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A review by ghoststories
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
4.0
This was absolutely a lot of fun! I'm excited to move on to the next three books.
I saw a lot of complaints about it being too predictable and I think that stands true, especially if you read a lot of YA to begin with... Cinder ends up hitting almost every notable beat within the genre.
However, that aside! I think it was engaging and nowadays that's what I look for more and more in media. Something doesn't always have to be super unique and genre defying to be a fun ride.
I hope to see the characters, world, and lore build more within the next books. My only major complaint was that Kai felt a bit too eager to risk everything solely because he was the prince and for a large portion of the book that seemed, to me, to be his most defining trait other than hating Queen Levana.
Also, if Iko doesn't come back I will RIOT.
I saw a lot of complaints about it being too predictable and I think that stands true, especially if you read a lot of YA to begin with... Cinder ends up hitting almost every notable beat within the genre.
However, that aside! I think it was engaging and nowadays that's what I look for more and more in media. Something doesn't always have to be super unique and genre defying to be a fun ride.
I hope to see the characters, world, and lore build more within the next books. My only major complaint was that Kai felt a bit too eager to risk everything solely because he was the prince and for a large portion of the book that seemed, to me, to be his most defining trait other than hating Queen Levana.
Also, if Iko doesn't come back I will RIOT.