, the story in no way resolves. It ends with a cliffhanger requiring a commitment to the series. I find these sorts of endings dishonest and manipulative, and I was extremely disappointed in that regard. While a story can can continue through out a series, each novel should, IMO, have a reasonable stopping place. I'm taking away a star for the ending.