Cinder audiobook

Why? WHY DIDN'T I READ THIS BOOK SOONER?! It was so AWESOME! MY EMOTIONS!!Let me go ahead and get this out of the way. I loved this book. Why in the world did I procrastinate with reading it? I've had Cinder sitting on my Kindle for a few months now and I continued to put it off over and over again. What a HUGE mistake! I even had the nerve to go into my local bookstore twice, pick Cinder up, and put it right back down. But all that doesn't really matter now because I've remedied the problem and absolutely fallen in love with this wonderful story.When I first heard of Cinder before it's release, it was gaining quite a bit of buzz known for the retelling of Cinderella. Marissa Meyer, my hat's off to you because a cyborg Cinderella in New Beijing, China? Badass. But then shortly before I read it, another blogger informed me that not only is it a Cinderella retelling, but also had Sailor Moon elements. OMG... someone had answered my prayers!  I don't think you can understand my excitement for that.Sailor Moon was my all-time favorite TV show and manga as a child. Reading Cinder reminded me of a simpler time before responsibilities, when the biggest thing I had to worry about was setting up the VCR (yes, a throwback!) every day because at 4pm, right before Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon would come on. If I were to miss one episode, I would cry my little eyes out because I just had to know what happened next to Serena! I have seen every episode including the fifth season that didn't air in America. I've even seen the live action series in all Japanese. And for those that watch subtitled Japanese shows, you know that there comes a time in your marathon watching where you stop reading the subtitles and start thinking Japanese in your sleep. Yes, I am super fangirling and not ashamed one bit! So I think it goes without saying that the reasons for me loving Cinder so much, aside from being blasted by a rainbow of awesome with its creative premise, is that it has a lot to do with sentimental memories. I tell you this so you can understand one big thing: I wasn't sure about Cinder at first. As soon as the book started I noticed on every obvious downfall: Predictability. Seriously, the plot twist ran up to me and sucker punched me in the face at only 10% in. This concerned me, but it quickly became a non-issue as I continued to read. Why? Because the story was interesting. It was engaging. It was just plain old fun! And I haven't had this much fun reading a book in a while.The plot was brilliantly done. Cinder is a mechanic, under appreciated by her mother and one of her step-sisters. The other step-sister adores her. As a cyborg she doesn't have the same rights as a normal person and her step-mother goes out of her way to remind Cinder this whenever she can. One day Prince Kai (*swoon*) requests her services to fix his android. And in true fairy tale fashion he begins to fall for her not knowing she is a cyborg. But this isn't just a love story. Oh no! The world has been suffering from a deadly disease that kills in a matter of days and it starts to become painfully obvious that Earth's only hope for a cure depends on an alliance with the evil Lunar Queen. And as you may have guessed it, she has plans for Earth. Dun, dun, duuuunnnnnn!I loved all the characters in Cinder, especially the heroine. Cinder was independent, feisty, and relatable. She didn't always make the right decision, but this is a heroine that learns from her mistakes. And Tuxedo Mask Prince Kai? I loved him. Ah, the memories!The romance was so sweet. At first Cinder is wary of the Prince's advances because she is cyborg and doesn't want him to find out, but she can't help but develop feelings for him along the way. Basically what I'm saying here is that there's no insta-love. And you know how much I hate insta-love!Oh, and that ending! Marissa Meyer, how could you do that to my little heart? I need to know what happens now! You took two of my favorite stories and twisted them into this big ball of badass awesomeness and now I'm expected to wait until next year for book two?! And just look at the character line-up for the next books in the series: Scarlet , Cress and Winter . Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White?!  I am so there. Just so we are clear, I'm not above stalking. I will have the next book and I will have it soon...An ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley. Thank you! More reviews at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog.

wow. wow. WOW.I went into this book not expecting to like it. I'm not sure why, but this book completely surprised me!

*4.5*This was amazing!! Why didn't anyone tell me to read it sooner?! Just kidding.. The world and characters are so great, I can't wait to continue on in the series.

“Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you can convince yourself you are beautiful. But mirrors have an uncanny way of telling the truth.”After finishing “Cinder” I was kind of curious what other reviewers wrote about it and I was pretty surprised when I found out that a lot of my friends gave it only two or three stars. As it seems the main reason for those low ratings were 1.) It’s just not my jam or 2.) I read too many retellings. Sometimes even a combination of both. XDWell, I guess it’s kind of good then that I wasn’t all too big on retellings over the last few years because I definitely enjoyed this! I don’t know if I would have liked it less if I would have read more retellings, but as some sort of “newbie” to the scene I actually ended up loving it to bits and pieces!This was just amazing! _< Especially because Peony was just lovely and kind! I don’t know how it came to be that Peony was the only one who accepted Cinder the way she was but I was really glad that she had at least one sister that cared. XD Still, no matter how sad her death made me I think Cinder would have never dared to be so bold if she would have been around to see it, so I guess there’s at least one positive thing that came out of it. Poor Cinder though! T_TA flash of hurt crossed his face. “What? I can’t buy you a gift?” he asked, in a tone that nearly stopped the electric pulses of her wiring.“No. Not after I’ve ignored six of your comms in the last week. Are you dense?”“So you did get them!”Prince Kai:Kai stepped closer to Torin, ignoring a group of lab technicians that were forced to swarm around them. "I have a plan. My plan is to not marry her. Diplomacy be damned. There. End of discussion.”WHAT. A. HOTTIE! *swoons* I adored him right from the moment he appeared in the book! GAH! Prince Kai was just awesome! I loved that he didn’t back down and fought Queen Levana with every breath he took. There was so much at stake for him but he stayed true to himself and this even though Levana and the other countries certainly didn’t make it easy for him. So much pressure! Poor boy! =(( Plus can we acknowledge how caring he was even though his own life turned upside down. I mean he lost his father to the plague and yet he still managed to keep Levana at bay, served his country, tried to persuade Cinder and wanted to find a cure. XD Not to mention his adorable humour and enticing defiance. *lol* The perfect prince for sure! ;-)”I will –“ He paused again, straightened, and focused his eyes on some distant, invisible point. “I will do whatever needs to be done to ensure the well-being of my country. I will do whatever needs to be done to keep you all safe. That is my promise.”Iko:Iko rolled to her side, clasping her metal grippers over her chest. “Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I’m overheating.”IKO!!! _< The way she treated Kai and all her machinations… I really despised her for it! How can anyone be so cruel and heartless? I mean that moment with the mirror on her plate? ARGH! If I’d have been Prince Kai I’d have flipped her the bird multiple times. *lol* I guess in his own way he actually kind of did it. Haha! Considering how Cinder reacted to her once she saw through her glamour she must be as ugly on the outside as she’s on the inside and I really hope she won’t get Kai. Adri:”I think it a fair solution. After all, you bought it with my money, therefore it is mine to do with as I please. In some cultures they would cut off your hand, Cinder. Consider yourself fortunate.“But it’s my foot!”“And you will have to do without it until you can find a cheaper replacement.” She glowered at Cinder’s feet. Her lip curled with disgust. “You are not human, Cinder. It’s about time you realized that.”There were moments when I wasn’t sure which one of them is worse. Adri or Queen Levana? And honestly sometimes I was even inclined to give Adri first place. For some of the things she did, she would have deserved to stand on the pedestal. *shakes head* I really don’t know what’s eating her but after reading “Glitches” I’m fairly certain that it had nothing to do with Cinder. As it seems she was always that hostile and I have no idea why Garan married her. That woman is just horrible and I hope she never meets Queen Levana! I don’t even want to think about what would happen if those two would join forces. *shudders*The relationships & ships:Cinder & Prince Kai:”I shouldn’t be telling you all this anyway. It isn’t your problem to worry about. It’s just … you’re easy to talk to.”She shuffled her feet. “It is kind of my problem. I mean, we all have to live here.“You could move to Europe.”“You know, I’ve actually been considering that lately.”Kai laughed again, the warmth returning to the sound. “If that’s not a vote of confidence, I don’t know what is.”I’m totally on board of this ship! Those two were soo cute together and I loved their easy banter. _< He’s strong willed but the longer he stays in Queen Levana’s presence the harder it will get to resist her and I just don’t want him to give up on himself!! ARGH!!! I’m so afraid of what will happen to him in those next few books! ”It’s gone now,” she said. “I’m fine.”“You’re not fine,” said Kai. “What causes it? What can we do to make it stop?”Kai peeled his eyes away, finding some place of resignation off in the glistening garden. “You’re even more painful to look at than she is.”Cinder’s heart shrivelled inside her until she was sure it would stop beating altogether.Queen Levana & Prince Kai:She was still battling Kai across the table, her eyes cold and calculating, and he unable to look away. “I have learned something valuable about you tonight, young prince. I hope you have learned something about me, as well.”“That you prefer to rule through fear rather than justice? So sorry, Your Majesty, I’m afraid I already knew that about you.”“No, indeed. I hope you noticed that I am capable of choosing my battles.” Her lips curved, her beauty returning full force. “If that’s what it takes to win the war.”Those two were like cat and mouse! Unfortunately Kai was the mouse in this scenario and even though he held his own I’m afraid that Queen Levana might be able to persuade him to marry her. It’s not just her glamour but also the cure she offers. He always said that he only wants what’s best for his people and if it saves them he might even consider making a deal with the devil. =( Plus now that Dr. Erland vanished with Cinder he has no one that would continue his research for an antidote. To him it might look like there’s only one option left and I DON’T WANT HIM TO CHOOSE THAT FREAKIN OPTION! GOSH DARN IT!!! *dies*Conclusion:I LOVED this!!! “Cinder” read like a unique mixture of “Cinderella” featuring “Star Wars” and even though I didn’t know it when I started to read the book this was exactly what I needed! XD Give me more of this and I might overcome my growing aversion to ordinary fairy tales. *lol* Maybe one day my kid will read those books too! ;-) This said: I can’t wait to continue with “Scarlet”!!! Happy reading and enjoy!_________________Okay, so here’s the thing: At the moment, my daughter is crazy about fairy tales and every night I have to read a story to her. Since I’ve been doing this the last few months I’m pretty sure that I know them all by heart by now. *lol* (The things we do for our children… XD)Which is the main reason why I crave for a really, really untypical fairy tale and Cinder seems to be the right choice. I mean a cyborg Cinderella who’s a gifted mechanic? Sounds perfect! Give me this modern fairy tale because I can’t read the typical Cinderella anymore! Hopefully the old tales will get a new appeal after I’m done with this! ;-P

Even people living in actual caves had read it so it was about time I did too.With that said, I probably don't have anything different to say from the rest of the people but my GOD it was good. Sure a bit predictable but it was fun reading it.Science fiction is not my thing (except for TMR series) so I was not expecting to like it this much.So good.

“Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.” Once Upon a Time,there was an avid reader (let's call her K) who thought she was very clever but she couldn't be more wrong.You see,she'd heard about a futuristic version of Cinderella in which Cinder is a cyborg mechanic that everyone seemed to love but she refused to read it,because she was skeptical and a little prejudiced.One day she read the first page but when she came to the part where Cinder takes off her foot she said "Ok I tried but it's not for me,end of story" and she continued her life.Until she decided to give it another shot,and then the skies opened and the stars above made her see the truth.That she was aOh my stars,she really was an idiot.Because there can be only one reaction towards a book that narrates a classic tale that takes place in the future after the Forth World War,when androids are a part of daily life and a plague kills thousands of people and the Earth is threatened by the cunning and inhumanly beautiful Queen of the Moon who has mind-controlling powers: “Soon, the whole world would be searching for her--Linh Cinder.A deformed cyborg with a missing foot.A Lunar with a stolen identity.A mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go.But they will be looking for a ghost.” K was mesmerized by Cinder.Even though it was a fairytale retelling,there were twists and turns in the story she could not predict.As she was reading next to the fireplace,eating chocolate and drinking chocolate flavored cappuccino,she forgot about her responsibilities and instead she grew wings and she flied to the East.She visited labs and sick people while they were sleeping,she laughed with Iko's witty retorts,she heard Evil Queen Levana scheming,she smelled the fear towards the Lunars and their unholy abilities,she saw spacecrafts take off,she swooned over a prince who was not ready to rule and give up his freedom but deep down he knew he would sacrifice even himself for the sake of his people and finally,she landed on a basement,hiding in a corner,watching a stained with grease mechanic named Cinder working and dreaming that one day her life would be hers,that she would be considered a human and not an emotionless machine. “Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed?” K loved the multiple POVs because they gave her the chance to witness both Cinder's life and the politics of the Empire.She was aggravated by the social injustice,she was hurt by some characters' malice and hatred,she felt giddy when Kai tried to flirt with Cinder and frustrated with all the secrets and the hidden agendas.Even though she loved the romantic element,she was actually happy it wasn't overwhelming and many other themes were explored,like Cinder's journey to finally accept herself,Levana's reign and plots,Kai's struggles regarding his new role,the part androids and cyborgs played in the society and the attempts to find a cure.In the end,K couldn't help but admit that Marissa Meyer is more than capable of enchanting the reader,even in a technology dominated world.There are two reasons she didn't give Cinder 5 stars though.First,she found Cinder's behaviour towards Kai extremely infuriating because how can you keep saying no to a sweet prince that practically begs you to go the ball with him?If she just stopped hiding the truth and acting like a child on a whim things would be so different!And second,K had a gut feeling that the next books would be even better so she decided to save the fifth star for them. If you're one of the few people who haven't read Cinder yet,don't hesitate to try it.It's different,unique and extremely enjoyable! P.S. I know it may be a little hard to see through the lines not,but K is me.Shocking,isn't it?

fairy tales were not something that i was told as a child. my only experience with them was through disney films, so retellings arent usually something i gravitate towards, but this series has been recommended to me so many times, i thought ‘why not?’ and surprisingly, i wasnt disappointed.i liked how even though i knew the general story of cinderella, this book followed a plot line that felt new and exciting to me. i thought the sci-fi perspective was a great improvement. the writing was a little simplistic, but it made it very easy to breeze through this. i thought cinder was a wonderful character (even if certain aspects of her story were extremely predictable) and found her to be very relatable.i know the following books each have their own fairy tale twist, but are still connected as a whole, so im looking forward to see how the series plays out! in particular, ive heard about thorne. im quite fond of kai at the moment, so im interested to see what all the fuss is about. :P↠ 3.5 stars

WHAT?! WHAT WAS THIS ENDING?! NOW I HAVE TO START SCARLET!!! AHHHH!!!

Well call me surprised. Shocker of the century! I actually loved this book. I could not put it down. I was scared starting it due to what I thought would be inevitable romance but it was pretty minor in this one. But OH MAN did I wanna throw Adri to the wolves. What a terrible human. She got my blood boiling so friggin much. Also, cyborgs? Mind control? Moon people? Get outta here obviously I'm gonna like this book. All seriousness it is just well written. Cinder is a great character and you find yourself really associating with her plight, which kept me engaged. I can't really think of anything that bothered me about this book. But yea, wow.....never would have thought I would enjoy this as much as I did. 5 stars, A+, some other arbitrary ranking system maximum etc etc. Read it!

Really enjoyed Cinder! It's more of a 4.35 stars in my book! Not 5 because I DIDN'T HEAD OVER HEELS LOVE IT, but i'm super excited as to where this series is going, I have a full booktallk/discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV9x3...

4.5 stars Cinderella with cyborgs! So I'm pretty late to be jumping on the bandwagon, but this was really good! I know I normally gobble up any retelling, but when this first came out there were so many iffy reviews that I gave it a pass.Stupid.I should have checked it out for myself.So you have a pretty faithfulish retelling going on here. Of course, since it's sci-fi Cinderella, there are going to be some substitutions to the carriage and glass slipper.But they were really cool substitutions! And you could still definitely tell that this was the Cinderella story.And the ending was soooo good! It seems that Cinderella won't be the only fairytale that gets retold in the Lunar Chronicles...If you've been putting this off because of bad reviews, you may want to reconsider.

I’m a sucker for retellings.I am not sure why it has taken me this long to read a retelling that is so unbelievably popular, but hey, I’ve read it now and even though I am a little late to the party, I am with the hype.This is a fairy-tale meets robots meets futuristic world. I have never read anything with that description, but if I ever see anything that has it, I won’t pre-judge based off of the fact that I absolutely love the setting in the first installment of The Lunar Chronicles.It is a tiny bit slow in the beginning, but JUST DO NOT STOP.Cinder, my Cinder. What in the world is on your leg and hand, Cinder?“I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”Oh so our heroine is a cyborg. That’s fine, right? I mean sometime in the future, we are bound to have robotic parts replacing human parts that don’t work. She’s a mechanic too. So she’s basically a robot doctor. Or doctor. She's a doctor. For cyborgs. “Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed?” Well the prince brings her a, err, client to fix. Literally the first chapter is the two meeting. And guess what? IT IS NOT INSTA-LOVE AND IT IS THE BEST! One of Cinder(ella)’ s evil step sister’s has “the plague” and Cinder is blamed for her having it. Even though she doesn’t have it. Why doesn’t she have it? Beats me guys, read the book.So let me just send out a list of things that don’t technically change from the original story.There is a dramatic entrance.Even though I think we glazed over the "until midnight part," there is the dramatic "everyone turns and looks," just like the story everyone knows and loves. There’s a pretty dress and a, err, foot/shoe problem.Foot problem, we will just go with that.We have the prince, and might I say he is very sarcastic and a gem to read about.Prince Kai is a hoot. I need more princes like him.There is a ball that we are all just so anxious to get to.And BONUS there’s an evil queen.Now I might be mistaken, but I think she has something to do with the Snow White thread. Because she has an aversion to mirrors. I hope that she lives up to all the talk in the book. She didn't seem all that evil to me. I mean, I don't HOPE she's going to be super evil... but I kind of do.AND TWIST there isn’t an happily ever after. Because there are like three other books plus probably some novellas.I just… my Disney-based heart is full. I need book two please. Oh, and who is Thorne?

You know when peo­ple keep talk­ing about a book. Lah, this is fan­tas­tic! OMG, you have to read this! If you don’t read this I’ll shank you and play hack­ey­sack with your kidneys!The usual…This is one of those books. I was cru­elly declined on net­gal­ley so had mostly buried it in my TBR pile and for­got­ten about it until peo­ple started ter­ror­iz­ing me with demands to read it.Oh am I so bloody happy I did! I loved this book! I stayed up most of the night to read it! It wasn’t per­fect, of course. There are sev­eral things I might have liked to be changed about it but I feel the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of the two main pro­tag­o­nists was fan­tas­tic. I thor­oughly enjoyed the writ­ing style and the story.There’s really not much for me to do here. I mostly just want to find every­one else who read this book and give them the high­est of fives.I mean… yeah, if you want to get tech­ni­cal, it annoyed me that all the antag­o­nists were women (and that there were only two pos­i­tive female char­ac­ters out­side of the main pro­tag­o­nist) and they were all hor­ri­ble peo­ple. That breed­ing of dis­trust for the sis­ter­hood always raises my hack­les and most peo­ple won’t be both­ered by that. I would have liked the atmos­phere of New Bei­jing to feel more… atmos­pherey, ya know? The actual loca­tion felt a lit­tle under devel­oped in that regards. Sure I don’t expect every sen­tence would be filled with reminders to the loca­tion but I wanted to feel the city and the peo­ple and the world – which I often didn’t.I hope there’s more cyber­punk in the next one. Hov­er­cars, screens, id bracelets, androids and cyborgs is cool but let’s amp up the imag­i­na­tion! Let’s build that world and make it even more fantasmagorical!But mostly, Meyer is seri­ously on my shitlist for that end­ing! I can’t believe I have to wait until Scar­let! SO UNFAIR!How could you?! Do you hate us? Are you try­ing to pun­ish us? What, oh WHAT did we ever do to deserve the agony of hav­ing to wait for Scarlet?I may never for­give. Unless, ya know, Scar­let is REALLY awesome.I will await my sen­tenc­ing until then!