A review by elizabeth12
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

My cousin gifted me this book years ago, and I have tried so many times to read this book. I finally decided to try the audiobook and I was hooked. I think I had a hard time reading it originally because of the plague and the medical experimentation. Some of it made my skin crawl. It's more intense than I was expecting from a young adult book.

I loved the worldbuilding! The world is set 126 years after World War 4, and there's cyborgs, aliens, and androids. It's a very unique version of Cinderella (and there's some Snow White elements), and even if it wasn't marketed as a retelling, the story would still stand on it's own. I'm excited to see how Marissa Meyer expands the world throughout the series. 

This is not a Disney fairytale retelling. This is dark and heartbreaking and reminiscent of older fairytales. The romance between Kai and Cinder is important, but it is not the main focus. 
I'm curious to see how Cinder will deal with being cyborg, Lunar, and royal. I hope we dive more into that in the next books.


I loved this book, and I loved the narration. I'm so excited to read the next book!
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