Cinder

Book One of the Lunar Chronicles

By: Marissa Meyer

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl....

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

©2012 Marissa Meyer (P)2012 Macmillan Audio

Cinder Cyborg

If you could sum up Cinder in three words, what would they be?

A must Read!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Cinder?

The market when they first meet, then the elevator.

What about Rebecca Soler’s performance did you like?

She did a fine job with the different voices.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When her sister died.

Any additional comments?

It's an old story turned science fiction. Loved it! Can't wait to read more.

Amazing!

Just a wonderful ingenious take on a classic! Can’t get enough. You laugh, cry, yell, cheer and experience every emotion

Fun, clean storytelling!

I really enjoyed this story. Great buildup and heartwrenching moments. The narrator was great, and I was impressed with all the difference accents she was able to do.

Couldn’t put it down!

I couldn’t put this book down aka, couldn’t stop listening! I am from Washington State and enjoy reading local authors. What a gem to find Marissa Meyer’s book Cinder. Can’t wait to read the next installment and find out what happens next!

Amazing

Wow! What a story. Loosely based on Cinderella, Cinder is a cyborg in a post WW4 world. She definitely meets her prince, but there’s more to this story than a missing slipper and an evil step mother.

I was blown away by this story! I never except much from fairytale reimaginings, but my bar was set high with all the hype surrounding this series. And I was not disappointed in any way!

Cinder is fierce and inventive and smart. She’s oppressed not only by her adoptive family, but by the general population as well, being cyborg.

It was extremely well written and performed stunningly. I was Rebecca Soler to narrate everything I read from now on. She’s phenomenal. The plot was so compelling and quick. I can’t think of one thing I didn’t like.

I can’t wait to listen to Scarlet. This story is going somewhere epic!

Lovely retelling

I discovered this book several years back before the other books were published. I loved it then and I still love it now. Marissa's retelling of Cinderella in this first book is adventurous and futuristic.
Spoilers: She also plays Cinder as the tough mechanic that can take care of herself, and likes the prince but isn't looking for him to save her or rescue her, she actually tries to rescue him in a way. By the end of the first book she hasn't gotten the prince, she's imprisoned and is planning her escape.

The series all together is fascinating and how she sets up the following books with little tidbits of information in the first book is great. They are little gems here and there that you won't connect unless you read the books over again.

The series is a fun read, and the narrator did a great job.

interesting but predictable

Great story concept and good characters, just way too easy to predict. I still enjoyed it, but not exactly surprising outcome.

Great Book

A modern rendition of Cinderella. My oldest child read this in junior high, reading the synopsis I thought it sounded odd. I got it on audiobook and have read the whole series twice now. Once on my own, and again recently when my youngest started junior high.

It’s full of adventure and doesn’t have many slow parts. It’s great watching Cinder’s character development.

Highly recommend this book.

Very unique spin to the Cinderella fable

Fun and compelling. Couldn't stop listening until completion. Glad the second volume is available with no waiting required. Great interpretation.

Interesting fairy tale for the futurest in us all.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would think all young readers would enjoy this tale with the cool undertones of the old fairy tale with a gearheads take on the tale.

What did you like best about this story?

The dignity of Cinder against all the haters she faces.

What about Rebecca Soler’s performance did you like?

Enjoyable characterizations and good voices for several of the key players.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

More fun to savor this one. Makes me look forward to the next adventure.