Cinder by Marissa MeyerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I've been holding out on reading this for a while. I wasn't sure if I could stomach another cheesy, overly dramatic YA romance. However, I finally decided to give it a go, and I'm glad I did. I enjoyed this clever, well written retelling of the Cinderella story. Cinder as a cyborg, evil mirror-fearing queens living on the moon. Um, yes please. Minimum romance, or at least not bogged down in whine and romance, made this story even more enjoyable. Lihn Cinder is feisty and intelligent, but not in that sarcastic, snarky, I'm going to kick everyone's butt, over the top way that also plagues YA. Speaking of plagues, there's one of those too. The plot twist was fairly predictable and the prince was rather annoying in his I'm going to be serious now, and then switching to immature little boy in the next paragraph. However, I'll give him a pass due to evil queens and all. A 4 out of 5 stars and already on to Scarlet.
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