The tale is further complicated by a plague that is ravaging Earth and the consequences are far reaching. Kai hires Cinder to repair a palace droid and they slowly realize that they have feelings for each other over the course of the story. He is given a name, Kai, his own unique problems, and character development. Rather than meet the prince at the ball, she meets him professionally as the best mechanic in the city.
Cinder was an orphan from the get-go, and as the story unfolds we learn that she has a very mysterious past that is just beginning to unfold. Most of the rest of the story, however, is different. RELATED: Jupiter Ascending Review – A Romantic Cinderella Space OperaĬinder has some aspects of the classic Cinderella story there is a kind orphan forced to work for the stepfamily that doesn’t care for her, she meets and falls for the prince of the land and she loses a shoe (though in Cinder’s case, she actually loses her cyborg foot). They all have a strong female protagonist who struggles with her new role in her broken world. If you haven’t read much YA in the sci-fi/fantasy genre, this series has a lot in common with dystopian fiction like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth. It was a beautiful blend and I enjoyed every page.
I admit, post-apocalyptic literature isn’t my favorite, but something about the idea just made me curious. Basically, Cinder is Cinderella in the future with cyborgs and a culture living on the moon after World War IV, and the other novels build on that. Cinder is book one in The Lunar Chronicles, a five book series that reworks Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White in a futuristic setting ( Fairest, which came out recently, tells the story of the Evil Queen). One day, after I had finished my thesis, I found it on Amazon for a great deal. I looked at it and was very intrigued, but not quite enough to buy it in hardcover. Recently, I discovered Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
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