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Meyer cinder6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Though foreshadowing early on makes it fairly clear where the story is headed, it unfolds with the magic of a fairy tale and the breakneck excitement of dystopian fiction. Several events abruptly turn Cinder’s world upside down: a chance meeting with the handsome Prince Kai has her heart racing a plague pandemic threatens her beloved sister Peony Cinder learns she is immune to the plague and the evil Lunar Queen Levana arrives on Earth, scheming to marry Kai. Cinder is a talented teenage mechanic and cyborg-part human, part robot-who has been living in New Beijing with a demanding adoptive mother and two stepsisters, ever since her late stepfather took Cinder in after a hovercraft accident. But debut author Meyer’s brilliance is in sending the story into an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension. ![]() First in the Lunar Chronicles series, this futuristic twist on Cinderella retains just enough of the original that readers will enjoy spotting the subtle similarities. ![]()
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